The perfluorosulfonated ionomer Nafion shows potentialutility as a polymer film to enhance the electrochemicaldetection of[Re
I(DMPE)
3]
+, where DMPE= 1,2-bis(dimethylphosphino)ethane.[Re
I(DMPE)
3]
+, anonradioactive radiopharmaceutical analog for heart imaging,partitions strongly into Nafion films on glassy carbon.Well-defined, chemically reversible cyclicvoltammogramsare obtained for the[Re
I(DMPE)
3]
+/[Re
II(DMPE)
3]
2+couple with
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' shifted positively by 60 mV relative toitsvalue on bare glassy carbon.[Re
I(DMPE)
3]
+partitionsinto Nafion more strongly than the oxidized form,[Re
II(DMPE)
3]
2+. The detection limit for[Re
I(DMPE)
3]
+bycyclic voltammetry was improved by 2-3 orders ofmagnitude by the Nafion film. Differential pulsevoltammetry for oxidation of[Re
I(DMPE)
3]
+ at theNafion-modified electrode has a detection limit of 2.5 ×10
-9 Mcompared to 1.0 × 10
-7 M at the bareelectrode. Apreconcentration factor of 1 × 10
6 for partitioning of[Re
I(DMPE)
3]
+ from 0.05 M NaCl into Nafion on aglassycarbon electrode was measured.