Open AccessDynamics in Self-assembled Organic Monolayers at the Liquid/Solid Interface Revealed by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
Author(s) -
Steven De Feyter,
Hong Xu,
Kunal S. Mali
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
chimia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.387
H-Index - 55
eISSN - 2673-2424
pISSN - 0009-4293
DOI - 10.2533/chimia.2012.38
Subject(s) - scanning tunneling microscope , monolayer , solid surface , nanotechnology , chemical physics , interface (matter) , adsorption , materials science , molecular dynamics , desorption , self assembly , scanning probe microscopy , microscopy , self assembled monolayer , dynamics (music) , quantum tunnelling , chemistry , computational chemistry , optics , optoelectronics , physics , gibbs isotherm , acoustics
The liquid/solid interface provides an interesting medium for molecular self-assembly and scanning tunneling microscopy is the preferred technique to analyse the structural features of the surface-supported self-assembled monolayers in this medium. An interesting aspect is the phenomenon of molecular dynamics at the liquid/solid interface. In this mini-review, we report on our efforts and strategies to investigate and even induce molecular dynamics at the liquid/solid interface, bringing insight to various kinds of processes such as conformational, translational and adsorption/desorption dynamics.