%0 Journal Article %T Electrocatalytic oxidation of ethanol on platinum nanoparticles modified polyaniline electrode %A Fungaro %A D. A. %A Oliveira-Neto %A A. %A Linardi %A M. %J Latin American applied research %D 2007 %I Scientific Electronic Library Online %X the electrocatalytic properties of platinum nanoparticles incorporated into polyaniline films was investigated for oxidation of ethanol in sulfuric acid solutions. the electropolymerization of aniline and the electrochemical depositions of plati-num particles into the polyaniline film were achieved by cyclic voltammetry. the effect of the formation conditions of platinum-modified polyaniline films (as cycle numbers, sweep rates) and alcohol concentra-tion were evaluated. the platinum-modified polyani-line films formed by the optimization conditions can be used as a convenient conducting substrate for the ethanol electrooxidation. %K polyaniline films %K ethanol %K platinum particles. %U http://www.scielo.org.ar/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&pid=S0327-07932007000300009&lng=en&nrm=iso&tlng=en