scholarly journals Conventional Nanoindentation in Self-Assembled Monolayers Deposited on Gold and Silver Substrates

2012 ◽  
Vol 2012 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leila Costelle ◽  
Liina Lind ◽  
Pasi Jalkanen ◽  
Minna T. Räisänen ◽  
Roman Nowak ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Mechanical Response ◽  
Self Assembled Monolayers ◽  
Energy Calculation ◽  
Complex Behaviour ◽  
Assembled Monolayers ◽  
Efficient Data ◽  
Self Assembled ◽  
Efficient Data Analysis ◽  
Insight Into

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.

Self-assembled Monolayers Preparation and Characterization of BiFeO3 Thin Films

2009 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-86 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guo-Qiang TAN ◽  
Hai-Yang BO ◽  
Hong-Yan MIAO ◽  
Ao XIA ◽  
Zhong-Liang HE
Keyword(s):  
Thin Films ◽  
Self Assembled Monolayers ◽  
Assembled Monolayers ◽  
Self Assembled

scholarly journals Characterization of Self-Assembled Monolayers on a Ruthenium Surface

Langmuir ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 33 (25) ◽  
pp. 6419-6426 ◽  
Author(s):  
A. Shaheen ◽  
J. M. Sturm ◽  
R. Ricciardi ◽  
J. Huskens ◽  
C. J. Lee ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Self Assembled Monolayers ◽  
Assembled Monolayers ◽  
Self Assembled

Spectral and cyclic voltammetric characterization of self-assembled monolayers on gold of pyrene end-labeled oligonucleotide duplexes

1999 ◽  
Vol 77 (5-6) ◽  
pp. 1077-1084 ◽  
Author(s):  
R Scott Reese ◽  
Marye Anne Fox
Keyword(s):  
Gold Surface ◽  
Self Assembled Monolayers ◽  
Self Assembled Monolayer ◽  
Surface Emission ◽  
Assembled Monolayers ◽  
Oligonucleotide Duplex ◽  
Self Assembled ◽  
Duplex Formation

Self-assembled monolayers of sulfur-terminated oligonucleotide duplexes were formed on flat gold surfaces, either by exposure of a self-assembled monolayer bearing one oligonucleotide strand to the complementary strand or by preformation of a oligonucleotide duplex that was then deposited on a fresh gold surface. Virtually identical spectral behavior was observed whether the duplex was produced before deposition or by in situ complementary association. With a duplex bearing an appropriate pyrene end-label, the resulting thin film was photoresponsive. Surface emission measurements show no evidence for pyrene aggregation on the modified surfaces. The polarity of the photocurrent, reflecting photoinduced electron transfer initiated by photoexcitation of pyrene, is opposite that expected from the oligonucleotide-mediated reduction of the appended pyrene excited state.Key words: oligonucleotide, self-assembled monolayer, duplex formation, photoelectrochemistry, surface emission.

scholarly journals X-ray spectroscopy characterization of self-assembled monolayers of nitrile-substituted oligo(phenylene ethynylene)s with variable chain length

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 ◽  
pp. 12-24 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hicham Hamoudi ◽  
Ping Kao ◽  
Alexei Nefedov ◽  
David L Allara ◽  
Michael Zharnikov
Keyword(s):  
Chain Length ◽  
Photoelectron Spectroscopy ◽  
Self Assembled Monolayers ◽  
Phenylene Ethynylene ◽  
X Ray ◽  
Molecular Length ◽  
Assembled Monolayers ◽  
Self Assembled ◽  
Gold Thiolate

Self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of nitrile-substituted oligo(phenylene ethynylene) thiols (NC-OPEn) with a variable chain length n (n ranging from one to three structural units) on Au(111) were studied by synchrotron-based high-resolution X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and near-edge absorption fine-structure spectroscopy. The experimental data suggest that the NC-OPEn molecules form well-defined SAMs on Au(111), with all the molecules bound to the substrate through the gold–thiolate anchor and the nitrile tail groups located at the SAM–ambient interface. The packing density in these SAMs was found to be close to that of alkanethiolate monolayers on Au(111), independent of the chain length. Similar behavior was found for the molecular inclination, with an average tilt angle of ~33–36° for all the target systems. In contrast, the average twist of the OPEn backbone (planar conformation) was found to depend on the molecular length, being close to 45° for the films comprising the short OPE chains and ~53.5° for the long chains. Analysis of the data suggests that the attachment of the nitrile moiety, which served as a spectroscopic marker group, to the OPEn backbone did not significantly affect the molecular orientation in the SAMs.

scholarly journals Synthesis and Characterization of Conjugated Mono- and Dithiol Oligomers and Characterization of Their Self-Assembled Monolayers

Langmuir ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 19 (10) ◽  
pp. 4272-4284 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bert de Boer ◽  
Hong Meng ◽  
Dmitrii F. Perepichka ◽  
Jie Zheng ◽  
Martin M. Frank ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Self Assembled Monolayers ◽  
Synthesis And Characterization ◽  
Assembled Monolayers ◽  
Self Assembled
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