Molecular dynamics and energy landscape of decanethiolates in self-assembled monolayers on Au(111) studied by scanning tunneling microscopy

The energetics and dynamics of the various phases of decanethiolate self-assembled monolayers on Au(111) surfaces were studied with scanning tunneling microscopy. We have observed five different phases of the decanethiolate monolayer on Au(111): four ordered phases (β, δ, χ*, and φ) and one disorder...

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Veröffentlicht in:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. - 1985. - 29(2013), 11 vom: 19. März, Seite 3662-7
1. Verfasser: Sotthewes, Kai (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Wu, Hairong, Kumar, Avijit, Vancso, G Julius, Schön, Peter M, Zandvliet, Harold J W
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2013
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
Schlagworte:Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Alkanes Gold 7440-57-5 decane NK85062OIY
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Zusammenfassung:The energetics and dynamics of the various phases of decanethiolate self-assembled monolayers on Au(111) surfaces were studied with scanning tunneling microscopy. We have observed five different phases of the decanethiolate monolayer on Au(111): four ordered phases (β, δ, χ*, and φ) and one disordered phase (ε). We have determined the boundary free energies between the disordered and order phases by analyzing the thermally induced meandering of the domain boundaries. On the basis of these results, we are able to accurately predict the two-dimensional phase diagram of the decanethiolate/Au(111) system. The order-disorder phase transition of the χ* phase occurs at 295 K, followed by the order-disorder phase transition of the β phase at 325 K. Above temperatures of 325 K, only the densely packed φ and disordered ε phases remain. Our findings are in good agreement with the phase diagram of the decanethiolate/Au(111) system that was put forward by Poirier et al. [Langmuir 2001, 17 (4), 1176-1183]
Beschreibung:Date Completed 04.09.2013
Date Revised 19.03.2013
published: Print-Electronic
ErratumIn: Langmuir. 2019 Apr 2;35(13):4787. doi: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b00585. - PMID 30907596
Citation Status MEDLINE
ISSN:1520-5827
DOI:10.1021/la400082z