Orientation of Langmuir--Blodgett monolayers using NEXAFS
Carbon K-shell NEXAFS (near edge x-ray absorption fine structure)= spectra of oriented hydrocarbon chains in Langmuir--Blodgett (LB) monolayers were measured and used to study the orientation of these molecules. The LB monolayers were assembled from arachidic acid or cadmium or calcium arachidate on the oxidized Si(111) surface. The observed NEXAFS resonances are assigned to transitions to excited states which are localized on individual CH/sub 2/ groups or C--C bonds. From a detailed analysis using curve-fitting techniques of the angular dependence of the various spectral peaks, the hydrocarbon chains of the cadmium arachidate monolayer is estimated to lie within 15/sup 0/ of the surface normal, the hydrocarbon chains of the calcium arachidate monolayer is estimated to be tilted by 33 +- 5/sup 0/ from the surface normal, while the arachidic acid monolayer is not ordered at all. The determined chain orientations are discussed in terms of a microscopic model involving lateral interactions between the zig--zag hydrocarbon chains.
- Research Organization:
- IBM Almaden Research Center, San Jose, California 95120-6099
- OSTI ID:
- 5373226
- Journal Information:
- J. Chem. Phys.; (United States), Vol. 88:6
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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