Characterization of Self-Assembled Monolayers on a Ruthenium Surface

Study of Langmuir monolayers of ruthenium complexes and their aggregation by electrogenerated chemiluminescence

Self-Assembled Monolayers of Parent and Derivatized

Synthesis of the terminally disubstituted rigid rod molecules, [n]staffane-3,3("')-dithiols, n = 1-4, and their singly functionalized derivatives carrying an acetyl or a pentaammineruthenium(II), [ R u ( N H ~ ) ~ ] ~ + , substituent is described. Self-assembled monolayers of the neat [nlstaffane derivatives and of their mixtures with n-alkyl thiols were prepared on polycrystalline gold electro...

First-principles study on the electronic structure of Thiophenbithiol (TBT) on Au(100) surface

First principle calculations were performed using Density functional theory within the local spin density approximation (LSDA) to understand the electronic properties of Au(100)+TBT system and compare the results with Au(100) and bulk Au properties. Band structure, the total DOS and charge density for these materials are calculated. We found that the HOMO for Au(100)+TBT becomes broader than Au...

Formation and Characterization of Self-Assembled Phenylboronic Acid Derivative Monolayers toward Developing Monosaccharide Sensing-Interface

We designed and synthesized phenylboronic acid as a molecular recognition model system for saccharide detection. The phenylboronic acid derivatives that have boronic acid moiety are well known to interact with saccharides in aqueous solution; thus, they can be applied to a functional interface of saccharide sensing through the formation of self-assembled monolayer (SAM). In this study, self-ass...

Self-assembled monolayers of benzylmercaptan and para-cyanobenzylmercaptan on gold: surface infrared spectroscopic characterization.

Self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) on gold substrates were prepared from benzylmercaptan (BM) and para-cyanobenzylmercaptan (pCBM), and the resulting surfaces were investigated using conventional infrared reflection-absorption spectroscopy (IRRAS) as well as polarization modulation infrared reflection-absorption spectroscopy (PM-IRRAS). IRRAS data are analyzed by comparison with transmission IR s...