resistance when exposed to organic vapors. Films of gold nanoparticles protected by 1 H, 1
H, 2 H, 2 H-perfluorodecanethiol (PFDT) exhibit an anomalous response in which the
resistance decreases for all vapors investigated. Electron microscopy illustrates that the
PFDT-functionalized gold nanoparticles are hexagonally ordered with an interparticle
separation of 3 nm. Quartz crystal microbalance measurements confirm substantial mass …