Abstract
Self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) derived from 1,2-bis(mercaptomethyl)-4,5-dialkylbenzene (1), 1-mercaptomethyl-3,4-dialkylbenzene (2), 1-mercaptomethyl-4-alkylbenzene (3), 1-mercapto-4-alkylbenzene (4), and 4-mercaptomethyl-4‘-alkoxybiphenyl (5) were prepared by adsorption from solution onto evaporated gold. The SAMs were characterized by contact angle goniometry, optical ellipsometry, and polarization modulation infrared reflection absorption spectroscopy. Comparison of SAMs generated from 1 and 2 to well-known SAMs generated from normal alkanethiols (6) revealed that the former SAMs are densely packed and highly oriented. The alkyl chains of the SAMs derived from 1 and 2 are, however, less crystalline (i.e., less conformationally ordered) than those derived from 6. The adsorption of compounds 3, 4, and 5 onto gold yielded highly crystalline SAMs. Solution-phase thermal desorption of SAMs 1−6 at temperatures ranging from 60 to 110 °C was monitored using ex situ ellipsometry. The desorption profiles of SA...
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