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Cover Picture: Structural Evolution of Self‐Assembled Alkanephosphate Monolayers on TiO 2 (ChemPhysChem 14/2008)
Author(s) -
Liu HongBo,
Venkataraman Nagaiyanallur V.,
Spencer Nicholas D.,
Textor Marcus,
Xiao ShouJun
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
chemphyschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Reports
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.016
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1439-7641
pISSN - 1439-4235
DOI - 10.1002/cphc.200890056
Subject(s) - monolayer , silicon , infrared spectroscopy , materials science , adsorption , dichroic glass , infrared , oxide , chemistry , nanotechnology , optoelectronics , optics , organic chemistry , physics , metallurgy
The cover picture illustrates the technique of multiple transmission‐reflection infrared spectroscopy (MTR‐IR) which is used to obtain high quality spectra of molecular monolayers adsorbed on silicon and on ultra‐thin metal‐oxide coated silicon surfaces at both p ‐ and s ‐polarizations. This reliably determines the dichroic ratios of some vibrational modes for the adsorbed species, and thereby their relative orientations to the surface. In their article on page 1979 S.‐J. Xiao et al. use MTR‐IR to monitor the kinetic assembly process of alkanephosphate monolayers on a macroscopically flat TiO2‐coated silicon surface.