Size effect and odd-even alternation in the melting of single and stacked AgSC n layers: Synthesis and nanocalorimetry measurements

Journal of the American Chemical Society

Volumn 135, Issue 38, 2013, Pages 14286-14298

  De La Rama, Lito P ^a   Hu, Liang ^a   Ye, Zichao ^a   Efremov, Mikhail Y ^b   Allen, Leslie H ^a  

^a University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEGREE OF STABILIZATION; EXCESS FREE ENERGY; PHENOMENOLOGICAL MODELING; SILVER ALKANETHIOLATES; STEPWISE INCREASE; SUBSTRATE INTERFACE; SYNTHESIS METHOD; SYSTEMATIC STUDY;

CHAIN LENGTH; CHAINS; INTERFACES (MATERIALS); STABILIZATION; THERMOELECTRICITY; VAN DER WAALS FORCES; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

SILVER;

ALKANE DERIVATIVE; SILVER; SILVER ALKANETHIOLATE DERIVATIVE; THIOL DERIVATIVE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CALORIMETRY; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTAL; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; ENERGY; MELTING POINT; NANOCALORIMETRY; SYNTHESIS; THICKNESS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 84884823178     PISSN: 00027863     EISSN: 15205126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ja4059958     Document Type: Article

References (61)

1. Takagi, M. Electron-diffraction study of liquid-solid transition of thin metal films J. Phys. Soc. Jpn. 1954, 9, 359
2. Coombes, C. J. The melting of small particles of lead and indium J. Phys. F 1972, 2, 441-449
3. Buffat, P.; Borel, J. P. Size Effect on Melting Temperature of Gold Particles Phys. Rev. A 1976, 13, 2287-2298
4. Jackson, C. L.; McKenna, G. B. The melting behavior of organic materials confined in porous solids J. Chem. Phys. 1990, 93, 9002-9011
5. Naitabdi, A.; Ono, L. K.; Cuenya, B. R. Local investigation of the electronic properties of size-selected Au nanoparticles by scanning tunneling spectroscopy Appl. Phys. Lett. 2006, 89, 043101-043103
6. Mostafa, S.; Behafarid, F.; Croy, J. R.; Ono, L. K.; Li, L.; Yang, J. C.; Frenkel, A. I.; Cuenya, B. R. Shape-Dependent Catalytic Properties of Pt Nanoparticles J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2010, 132, 15714-15719
7. Gandhi, D. D.; Lane, M.; Zhou, Y.; Singh, A. P.; Nayak, S.; Tisch, U.; Eizenberg, M.; Ramanath, G. Annealing-induced interfacial toughening using a molecular nanolayer Nature 2007, 447, 299-U2
8. Kowarski, L. Magic Numbers and Elements with No Stable Isotopes Phys. Rev. 1950, 78, 477-479
9. Bethe, H. A.; Bacher, R. F. Nuclear Physics A. Stationary States of Nuclei Rev. Mod. Phys. 1936, 8, 82-229
10. Hoare, M. R.; Pal, P. Physical cluster mechanics: Statistical thermodynamics and nucleation theory for monatomic systems Adv. Phys. 1975, 24, 645-678
11. Knight, W. D.; Clemenger, K.; Deheer, W. A.; Saunders, W. A.; Chou, M. Y.; Cohen, M. L. Electronic Shell Structure and Abundances of Sodium Clusters Phys. Rev. Lett. 1984, 52, 2141-2143
12. Noya, E. G.; Doye, J. P. K.; Wales, D. J.; Aguado, A. Geometric magic numbers of sodium clusters: Interpretation of the melting behaviour Eur. Phys. J. D 2007, 43, 57-60
13. Echt, O.; Sattler, K.; Recknagel, E. Magic Numbers for Sphere Packings: Experimental Verification in Free Xenon Clusters Phys. Rev. Lett. 1981, 47, 1121-1124
14. Stephens, P. W.; King, J. G. Experimental Investigation of Small Helium Clusters: Magic Numbers and the Onset of Condensation Phys. Rev. Lett. 1983, 51, 1538-1541
15. Efremov, M. Y.; Schiettekatte, F.; Zhang, M.; Olson, E. A.; Kwan, A. T.; Berry, R. S.; Allen, L. H. Discrete periodic melting point observations for nanostructure ensembles Phys. Rev. Lett. 2000, 85, 3560-3563
16. Jadzinsky, P. D.; Calero, G.; Ackerson, C. J.; Bushnell, D. A.; Kornberg, R. D. Structure of a thiol monolayer-protected gold nanoparticle at 1.1 angstrom resolution Science 2007, 318, 430-433
17. Lai, S. L.; Guo, J. Y.; Petrova, V.; Ramanath, G.; Allen, L. H. Size-dependent melting properties of small tin particles: Nanocalorimetric measurements Phys. Rev. Lett. 1996, 77, 99-102
18. Olson, E. A.; Efremov, M. Y.; Zhang, M.; Zhang, Z.; Allen, L. H. J. Appl. Phys. 2005, 97, 034304
19. Efremov, M. Y.; Olson, E. A.; Zhang, M.; Schiettekatte, F.; Zhang, Z. S.; Allen, L. H. Ultrasensitive, fast, thin-film differential scanning calorimeter Rev. Sci. Instrum. 2004, 75, 179
20. Lai, S. L.; Ramanath, G.; Allen, L. H.; Infante, P.; Ma, Z. High-speed (10î4 degrees C/s) scanning microcalorimetry with monolayer sensitivity (J/mî2) Appl. Phys. Lett. 1995, 67, 1229-1231
21. Olson, E. A.; Efremov, M. Y.; Zhang, M.; Zhang, Z. S.; Allen, L. H. The design and operation of a MEMS differential scanning nanocalorimeter for high-speed heat capacity measurements of ultrathin films J. Microelectromech. Syst. 2003, 12, 355-364
22. Denlinger, D. W.; Abarra, E. N.; Allen, K.; Rooney, P. W.; Messer, M. T.; Watson, S. K.; Hellman, F. Thin film microcalorimeter for heat capacity measurements from 1.5 to 800 K Rev. Sci. Instrum. 1994, 65, 946-959
23. Zhang, M.; Efremov, M. Y.; Schiettekatte, F.; Olson, E. A.; Kwan, A. T.; Lai, S. L.; Wisleder, T.; Greene, J. E.; Allen, L. H. Size-dependent melting point depression of nanostructures: Nanocalorimetric measurements Phys. Rev. B 2000, 62, 10548-10557
24. Olson, E. A.; Efremov, M. Y.; Zhang, M.; Zhang, Z. S.; Allen, L. H. Size-dependent melting of Bi Nanoparticles J. Appl. Phys. 2005, 97, 034304
25. Efremov, M. Y.; Olson, E. A.; Zhang, M.; Zhang, Z.; Allen, L. H. Glass transition in ultrathin polymer films: Calorimetric study Phys. Rev. Lett. 2003, 91, 85703
26. Zhang, Z. S.; Wilson, O. M.; Efremov, M. Y.; Olson, E. A.; Braun, P. V.; Senaratne, W.; Ober, C. K.; Zhang, M.; Allen, L. H. Heat Capacity Measurements of Two-dimensional Self-assembled Hexadecanethiol Monolayers on Polycrystalline Gold Appl. Phys. Lett. 2004, 84, 5198
27. Hu, L.; Zhang, Z. S.; Zhang, M.; Efremov, M. Y.; Olson, E. A.; de la Rama, L. P.; Kummamuru, R. K.; Allen, L. H. Self-Assembly and Ripening of Polymeric Silver-Alkanethiolate Crystals on Inert Surfaces Langmuir 2009, 25, 9585-9595
28. Dance, I. G.; Fisher, K. J.; Banda, R. M. H.; Scudder, M. L. Layered Structure of Crystalline AgSR Inorg. Chem. 1991, 30, 183-187
29. Fijolek, H. G.; Grohal, J. R.; Sample, J. L.; Natan, M. J. A facile trans to gauche conversion in layered silver butanethiolate Inorg. Chem. 1997, 36, 622-628
30. Bensebaa, F.; Ellis, T. H.; Kruus, E.; Voicu, R.; Zhou, Y. Characterization of self-assembled bilayers: Silver-alkanethiolates Langmuir 1998, 14, 6579-6587
31. Baena, M. J.; Espinet, P.; Lequerica, M. C.; Levelut, A. M. Mesogenic Behavior of Silver Thiolates with Layered Structure in the Solid-State-Covalent Soaps J. Am. Chem. Soc. 1992, 114, 4182-4185
32. Levchenko, A. A.; Yee, C. K.; Parikh, A. N.; Navrotsky, A. Chem. Mater. 2005, 17, 5428-5438
33. Voicu, R.; Badia, A.; Morin, F.; Lennox, R. B.; Ellis, T. H. Thermal Behavior of a Self-Assembled Silver n-Dodecanethiolate Layered Material Monitored by DSC, FTIR, and 13 C NMR Spectroscopy Chem. Mater. 2000, 12, 2646-2652
34. Popoff, R. T. W.; Zavareh, A. A.; Kavanagh, K. L.; Yu, H.-Z. Reduction of Gold Penetration through Phenyl-Terminated Alkyl Monolayers on Silicon J. Phys. Chem. C 2012, 116, 17040-17047
35. Radha, B.; Liu, G.; Eichelsdoerfer, D. J.; Kulkarni, G. U.; Mirkin, C. A. Layer-by-layer assembly of a metallomesogen by dip-pen nanolithography ACS Nano 2013, 7, 2602-2609
36. Hu, L.; de la Rama, L. P.; Efremov, M. Y.; Anahory, Y.; Schiettekatte, F.; Allen, L. H. Synthesis and Characterization of Single-Layer Silver Decanethiolate Lamellar Crystals J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2011, 133, 4367-4376
37. Kummamuru, R. K.; Hu, L.; Cook, L.; Efremov, M. Y.; Olson, E. A.; Allen, L. H. A close proximity self-aligned shadow mask for sputter deposition onto a membrane or cavity J. Micromech. Microeng. 2008, 18, 095027
38. Lai, S. L.; Ramanath, A. G.; Allen, L. H.; Infante, P. Heat capacity measurements of Sn nanostructures using a thin-film differential scanning calorimeter with 0.2 nJ sensitivity Appl. Phys. Lett. 1997, 70, 43-45
39. Thomson, J. J. Application of Dynamics to Physics and Chemistry; McMillan: London, 1888.
40. Pawlow, P. Z. Phys. Chem. 1909, 65, 545
41. Hoffman, J.; Weeks, J. X-Ray Study of Isothermal Thickening of Lamellae in Bulk Polyethylene at the Crystallization Temperature J. Chem. Phys. 1965, 42, 4301-4302
42. Wunderlich, B.; Czornyj, G. A Study of Equilibrium Melting of Polyethylene Macromolecules 1977, 10, 906-913
43. Lauritzen, J.; Hoffman, J. Formation of Polymer Crystals with Folded Chains from Dilute Solution J. Chem. Phys. 1959, 31, 1680
44. Lauritzen, J.; Hoffman, J. Theory of formation of polymer crystals with folded chains in dilute solution J. Res. Natl. Bur. Stand., Sect. A 1960, 64, 73-102
45. Hoffman, J.; Weeks, J. Melting Process and the Equilibrium Melting Temperature of Polychlorotrifluoroethylene J. Res. Natl. Bur. Stand., Sect A 1962, 66A, 16-28
46. Ulman, A. Formation and structure of self-assembled monolayers Chem. Rev. 1996, 96, 1533-1554
47. Ulman, A. Self-Assembled Monolayers of Thiols; Academic Press: San Diego, CA, 1998; Vol. 24.
48. Love, J. C.; Estroff, L. A.; Kriebel, J. K.; Nuzzo, R. G.; Whitesides, G. M. Self-assembled monolayers of thiolates on metals as a form of nanotechnology Chem. Rev. 2005, 105, 1103-1169
49. Fenter, P.; Eisenberger, P.; Liang, K. S. Chain-Length Dependence of the Structures and Phases of Ch3(Ch2)N-1sh Self-Assembled on Au(111) Phys. Rev. Lett. 1993, 70, 2447-2450
50. Ramin, L.; Jabbarzadeh, A. Odd-Even Effects on the Structure, Stability, and Phase Transition of Alkanethiol Self-Assembled Monolayers Langmuir 2011, 27, 9748-9759
51. Srivastava, P.; Chapman, W. G.; Laibinis, P. E. Odd-Even Variations in the Wettability of n-Alkanethiolate Monolayers on Gold by Water and Hexadecane:A Molecular Dynamics Simulation Study Langmuir 2005, 21, 12171-12178
52. Tao, F.; Bernasek, S. L. Understanding Odd/Even Effects in Organic Self-Assembled Monolayers Chem. Rev. 2007, 107, 1408-1453
53. Small, D. M. The Physical Chemisty of Lipids from Alkanes to Phospholipids; Plenum Press: New York, 1986.
54. McGonigal, G. C.; Bernhardt, R. H.; Thomson, D. J. Imaging alkane layers at the liquid/graphite interface with the scanning tunneling microscope Appl. Phys. Lett. 1990, 57, 28-30
55. Rabe, J. P.; Buchholz, S. Commensurability and Mobility in Two-Dimensional Molecular Patterns on Graphite Science 1991, 253, 424-427
56. Boese, R.; Weiss, H.-C.; Blaser, D. The Melting Point Alternation in the Short-Chain n-Alkanes: Single-Crystal X-Ray Analyses of Propane at 30 K and of n-Butane to n-Nonane at 90 K Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 1999, 38, 988-992
57. Kitaigorodskii, A. I. Organic Chemical Crystallography; Consultants Bureau: New York, 1961.
58. Kwan, A. T.; Efremov, M.; Olson, E. A.; Schiettekatte, F.; Zhang, M.; Geil, P. H.; Allen, L. H. Nanoscale calorimetry of isolated polyethylene single crystals J. Polym. Sci., Part B: Polym. Phys. 2001, 39, 1237-1245
59. Wunderlich, B. Thermal Analysis of Polymeric Materials; Springer-Verlag: Berlin, 2005.
60. Hohne, G. W. H. Another approach to the Gibbs-Thomson equation and the melting point of polymers and oligomers Polymer 2002, 43, 4689-4698
61. Dorset, D. L. Crystallography of the Polymethylene Chain; Oxford University Press: New York, 2005.