Spontaneously Adsorbed Monolayer Filins: Fabrication, Characterization, and Application of Monolayers of Alkanethiol and Sulfur-bearing Cyclodestrin Derivatives [Thesis]

Technical Report · Tue Mar 12 00:00:00 EST 1991

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/6010993· OSTI ID:6010993

Chung, Chinkap ^[1]

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1. Ames Laboratory (AMES), Ames, IA (United States); Iowa State Univ., Ames, IA (United States)

Monolayers of n-alkanethiols (CH₃(CH₂)_nSH, n=1--17) and sulfur-bearing cyclodextrin derivatives spontaneously adsorbed on Ag and Au have been studied with a variety of surface characterization methods, such as infrared inflection spectroscopy, contact angle measurements, electro-chemistry, optical ellipsometry, and scanning tunneling microscopy. Long chain n-alkanethiols monolayers on Ag and Au are insulating to electron transfer and have contact angles indicative of well-ordered hydrocarbon terminated structures. Infrared and contact angle data indicate a different orientation of the methyl group with respect to the surface for chains with odd and even numbers of methylene groups. Compared to monolayers on Au, the alkanethiol monolayers on Ag are oriented more towards the surface normal. The observed odd-even effect methyl group orientation for these monolayers on Ag is offset by a methylene group from that on Au. The relationships between the structure and packing of the monolayers on Ag and Au and the composition, roughness, and crystallinity of the substrate are also discussed. Monolayers of sulfur-bearing cyclodextrin derivatives on Au and Ag are fabricated by spontaneous adsorption and characterized by the above techniques. Size-selectively and molecular recognition of the $$\alpha$$- and $$\beta$$-cyclodextrin cavity are shown with our monolayers. Because of molecular recognition, p-nitrophenol is retained preferentially by the cyclodextrin monolayers over o-nitrophenol.

• Research Organization: Ames Laboratory (AMES), Ames, IA (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: W-7405-ENG-82
• OSTI ID: 6010993
• Report Number(s): IS-T-1532; ON: DE91009866
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Thesis (Ph.D.)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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