The landscape of rigid thiol monolayers

COLL 355

Abraham Ulman, Chemical Engineering Chemistry and Materials Science, Chemical Engineering Chemistry and Materials Science, Polytechnic University, New York, New York, NY 11201
The talk will focus on self-assembled monolayer (SAM) of biphenyl thiolates on gold, which is a two-dimensional array of well-packed molecules at a surface with a film thickness of £ 2 nm. The structure of these SAMs will be discussed, and it will be shown that they form stable, molecularly engineered surfaces. These surfaces were used in two-dimensional nucleation and growth experiments, and it was found that the morphology of amino acid crystals is controlled by the chemistry of the SAM on which it nucleates. Surface-initiated polymerization from these SAMs results in a highly dense polystyrene brush. When SAMs of biphenyl thiolate on gold are irradiated by e-beam, they behave as positive photoresist.
 

Adamson Award Symposium Honoring Dave Allara and Ralph Nuzzo

Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry
The 225th ACS National Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 23-27, 2003