THERMAL HEALING OF SELF-ASSEMBLED ORGANIC MONOLAYERS - HEXADECANETHIOL AND OCTADECANETHIOL ON AU(111) AND AG(111)

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BUCHER, JP [1 ]
SANTESSON, L [1 ]
KERN, K [1 ]
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[1] ECOLE POLYTECH FED LAUSANNE,INST PHYS EXPTL,CH-1015 LAUSANNE,SWITZERLAND
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10.1021/la00016a001
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O6 [化学];
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0703 ;
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The morphology of self-assembled hexane- and octadecanethiol monolayers on Au(111) and Ag(111) has been studied by variable temperature scanning tunneling microscopy. The depressions observed in the STM topographs of the films have been identified as substrate vacancy islands generated by chemical erosion during the self-assembly process. The defects can be healed out by thermal annealing at 350 K.
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