K. Chikama et al., LIQUID-JUNCTION POTENTIAL DEPENDENCE OF THE ELECTRON-TRANSFER RATE ACROSS A SINGLE-MICRODROPLET WATER INTERFACE/, Chemistry Letters, (8), 1996, pp. 665-666
An electron transfer (ET) reaction between ferrocene in a single oil d
roplet and hexacyanoferrate (III) in the surrounding water phase was i
nvestigated by laser trapping, spectroscopic, and electrochemical tech
niques. A droplet-size dependence of the ET reaction was studied as a
function of a Galvani potential difference (Delta(0)(w) phi) between t
he droplet and water phases. The ET rate was shown to be highly depend
ent on Delta(0)(w) phi.