Self-assembled monolayers of thiols and dithiols on gold: new challenges for a well-known system

C Vericat, ME Vela, G Benitez, P Carro… - Chemical Society …, 2010 - pubs.rsc.org
Self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of alkanethiols and dialkanethiols on gold are key
elements for building many systems and devices with applications in the wide field of …

Density functional theory study of the adsorption of alkanethiols on Cu (111), Ag (111), and Au (111) in the low and high coverage regimes

FP Cometto, P Paredes-Olivera… - The Journal of …, 2005 - ACS Publications
The structure, the surface bonding, and the energetics of alkanethiols adsorbed on Cu (111),
Ag (111), and Au (111) surfaces were studied under low and high coverages. The potential …

Selfassembly of α, ω‐dithiols on surfaces and metal dithiol heterostructures

H Hamoudi, VA Esaulov - Annalen Der Physik, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
α, ω‐Dithiols present an interesting case of molecules with two reactive terminal‐SH groups
(HS‐R‐SH) that allow their use as binders between different metallic entities. They have …

Electrochemical origin of voltage-controlled molecular conductance switching

J He, Q Fu, S Lindsay, JW Ciszek… - Journal of the American …, 2006 - ACS Publications
We have studied electron transport in bipyridyl-dinitro oligophenylene-ethynelene dithiol
(BPDN) molecules both in an inert environment and in aqueous electrolyte under potential …

Self-assembly of alkanedithiols on Au (111) from solution: effect of chain length and self-assembly conditions

MAD Millone, H Hamoudi, L Rodríguez, A Rubert… - Langmuir, 2009 - ACS Publications
A comparative study on the adsorption of buthanedithiol (BDT), hexanedithiol (HDT), and
nonanedithiol (NDT) on Au (111) from ethanolic and n-hexane solutions and two different …

On the self assembly of short chain alkanedithiols

H Hamoudi, Z Guo, M Prato, C Dablemont… - Physical Chemistry …, 2008 - pubs.rsc.org
A study of the self-assembly of nonane-alkanedithiol monolayers on gold in n-hexane and
ethanol solvents is presented. Self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) are characterised by …

UPS, XPS, and NEXAFS study of self-assembly of standing 1, 4-benzenedimethanethiol SAMs on gold

L Pasquali, F Terzi, R Seeber, S Nannarone, D Datta… - Langmuir, 2011 - ACS Publications
We report a study of the self-assembly of 1, 4-benzenedimethanethiol monolayers on gold
formed in n-hexane solution held at 60° C for 30 min and in dark conditions. The valence …

Electrochemical STM investigation of 1, 8-octanedithiol monolayers on Au (1 1 1).: Experimental and theoretical study

MJ Esplandiu, ML Carot, FP Cometto, VA Macagno… - Surface science, 2006 - Elsevier
The surface structure of Au (111) electrodes covered by 1, 8-octanedithiol self-assembled
monolayers (SAMs) was studied with in situ scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM) as a …

[HTML][HTML] On sulfur core level binding energies in thiol self-assembly and alternative adsorption sites: An experimental and theoretical study

J Jia, A Kara, L Pasquali, A Bendounan… - The Journal of …, 2015 - pubs.aip.org
Characteristic core level binding energies (CLBEs) are regularly used to infer the modes of
molecular adsorption: orientation, organization, and dissociation processes. Here, we focus …

Self‐Assembled‐Monolayer Formation of Long Alkanedithiols in Molecular Junctions

HB Akkerman, AJ Kronemeijer, PA Van Hal… - small, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
The orientation of alkanedithiol molecules in self‐assembled monolayers (SAMs) is of vital
importance for their transport properties in molecular junctions. It is demonstrated that a too …