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- Watcharinyanon, Somsakul, 1978-, et al.
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A spectroscopic study of self-assembled monolayer of porphyrin-functionalized oligo(phenyleneethynylene)s on gold : the influence of the anchor moiety
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Ingår i: Physical Chemistry, Chemical Physics - PCCP. - London : RSC Publishing. - 1463-9076 .- 1463-9084. ; 10:34, s. 5264-5275
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Porphyrin-functionalized oligo(phenyleneethynylene)s (OPE) are promising molecules for molecular electronics applications. Three such molecules (1-3) with the common structure P-OPE-AG (P and AG are a porphyrin and anchor group, respectively) and different anchor groups, viz. an acetyl protected thiol, -S-COCH3 (1), an acetyl protected thiol with methylene linker, -CH2-S-COCH3 (2), and a trimethylsilylethynyl group, -C(triple bond)C-Si(CH3)3 (3) have been synthesized and the corresponding self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) on Au(111) substrates have been prepared. The integrity and structural properties of these films were studied by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and near-edge X-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy. The results suggest that the films formed from 1 have a high orientational order with an almost upright orientation and dense packing of the molecular constituents, i.e. represent a high quality SAM. In contrast, molecule 2 formed disordered molecular layers on Au, even though the molecule-surface bonding (thiolate) is the same as in the case of molecule 1. This suggests that the methylene linker in molecule 2 has a strong impact on the quality of the resulting film, so that a well-ordered SAM cannot be formed. The silane system, 3, is also able to bind to the gold surface but the resulting SAM has a poor quality, being significantly disordered and/or comprised of strongly inclined molecules. The above results suggest that the nature of the anchor group along with a possible linker is an important parameter which, to a high extent, predetermines the entire quality of OPE-based molecular layers
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- Watcharinyanon, Somsakul, 1978-, et al.
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Mixed Self-Assembled Monolayers of Ferrocene-Terminated and Unsubstituted Alkanethiols on Gold : Surface Structure and Work Function
- 2009
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Ingår i: The Journal of Physical Chemistry C. - Washington : American Chemical Society (ACS). - 1932-7447 .- 1932-7455. ; 113:5, s. 1972-1979
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Mixed self-assembled monolayers of 11-ferrocene-1-undecanethiol (FcC11) and decanethiol (C10) were prepared by two different methods: from a mixed solution and by subsequent immersion. These preparations result in self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) with different portions of FcC11 molecules, orientations, and degrees of order in the SAM. The structure of these layers was studied by high-resolution X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (HRXPS) and near-edge X-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS) spectroscopy, and their effect on the surface electronic properties was investigated by Kelvin probe. The fraction of FcC11 in C10 thiol could be estimated from the intensity of the HRXPS Fe 2p3/2 peaks. The SAM prepared from the mixed solution was of high quality, and the portion of FcC11 molecules in this film was about 60%. The interaction of neighboring ferrocene moieties indicated phase separation between FcC11 and C10 species in the film. For the SAMs prepared by subsequent immersion in C10 and FcC11 solutions, the portion of FcC11 molecules varied from 35% to 55% dependent on the immersion times in the C10 solution. The degree of orientational order of the alkyl chains increased with increasing immersion time in C10. In addition, the adsorption of C10 decreased the work function of the gold surface while the adsorption of FcC11 increased this value. By varying the fraction of FcC11 in the SAMs with different preparation schemes, the work function of the gold surface could be varied in a controllable way
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