Formation of high-quality self-assembled monolayers of conjugated dithiols on gold: Base matters

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 133, Issue 13, 2011, Pages 4930-4939

  Valkenier, Hennie ^a,b   Huisman, Everardus H ^b,d   Van Hal, Paul A ^c   De Leeuw, Dago M ^b,c   Chiechi, Ryan C ^a,b   Hummelen, Jan C ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^d Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONJUGATED MOLECULES; DEPROTECTION; DEPROTECTION REACTION; DITHIOLS; ELECTRONICS APPLICATIONS; EQUILIBRIUM CONCENTRATION; EXPONENTIAL DECAYS; HIGH QUALITY; MOLECULAR JUNCTION; OLIGOPHENYLENES; OPTIMAL CONDITIONS; SAMS; SYSTEMATIC STUDY; TETRABUTYLAMMONIUM HYDROXIDES; THIOLATES; TRIETHYLAMINES;

ELECTRON ENERGY LEVELS; MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; ORGANIC POLYMERS;

SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS;

DITHIOL DERIVATIVE; GOLD; SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYER; TETRABUTYLAMMONIUM;

ARTICLE; DEPROTECTION REACTION; MOLECULAR ELECTRONICS; MONOLAYER CULTURE; NANOFABRICATION;

ALKYNES; ETHERS; ETHYLAMINES; GOLD; MEMBRANES, ARTIFICIAL; MOLECULAR STRUCTURE; SOLUTIONS; TOLUENE;

EID: 79953872588     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja110358t     Document Type: Article

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