Comparison of Self-Assembled Monolayers on Gold: Coadsorption of Thiols and Disulfides

摘要

Ordered, organic monolayers were formed on gold slides by adsorption from ethanol of HS(CH2)10CH2OH, HS(CH2)10CH3, S(CH2)10CH2OH2, S(CH2)10Ch32, and of binary mixtures of these molecules in which one component was terminated by a hydrophobic methyl group and one by a hydrophilic alcohol group. The compositions of the monolayers were determined by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). Wettability was used as a probe of the chemical composition and structure of the surface of the monolayer. When monolayers were formed in solutions containing mixtures of a thiol and a disulfide, adsorption of the thiol was strongly preferred (approx. 75:1). Monolayer, Gold, Surface, Contact angles, Thiols, Disulfides. (mjm)