Surface stress, kinetics, and structure of alkanethiol self-assembled monolayers

Langmuir

Volumn 20, Issue 17, 2004, Pages 7090-7096

  Godin, Michel ^a   Williams, P J ^b   Tabard Cossa, Vincent ^a   Laroche, Olivier ^a   Beaulieu, L Y ^a,c   Lennox, R B ^a   Grütter, Peter ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MEMORIAL UNIVERSITY OF NEWFOUNDLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; CHEMICAL SENSORS; ELLIPSOMETRY; GOLD; MONOLAYERS; PHASE TRANSITIONS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SELF ASSEMBLY;

DRUG DELIVERY; FLAT GRAINS; MONOLAYER STRUCTURES; STANDING-UP PHASES; SURFACE STRESS;

REACTION KINETICS;

ADSORPTION; GOLD; MONOLAYERS; PHASE TRANSITION; REACTION KINETICS; SCANNING; SENSORS;

EID: 4344680515     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la030257l     Document Type: Article

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