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Electrochemically directed two-component monolayers on gold

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 January 2011

Joseph P. Labukas  and
Gregory S. Ferguson
Joseph P. Labukas
Affiliation:
Departments of Chemistry and Materials Science & Engineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015-3172
Gregory S. Ferguson*
Affiliation:
Departments of Chemistry and Materials Science & Engineering, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania 18015-3172
*
a)Address all correspondence to this author. e-mail: gf03@lehigh.edu
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Abstract

Self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) were formed on gold at anodic potentials from solutions containing two different alkyl thiosulfates, CH3(CH2)10S2O3Na and HO2C(CH2)10S2O3Na. The resulting two-component SAMs were analyzed using x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy to relate their compositions to those of the solutions from which they were adsorbed. This relationship was more linear than reported for analogous SAMs adsorbed from mixed solutions of alkanethiols. The wettability of these surfaces by water and by hexadecane was also measured and compared to analogous SAMs prepared by chemisorption of thiols from solution.

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Electrochemical SynthesisSelf-AssemblyX-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS)

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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 26 , Issue 2: Focus Issue: Self-Assembly and Directed Assembly of Advanced Materials , 28 January 2011 , pp. 262 - 267
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2011

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