AFM-assisted fabrication of thiol SAM pattern with alternating quantified surface potential

Nanoscale Research Letters

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2011, Pages

  Moores, Bradley ^a   Simons, Janet ^a   Xu, Song ^b   Leonenko, Zoya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WATERLOO   (Canada)

^b AGILENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; GOLD COATINGS; HYDROPHOBICITY; SURFACE POTENTIAL; BIOSENSORS;

GOLD COATED SUBSTRATE; KELVIN PROBE FORCE MICROSCOPY; NEGATIVELY CHARGED; POSITIVELY CHARGED; SELECTIVE BINDING; SURFACE POTENTIAL DISTRIBUTIONS; TECHNOLOGY APPLICATION; THIOL SELF-ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS; AFM; GOLD-COATED; MICRO PATTERN; NANOGRAFTING; SAMS;

SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS;

EID: 84255189992     PISSN: 19317573     EISSN: 1556276X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1556-276X-6-185     Document Type: Article

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