Delivering octadecylphosphonic acid self-assembled monolayers on a Si wafer and other oxide surfaces.
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We describe a simple experimental approach for delivering self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of octadecylphosphonic acid (OPA) on many oxide surfaces using a nonpolar medium with a dielectric constant around 4 (e.g., trichloroethylene). This approach readily results in the formation of full-coverage OPA SAMs on a wide variety of oxide surfaces including cleaved mica, Si wafer, quartz, and aluminum. Especially, the availability of delivering full-coverage OPA SAM on a Si wafer is unique, as no OPA SAMs at all could be formed on a Si wafer when using a polar OPA solution. The reason a nonpolar solvent is superior lies in the very fact that the hydrophilic OPA headgroup tends to escape from the nonpolar solution and is thus enriched at the medium-air interface. It is these OPA headgroups seeking a hydrophilic surface that make possible the well-controlled OPA monolayer on an oxide surface.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- The journal of physical chemistry. B
دوره 110 42 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2006