Investigations of the Structural Dependence of Gold-Bound Alkanethiolate Monolayers on Chain Length and the Evolution of Barrier Strength to Electron Transfer

摘要

Organized monomolecular assemblies formed by the chemisorption of alkanethiols on gold have been extensively examined the past several years in a wide range of areas in the electrochemical arena.One of the long-standing questions deals with how the length of alkyl chain affects the barrier strength of the adlayer with respect to heterogeneous electron transfer.