From the bottom up: dimensional control and characterization in molecular monolayers

Shelley A. Claridge; Wei-Ssu Liao; John C. Thomas; Yuxi Zhao; Huan H. Cao; Sarawut Cheunkar; Andrew C. Serino; Anne M. Andrews; Paul S. Weiss

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From the bottom up: dimensional control and characterization in molecular monolayers†

Shelley A. Claridge,^ab Wei-Ssu Liao,^ab John C. Thomas,^ab Yuxi Zhao,^ab Huan H. Cao,^ab Sarawut Cheunkar,^ab Andrew C. Serino,^ae Anne M. Andrews^abcd and Paul S. Weiss*^abe

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^a California NanoSystems Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
E-mail: psw@cnsi.ucla.edu

^b Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA

^c Department of Psychiatry, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA

^d Semel Institute for Neuroscience & Human Behavior, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA

^e Department of Materials Science & Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA

Abstract

Self-assembled monolayers are a unique class of nanostructured materials, with properties determined by their molecular lattice structures, as well as the interfaces with their substrates and environments. As with other nanostructured materials, defects and dimensionality play important roles in the physical, chemical, and biological properties of the monolayers. In this review, we discuss monolayer structures ranging from surfaces (two-dimensional) down to single molecules (zero-dimensional), with a focus on applications of each type of structure, and on techniques that enable characterization of monolayer physical properties down to the single-molecule scale.

This article is part of the themed collection: Chemistry of functional nanomaterials

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31 Aug 2012

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Chem. Soc. Rev., 2013,42, 2725-2745

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S. A. Claridge, W. Liao, J. C. Thomas, Y. Zhao, H. H. Cao, S. Cheunkar, A. C. Serino, A. M. Andrews and P. S. Weiss, Chem. Soc. Rev., 2013, 42, 2725 DOI: 10.1039/C2CS35365B

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