Local Packing Environment Strongly Influences the Frictional Properties of Mixed CH3- and CF3-Terminated Alkanethiol SAMs on Au(111)
| Autor: | Shuang Li, Olga E. Shmakova, Ramon Colorado, Scott S. Perry, Michael Graupe, Xiaoping Yan, Paul Cao, Irmgard Wenzl, and T. Randall Lee |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
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Chemistry
Atomic force microscopy Stereochemistry Analytical chemistry Surfaces and Interfaces Substrate (electronics) Condensed Matter Physics chemistry.chemical_compound Transition metal X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy Monolayer Electrochemistry General Materials Science Nanometre Self-assembly Methylene Spectroscopy |
| Zdroj: | Langmuir. 21:933-936 |
| ISSN: | 1520-5827 0743-7463 |
| Popis: | Compositionally mixed, self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) derived from 16,16,16-trifluorohexadecanethiol and a normal alkanethiol, either hexadecanethiol or pentadecanethiol, were formed on Au(111) substrates. The relative composition of the films was determined using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and was found to approximately equal the equimolar composition of the isooctane solution from which they were formed. The frictional properties of the mixed films were measured on the nanometer scale using atomic force microscopy and were observed to decrease when the chain length of the CH(3)-terminated component was shortened by one methylene unit (i.e., when hexadecanethiol was replaced by pentadecanethiol). For comparison, the frictional properties of a mixed-chain-length CH(3)-terminated SAM derived from hexadecanethiol and pentadecanethiol in a 1:1 ratio was also examined. In contrast to the mixed CF(3)/CH(3) system, the latter mixed-chain-length system exhibited relatively higher friction when compared to single-component SAMs derived solely from either hexadecanethiol or pentadecanethiol. For both types of mixed films, the change in frictional properties that occurs as a result of modifying the position of neighboring terminal groups with respect to the surface plane is discussed in terms of the influence of local packing environments on interfacial energy dissipation (friction). |
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