Assembly of octadecyl phosphonic acid on the α-Al 2 O 3 (0 0 0 1) surface of air annealed alumina: Evidence for termination dependent adsorption

Applied Surface Science

Volumn 255, Issue 5 PART 2, 2008, Pages 3276-3282

  Liakos, Ioannis L ^a   McAlpine, Eoghan ^b   Chen, Xinyong ^c   Newman, Roger ^d   Alexander, Morgan R ^c  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b Alcan Intl's Banbury Laboratory   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

AFM; Octadecyl phosphonic acid (ODPA); Self assembled monolayers (SAMs); XPS; Alumina

Indexed keywords

ALUMINA; ALUMINUM; ALUMINUM OXIDE; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; CORE LEVELS; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; ORGANIC ACIDS; SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS; SELF ASSEMBLY; SINGLE CRYSTALS; WETTING;

CARBONACEOUS MATERIALS; CLOSE-PACKED MONOLAYERS; OCTADECYL PHOSPHONIC ACIDS; PARTIAL DISPLACEMENT; PHASE-CONTRAST IMAGE; SAMS; TOPOGRAPHY IMAGES; WETTABILITY MEASUREMENTS;

X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 57049110393     PISSN: 01694332     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2008.09.037     Document Type: Article

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