scholarly journals Spectroscopic ellipsometry meets AFM nanolithography: about hydration of bio-inert oligo(ethylene glycol)-terminated self assembled monolayers on gold

2015 ◽  
Vol 17 (43) ◽  
pp. 28774-28781 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ilaria Solano ◽  
Pietro Parisse ◽  
Federico Gramazio ◽  
Ornella Cavalleri ◽  
Gianangelo Bracco ◽  
...  

An accurate thickness determination provides insight into the complex vertical morphology of OEG-terminated SAMs.

Langmuir ◽  
1999 ◽  
Vol 15 (10) ◽  
pp. 3390-3394 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ramūnas Valiokas ◽  
Sofia Svedhem ◽  
Stefan C. T. Svensson ◽  
Bo Liedberg

2017 ◽  
Vol 121 (33) ◽  
pp. 18021-18029 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hungu Kang ◽  
Seulki Han ◽  
Sicheon Seong ◽  
Young Ji Son ◽  
Eisuke Ito ◽  
...  

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leila Costelle ◽  
Liina Lind ◽  
Pasi Jalkanen ◽  
Minna T. Räisänen ◽  
Roman Nowak ◽  
...  

Self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) are promising materials for micromechanical applications. However, characterization of mechanical properties of monolayers is challenging for standard nanoindentation, and new efficient analysis techniques are needed. Hereby, a conventional nanoindentation method has been combined in a unique way with efficient data analysis based on consumed energy calculation and load-displacement data. The procedure has been applied on SAMs of 4,4′-biphenyldithiol (BPDT) on Au, 1-tetradecanethiol (TDT), and 1-hexadecanethiol (HDT) on Au and Ag substrates being the first study where SAMs of the same thiols on different substrates are analyzed by nanoindentation providing a new insight into the substrate effects. Unlike TDT and HDT SAMs, which are found to strongly enhance the homogeneity and stiffness of the underlying substrate, the BPDT covered Au substrate appears softer in mechanical response. In the case of TDT and HDT SAMs on Ag the structures are softer showing also faster relaxation than the corresponding structures on Au substrate. The proposed procedure enables a fast and efficient way of assessing the complex behaviour of SAM modified substrates. As a consequence, the results are relevant to practical issues dependent on layer activity and toughness.


2010 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 30-36 ◽  
Author(s):  
Laxman Kankate ◽  
Udo Werner ◽  
Andrey Turchanin ◽  
Armin Gölzhäuser ◽  
Helge Großmann ◽  
...  

2013 ◽  
Vol 15 (27) ◽  
pp. 11559 ◽  
Author(s):  
Maurizio Canepa ◽  
Giulia Maidecchi ◽  
Chiara Toccafondi ◽  
Ornella Cavalleri ◽  
Mirko Prato ◽  
...  

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