Self-assembled monolayers of thiolates on metals as a form of nanotechnology

JC Love, LA Estroff, JK Kriebel, RG Nuzzo… - Chemical …, 2005 - ACS Publications
Nanoscience includes the study of objects and systems in which at least one dimension is 1-
100 nm. The objects studied in this range of sizes are larger than atoms and small …

The chemistry of the sulfur–gold interface: in search of a unified model

E Pensa, E Cortés, G Corthey, P Carro… - Accounts of chemical …, 2012 - ACS Publications
Over the last three decades, self-assembled molecular films on solid surfaces have attracted
widespread interest as an intellectual and technological challenge to chemists, physicists …

New insights for self-assembled monolayers of organothiols on Au (111) revealed by scanning tunneling microscopy

G Yang, G Liu - The Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2003 - ACS Publications
In the past decade, scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) has revealed new information
regarding self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of organothiols on Au (111) at the molecular …

Optimized photoisomerization on gold nanoparticles capped by unsymmetrical azobenzene disulfides

A Manna, PL Chen, H Akiyama, TX Wei… - Chemistry of …, 2003 - ACS Publications
Gold nanoparticles capped by an unsymmetrical azobenzene disulfide, 4-hexyl-4 '-(12-
(dodecyldithio) dodecyloxy) azobenzene (C6AzSSC12), were synthesized in order to …

Self-assembled oligo (phenylene-ethynylene) molecular electronic switch monolayers on gold: Structures and chemical stability

JJ Stapleton, P Harder, TA Daniel, MD Reinard, Y Yao… - Langmuir, 2003 - ACS Publications
Self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of the nitro-substituted oligo (phenylene-
ethynylene)(OPE) 4, 4 '-(diethynylphenyl)-2 '-nitro-1-benzenethiolate on Au {111} were …

Organic/metal interfaces in self-assembled monolayers of conjugated thiols: A first-principles benchmark study

G Heimel, L Romaner, JL Brédas, E Zojer - Surface science, 2006 - Elsevier
We present an extensive theoretical study of a self-assembled monolayer of a prototype π-
conjugated thiol on Au (111). A series of experimentally accessible quantities are calculated …

Competition as a design concept: Polymorphism in self-assembled monolayers of biphenyl-based thiols

P Cyganik, M Buck, T Strunskus… - Journal of the …, 2006 - ACS Publications
Self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of two ω-(4 '-methylbiphenyl-4-yl) alkanethiols (CH3
(C6H4) 2 (CH2) n SH, BP n, n= 4, 6) on Au (111) substrates, prepared from solution at room …

Single Component Self‐Assembled Monolayers of Aromatic Azo‐Biphenyl: Influence of the Packing Tightness on the SAM Structure and Light‐Induced Molecular …

M Elbing, A Błaszczyk, C von Hänisch… - Advanced Functional …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Aiming at modulating the packing density within functional self‐assembled monolayers
(SAMs), two azo‐biphenyl derivatives AZO1 and AZO2 comprising a terminal sulfur anchor …

Odd− Even Effects in Self-Assembled Monolayers of ω-(Biphenyl-4-yl) alkanethiols: A First-Principles Study

G Heimel, L Romaner, JL Brédas, E Zojer - Langmuir, 2008 - ACS Publications
Conjugated molecules with a saturated alkyl linker between a thiol docking group and the π-
conjugated core have been shown to form self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) with a high …

Tunneling across SAMs containing oligophenyl groups

CM Bowers, D Rappoport… - The Journal of …, 2016 - ACS Publications
This paper reports rates of charge tunneling across self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of
compounds containing oligophenyl groups, supported on gold and silver, using …