Ambient scanning tunneling lithography of Langmuir–Blodgett and self-assembled monolayers

Author(s):  
L. S. Xu
2007 ◽  
Vol 121-123 ◽  
pp. 495-498 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jun Hyung Park ◽  
Buyng Su Park ◽  
Gu Huh ◽  
Seung Hyun Lee ◽  
Hyun Sook Lee ◽  
...  

We report on the distribution of mixed self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) composed of biotinylated and diluent alkylthiolates for streptavidin immobilization. Two thiol derivatives, 11-mercapto-1-undecanol (MUOH) and 11-mercaptoundecanoic-(8-biotinylamido-3,6-dioxaoctyl) amide (MBDA), were employed for mixed SAM. These thiols formed self-assembled monolayer without local domain, and streptavidins were immobilized onto biotinylated gold surface without nonspecific binding. In order to find the optimized condition of immobilization of streptavidin, we controlled the mixing ratio of two kind thiols by colorimetric detection assay, and the immobilization was characterized by atomic force microscopy (AFM), scanning tunneling microscopy (STM), and ellipsometer.


Langmuir ◽  
2008 ◽  
Vol 24 (12) ◽  
pp. 5984-5987 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sangyeob Lee ◽  
Sung-Soo Bae ◽  
Gilberto Medeiros-Ribeiro ◽  
Jason J. Blackstock ◽  
Sehun Kim ◽  
...  

1997 ◽  
Vol 101 (45) ◽  
pp. 9263-9269 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Delamarche ◽  
A. C. F. Hoole ◽  
B. Michel ◽  
S. Wilkes ◽  
M. Despont ◽  
...  

2017 ◽  
Vol 204 ◽  
pp. 215-231 ◽  
Author(s):  
Iris Destoop ◽  
Andrea Minoia ◽  
Oleksandr Ivasenko ◽  
Aya Noguchi ◽  
Kazukuni Tahara ◽  
...  

Chiral induction in self-assembled monolayers has garnered considerable attention in the recent past, not only due to its importance in chiral resolution and enantioselective heterogeneous catalysis but also because of its relevance to the origin of homochirality in life. Here, we demonstrate the emergence of homochirality in a supramolecular low-density network formed by achiral molecules at the interface of a chiral solvent and an atomically-flat achiral substrate. We focus on the impact of structure and functionality of the adsorbate and the chiral solvent on the chiral induction efficiency in self-assembled physisorbed monolayers, as revealed by scanning tunneling microscopy. Different induction mechanisms are proposed and evaluated, with the assistance of advanced molecular modeling simulations.


2014 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 2774-2782 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joscha Vollmeyer ◽  
Friederike Eberhagen ◽  
Sigurd Höger ◽  
Stefan-S Jester

Three shape-persistent naphthylene–phenylene–acetylene macrocycles of identical backbone structures and extraannular substitution patterns but different (empty, apolar, polar) nanopore fillings are self-assembled at the solid/liquid interface of highly oriented pyrolytic graphite and 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene. Submolecularly resolved images of the resulting two-dimensional (2D) crystalline monolayer patterns are obtained by in situ scanning tunneling microscopy. A concentration-dependent conformational polymorphism is found, and open and more dense packing motifs are observed. For all three compounds alike lattice parameters are found, therefore the intermolecular macrocycle distances are mainly determined by their size and symmetry. This is an excellent example that the graphite acts as a template for the macrocycle organization independent from their specific interior.


2017 ◽  
Vol 204 ◽  
pp. 35-52 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ioan Bâldea

Inspired by earlier attempts in organic electronics aiming at controlling charge injection from metals into organic materials by manipulating the Schottky energy barrier using self-assembled monolayers (SAMs), recent experimental and theoretical work in molecular electronics showed that metal–organic interfaces can be controlled via changes in the metal work function that are induced by SAMs. In this paper we indicate a different route to achieve interface-driven control over the charge transfer/transport at the molecular scale. It is based on the fact that, in floppy molecule based SAMs, the molecular conformation can be tuned by varying the coverage of the adsorbate. We demonstrate this effect with the aid of benchmark molecules that are often used to fabricate nanojunctions and consist of two rings that can easily rotate relative to each other. We show that, by varying the coverage of the SAM, the twisting angle φ of the considered molecular species can be modified by a factor of two. Given the fact that the low bias conductance G scales as cos2 φ, this results in a change in G of over one order of magnitude for the considered molecular species. Tuning the twisting angle by controlling the SAM coverage may be significant, e.g., for current efforts to fabricate molecular switches. Conversely, the lack of control over the local SAM coverage may be problematic for the reproducibility and interpretation of the STM (scanning tunneling microscope) measurements on repeatedly forming single molecule break junctions.


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