FORMATION OF SELF-ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS OF N-ALKANETHIOLS ON GOLD - A SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY STUDY ON THE MODIFICATION OF SUBSTRATE MORPHOLOGY

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EDINGER, K [1 ]
GOLZHAUSER, A [1 ]
DEMOTA, K [1 ]
WOLL, C [1 ]
GRUNZE, M [1 ]
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[1] INST ANGEW PHYS CHEM,NEUENHEIMER FELD 253,W-6900 HEIDELBERG,GERMANY
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10.1021/la00025a002
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O6 [化学];
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0703 ;
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Single-crystal Au(111) surfaces covered with self-assembled monolayers of n-alkanethiols (CH3(CH2)n-1SH) (n = 6, 22) are investigated with scanning tunneling microscopy. After adsorption new morphological features are observed which can be shown to originate from a removal of 30-50% of a monolayer of Au atoms from the surface into the solution. Only a very low concentration of defects within the films (''pinholes'') was observed. In addition experimental evidence for two different tunneling mechanisms in short and long alkyl chains is provided.
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