화학공학소재연구정보센터
Langmuir, Vol.15, No.16, 5329-5332, 1999
Fullerene-terminated alkanethiolate SAMs on gold generated from unsymmetrical disulfides
We report the generation of new multicomponent self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) from the adsorption of unsymmetrical disulfides R(CH2)(4)SS(CH2)(6)NC60 (where R = CH3CH2- or CH3O-and C-60 = Buckminsterfullerene) onto the surface of gold. These new SAMs expose a high coverage of fullerene moieties as judged by ellipsometric thickness, contact angle measurements, and imaging with a scanning tunneling microscope (STM). The contact angle measurements suggest a more robust coverage than fullerene-terminated SAMs generated from other approaches. Furthermore, the STM measurements represent, to our knowledge, the first direct molecular-scale images of fullerene moieties attached to the surface of a SAM.