Thermal decomposition of alkoxy monolayers grafted on silicon: A mechanistic model

Autor: J.-N. Chazalviel, C. Henry de Villeneuve, François Ozanam, Philippe Allongue, Dorin Dusciac
Rok vydání: 2013
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Zdroj: Surface Science. 609:230-235
ISSN: 0039-6028
DOI: 10.1016/j.susc.2012.12.008
Popis: A recent spectroscopic study showed that alkoxy monolayers grafted on a (111) silicon surface thermally decompose in the 200–400 °C range by fragmentation of the alkyl chains [Surf. Sci. 601 (2007) 3961]. Here this behavior is reproduced by a numerical simulation, assuming that the elementary fragmentation steps have different probabilities, depending on the length of the fragments formed. The variation of the CH 2 /CH 3 ratio, as determined experimentally by infrared spectroscopy, is reproduced with a set of fragmentation probabilities consistent with the enthalpy variation associated with each corresponding step.
Databáze: OpenAIRE