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Kinetically Stable, Flat‐Lying Thiolate Monolayers
Author(s) -
Badin Mihaela G.,
Bashir Asif,
Krakert Simone,
Strunskus Thomas,
Terfort Andreas,
Wöll Christof
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200605125
Subject(s) - monolayer , lying , chemistry , crystallography , chemical physics , materials science , nanotechnology , medicine , radiology
Lying low : Alkanethioacetates do not form the same dense thiolate monolayers on gold that are obtained from alkanethiols. A multitechnique study shows instead the formation of a kinetically stable monolayer with mostly flat‐lying thiolate molecules (see model; blue S). This extraordinary structure results from the diminished reactivity of the thioacetate group towards the gold surface.