Electrostimulated reversible swelling/shrinking behavior of electroactive p(AA-BAC)/Cu(II) microgel monolayer on Au electrode surface

The collection contains experimental research data obtained during preparation and characterization of electroactive, electrosensitive microgel monolayer on the Au electrode surface. The microgel was synthesized with poly(acrylic acid) (p(AA) and cross-linked with N,N'-bis(acryloyl)cystamine (BAC). The obtained microgel particles were characterized with dynamic light scattering and scanning electron microscopy (SEM) techniques. Next, microgel spheres were deposited on the Au electrode surface through the chemisorption process. After the deposition, copper(II) ions were added and bound with the polymer network through the coordination bonds with the carboxylic groups. This addition increased the number of crosslinking points in the gel. The obtained monolayer was characterized with SEM, quartz crystal microbalance with dissipation (QCM-D), cyclic voltammetry, chronoamperometry and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) techniques.The dataset consists of files described in attached readme.txt file.