Self-assembled monolayers of Alkanethiol on Gold : Studies on the effect of some solvents on the structure, integrity and interfacial properties of organic thiol monolayers

ISBN-13: 9783639174502 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 208 str.

Ujjal Kumar Sur

Opis

This book deals with the electrochemical studies onthe adsorptionbehaviour of some sulphur containing organiccompounds mainly self-assembledmonolayers (SAMs) of alkanethiol and alkanethiolderivatives ongold surfaces. More specifically, this book focuseson theeffect of different solventson the structure, integrity and interfacialproperties of different organic thiolmonolayers like alkanethiol, aliphatic and aromaticdithiol, hydroxy andcarboxylic acid thiol and thiocholesterol.This bookalso introduces the concept of "hydrophobic gap" atthe alkanethiol SAM-water interface due to dryingtransition. The experimental observation based ondouble-layer capacitance measurement and Scanningtunneling microscope (STM) study supports theLum-Chandler-Weeks (LCW) theory on hydrophobicity.

O autorze

Dr. Ujjal Kumar Sur works as a lecturer in Chemistry at Institute
of Engineering and Industrial Technology, Durgapur, India.
He is also a visiting scientist at Department of Chemistry,
Xiamen
University, China. His research interests are electrochemistry,
microwave chemistry, nanotechnology and surface-enhanced Raman
spectroscopy.