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Langmuir, Vol.33, No.23, 5613-5616, 2017
Low-Temperature PM IRRAS of a Monolayer on Au: Spectra of C18D37SH
We describe an experimental setup suitable for the measurement of photomodulated IR reflection/absorption spectra of monolayers on a flat gold substrate at temperatures from room to 14 K. Results obtained for a monolayer of C18D37SH on gold are shown and compared with IR spectra of C18D37SH in a KBr pellet at these temperatures. Band widths are reduced by only similar to 40%. Upon cooling below 100-150 K, the frequencies and intensities of v(as)(CD3) and v(as)(CD2) bands in the C-D stretching region in both types of spectra undergo reversible changes attributed to disappearance of gauche defects by analogy to the behavior of previously studied chains.