Gold adatom as a key structural component in self-assembled monolayers of organosulfur molecules on Au(1 1 1)

Progress in Surface Science

Volumn 85, Issue 5-8, 2010, Pages 206-240

  Maksymovych, Peter ^a   Voznyy, Oleksandr ^b   Dougherty, Daniel B ^c   Sorescu, Dan C ^d   Yates Jr , John T ^e  

^a OAK RIDGE NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE SHERBROOKE   (Canada)

^c NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d NATIONAL ENERGY TECHNOLOGY LABORATORY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Adatom; Alkanethiol; Arenethiol; Etch pits; Gold; Herringbone; Molecular electronics; Reconstruction; Self assembly; Stress; Striped phase; Thiol; Thiolate

Indexed keywords

ALKANETHIOL; ARENETHIOL; ETCH PITS; HERRINGBONE; RECONSTRUCTION; STRIPED PHASE; THIOL; THIOLATES;

ADATOMS; CHEMISORPTION; DISSOCIATION; ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE; GOLD; HYDROGEN BONDS; HYDROGEN SULFIDE; MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; MOLECULES; SCANNING PROBE MICROSCOPY; SELF ASSEMBLY; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS; SULFUR;

SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS;

EID: 77956173746     PISSN: 00796816     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.progsurf.2010.05.001     Document Type: Review

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