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 …

Due to increasing concern about environmental impact, there has been tremendous recent
interest in developing new processes that both reduce energy consumption and minimize …

The interface engineering strategy has been an emerging field in terms of material
improvisation that not only alters the electronic band structure of a material but also induces …

Chemisorption of organosulfur molecules, such as alkanethiols, arenethiols and disulfide
compounds on gold surfaces and their subsequent self-organization is the archetypal …

Gold ([Xe] 4f 14 5d 10 6s 1) is one of the most ancient themes of investigation in science and
arts, and its renaissance now leads to an exponentially increasing number of publications …

Nanoporous gold (np-Au), a three-dimensional nanoporous bulk material, is made by
selective corrosion of Ag from Ag–Au alloys, a technique already applied by the pre …

In the last two decades surface science techniques have decisively contributed to our
present knowledge of alkanethiol self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) on solid surfaces …

A comprehensive overview of the process of digestive ripening that is known to convert
polydisperse nanocrystals to monodisperse ones is presented. Apart from highlighting the …

The self-assembly of molecules into structurally organized monolayers (SAMs) uses the
flexibility of organic chemistry and coordination chemistry to generate well-defined, synthetic …

The reaction of sulfur and oxygen with the gold surface is important in many technological
applications, including heterogeneous catalysis, corrosion, and chemical sensors. We have …