The structural phases and the growth of self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) are reviewed
from a surface science perspective, with emphasis on simple model systems. The concept of …

▪ Abstract Recent applications of various in situ techniques have dramatically improved our
understanding of the self-organization process of adsorbed molecular monolayers on solid …

We have explored the effects of solvent, adsorber concentration, and environment on the
formation of high-coverage monolayers of alkylsiloxanes on silicon oxide surfaces from …

Hole transporting materials are widely used in multilayer organic and polymer light-emitting
diodes (OLEDs, PLEDs, respectively) and are indispensable if device electroluminescent …

Vibrational sum frequency spectroscopy (VSFS) has been used to study the structure of
water in contact to fused silica surfaces, hydrophobically modified with a series of alkyl …

A compact monolayer containing azobenzene has been prepared on silicon substrates. The
elaboration route consisted of covalent grafting of freshly synthesized azobenzene moieties …

We demonstrate that 18 keV x rays can be used to study organic thin films at the solid-liquid
interface by x-ray reflectivity. We establish that this is a powerful technique for investigating …

Experimental evidence derived from a comprehensive study of a self-assembled
organosilane multilayer film system undergoing a process of postassembly chemical …

Templated ZnO thin-film growth from the vapor phase is achieved on docosyltrichloro-silane-
patterned Si substrates using atomic layer epitaxy (ALE) combined with soft lithography …

Since its discovery, Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) has become a technique of choice for
non-destructive surface characterization with sub-molecular resolution. The AFM has also …