Self-assembled alkanethiol structures on gold: a further insight into the origins of structural rearrangement phenomena

Dimitris Lamprou, James Smith, Tom Nevell, Eugen Barbu, John Tsibouklis, Carlanne M. Stone, C. Willis, R. Ewen

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    Abstract

    Self-assembled structures of alkanethiols that have been deposited on gold from ethanolic solutions are susceptible to both chemical and physical changes: ethanol provides a medium for the formation of S-alkyl hydrogen thiocarbonates and related compounds via reaction with dissolved, atmospheric, CO2. Deposition from ethanolic solutions results in multilayered structures incorporating these compounds, which at room temperature are susceptible to time-dependent structural rearrangement and molecular migration. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)541-547
    Number of pages7
    JournalSurface Science
    Volume604
    Issue number5-6
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 2010

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