화학공학소재연구정보센터
Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Vol.109, No.33, 15822-15827, 2005
Probing interfacial organization in surface monolayers using tethered pyrene. 2. Spectroscopy and motional freedom of the adsorbates
We have studied the steady-state and time-resolved emission spectroscopy of the pyrene-containing monolayers reported in the previous article, where in this work we have bound the monolayers to SiOx. We find that these monolayer structures are sensitive to the identity of the solvent overlayer, with the solvent playing a significant role in the organization of the surface-bound monolayers. We discuss our finding's in the context of the known polarity dependence of the pyrene emission spectrum and find that the motional freedom of the chromophores varies with both the monolayer composition and the identity of the solvent overlayer. Our data point to the importance of neighbor-neighbor interactions within the monolayer structures in mediating the motional freedom of the tethered pyrene chromophores.