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Golden interfaces: The Surface of Self‐Assembled Monolayers
Author(s) -
Delamarche Emmanuel.,
Michel Bruno.,
Biebuyck Hans A.,
Gerber Christoph
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
advanced materials
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.707
H-Index - 527
eISSN - 1521-4095
pISSN - 0935-9648
DOI - 10.1002/adma.19960080903
Subject(s) - scanning tunneling microscope , monolayer , self assembled monolayer , materials science , nanotechnology , angstrom , self assembly , molecule , crystallography , chemistry , organic chemistry
Self‐assembled monolayers (SAMs) of alkanethiols and disulfides on gold form organic interfaces with properties largely controlled by the end groups of the molecules composing the film. SAMs provide a unique link between the science of organic surfaces and technologies that seek to exploit their adaptable character. Many techniques are useful for probing the structure of SAMs although only scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) at picoamperes reveals the details of the packing of their end groups at the sub‐angstrom level. This review demonstrates that STM effectively tests new types of control over the microscopic structure–property relationships characteristic of SAMs on gold that should prove useful to their application.