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Long‐Range Molecular Organization of an Organic Monolayer Grafted on a Mineral Substrate
Author(s) -
Struth Bernd,
Terech Pierre,
Rieutord François
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
chemphyschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.016
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1439-7641
pISSN - 1439-4235
DOI - 10.1002/cphc.200500501
Subject(s) - monolayer , layer (electronics) , topaz , silanization , substrate (aquarium) , materials science , microelectronics , covalent bond , nanotechnology , self assembled monolayer , mineral , chemical engineering , chemistry , mineralogy , organic chemistry , composite material , oceanography , geology , engineering , metallurgy
Structured and functional materials are of the utmost importance for the development of microelectronic technology. We report on a method to obtain a highly ordered organic molecular layer on a mineral substrate. We took advantage of the regular array of reactive sites present at the single‐crystal surface of topaz to perform a liquid‐phase silanization reaction. The grazing‐incidence diffraction technique was used to characterize the bare and covalently coated surfaces. The ordering of the monomolecular organic layer reproduces the perfect single‐crystal structure of the cleaved surface over millimeter distances.