Covalent surface modification of oxide surfaces

SP Pujari, L Scheres, ATM Marcelis… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The modification of surfaces by the deposition of a robust overlayer provides an excellent
handle with which to tune the properties of a bulk substrate to those of interest. Such control …

Wet chemical routes to the assembly of organic monolayers on silicon surfaces via the formation of Si–C bonds: Surface preparation, passivation and functionalization

S Ciampi, JB Harper, JJ Gooding - Chemical Society Reviews, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
Organic functionalization of non-oxidized silicon surfaces, while allowing for robust chemical
passivation of the inorganic substrate, is intended and expected to broaden the chemical …

Functionalization of oxide-free silicon surfaces with redox-active assemblies

B Fabre - Chemical Reviews, 2016 - ACS Publications
This review provides a comprehensive survey of the derivatization of hydrogen-terminated,
oxide-free silicon surfaces with electroactive assemblies (from molecules to polymers) …

Silicon surface modification and characterization for emergent photovoltaic applications based on energy transfer

W Peng, SM Rupich, N Shafiq, YN Gartstein… - Chemical …, 2015 - ACS Publications
2.1 Background There is already a wealth of information on the wet chemical cleaning of Si
for semiconductor processing,(14, 15) but there is less on subsequent modification methods …

[PDF][PDF] Using an electrical potential to reversibly switch surfaces between two states for dynamically controlling cell adhesion

CCA Ng, A Magenau, SH Ngalim, S Ciampi… - Angewandte Chemie …, 2012 - academia.edu
Because of the importance of cell adhesion to a diverse range of physiological processes,
including wound healing, tissue repair, and cancer metastasis, there has been enormous …

Nanoscale condensation of water on self-assembled monolayers

M James, TA Darwish, S Ciampi, SO Sylvester… - Soft Matter, 2011 - pubs.rsc.org
We demonstrate that water is almost universally present on apparently dry self-assembled
monolayers, even on those considered almost hydrophobic by conventional methods such …

Hybrids of organic molecules and flat, oxide-free silicon: high-density monolayers, electronic properties, and functionalization

Y Li, S Calder, O Yaffe, D Cahen, H Haick, L Kronik… - Langmuir, 2012 - ACS Publications
Since the first report of Si–C bound organic monolayers on oxide-free Si almost two decades
ago, a substantial amount of research has focused on studying the fundamental mechanical …

Recent Applications of the (TMS)3SiH Radical-Based Reagent

C Chatgilialoglu, J Lalevée - Molecules, 2012 - mdpi.com
This review article focuses on the recent applications of tris (trimethylsilyl) silane as a radical-
based reagent in organic chemistry. Numerous examples of the successful use of (TMS) …

Wet chemical surface functionalization of oxide-free silicon

P Thissen, O Seitz, YJ Chabal - Progress in surface science, 2012 - Elsevier
Silicon is by far the most important semiconductor material in the microelectronic industry
mostly due to the high quality of the Si/SiO2 interface. Consequently, applications requiring …

Silyl radical abstraction in the functionalization of plasma-synthesized silicon nanocrystals

LM Wheeler, NC Anderson, PKB Palomaki… - Chemistry of …, 2015 - ACS Publications
Many silicon nanostructures have exhibited favorable optical properties following surface
functionalization with molecular groups through a silicon–carbon bond. Here, we show the …