Mixed methyl- and propyl-thiolate monolayers on a Au(111) surface

Langmuir

Volumn 29, Issue 35, 2013, Pages 11082-11086

  Gao, Jianzhi ^a   Li, Fangsen ^a,b   Guo, Quanmin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MONOLAYERS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SULFUR COMPOUNDS;

AU(111) SURFACES; GOLD SUBSTRATES; METHYL THIOLATE; PARTIAL DESORPTION; STRIPED PHASE; THIOLATES;

GOLD METALLOGRAPHY;

EID: 84883485946     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la402582q     Document Type: Article

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