Abstract
The deposition of 2 Å of Al metal onto a monolayer of methylester-terminated alkanethiolate (HS(CH2)15CO2CH3) self-assembled on polycrystalline Au(111) was studied using time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF-SIMS), X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and infrared reflectance spectroscopy (IRS). The deposited Al was found to be highly reactive with the oxygen atoms in the self-assembled monolayer terminal functional group. No reactivity between Al and the methylene backbone of the monolayer was observed, nor was any Al observed at the monolayer/Au interface. However, the deposition of Al does induce some chain disordering.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 139-148 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Journal of Electron Spectroscopy and Related Phenomena |
Volume | 98-99 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Jan 1999 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Radiation
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Spectroscopy
- Physical and Theoretical Chemistry