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 …

Organic surfaces play a major role in materials science. Most surfaces that we touch in our
daily lives are made from organic materials, eg, vegetables, fruit, skin, wood, and textiles …

The adsorption properties and reactivities of gold are summarized in terms of their size
dependency from bulk to fine particles, clusters and atoms. The catalytic performances of …

Nanopores bear great potential as sensors for single molecules, which are detected as
resistive pulses in a simple electrical measurement. The investigation of proteins requires …

We present an experimental demonstration and a corresponding statistical thermodynamic
formulation of surfactant-mediated size control of Au nanocrystals. In particular, we show …

Atomic beam techniques are presently being used in many branches of surface physics
such as studies of the particle-surface physisorption potential, surface structure, surface …

Self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) were formed on gold colloids in 50% aqueous ethanol
in the presence of alkanethiols, HS (CH2) n R, where R represents a series of neutral and …

Surface stress changes and kinetics were measured in situ during the self-assembly of
alkanethiols on gold by means of a micromechanical sensor. Self-assembly caused …

Low‐energy electron diffraction and reflection‐absorption infrared spectroscopy were used
to study the monolayers formed by the adsorption of n‐alkane thiols [HS (CH2) m CH3] on …

Using surface plasmon resonance (SPR) spectroscopy in the Kretschmann configuration,
we followed the self-assembly of organic ultrathin films which resulted from exposure of gold …