Nano-scale characterization of binary self-assembled monolayers under an ambient condition with STM and TERS†
Abstract
Gold surfaces were modified by benzyl-mercaptan (BM) and then partly replaced with benzenethiol (BT), which formed binary self-assembled monolayers (SAM). Initially BT randomly replaced BM in the monolayer, but at long exchange times >15 nm radius domains were observed with specific relative composition of BT and BM.
- This article is part of the themed collection: Scanning Probe Studies of Molecular Systems