Improved method for the preparation of carboxylic acid and amine terminated self-assembled monolayers of alkanethiolates

Hua Wang; Shengfu Chen; Lingyan Li; Shaoyi Jiang

doi:10.1021/la046810w

Improved method for the preparation of carboxylic acid and amine terminated self-assembled monolayers of alkanethiolates

Hua Wang, Shengfu Chen, Lingyan Li, Shaoyi Jiang

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We present an improved method to prepare carboxylic acid (COOH) and amine (NH ₂) terminated self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of alkanethiolates. In this method, a small amount of CF ₃COOH(for COOH-SAM) or N(CH ₂CH ₃) ₃ (for NH ₂-SAM) is added into the ethanolic solution of alkanethiols during SAM formation. The freshly formed COOH- and NH ₂-SAMs are then rinsed with an ethanolic solution of NH ₄OH or CH ₃COOH, respectively. Both SAMs prepared with the improved method show better quality in terms of surface chemical composition, roughness, and wettability as measured by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, atomic force microscopy, and contact angle, respectively. The formation of better SAMs can be attributed to the disruption of interplane hydrogen bonds.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	2633-2636
Number of pages	4
Journal	Langmuir
Volume	21
Issue number	7
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1021/la046810w
State	Published - Mar 29 2005
Externally published	Yes

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General Materials Science
Condensed Matter Physics
Surfaces and Interfaces
Spectroscopy
Electrochemistry

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