Self-assembled monolayers of Alkanethiol on Gold

This book deals with the electrochemical studies on
the adsorption
behaviour of some sulphur containing organic
compounds mainly self-assembled
monolayers (SAMs) of alkanethiol and alkanethiol
derivatives on
gold surfaces. More specifically, this book focuses
on the
effect of different solvents
on the structure, integrity and interfacial
properties of different organic thiol
monolayers like alkanethiol, aliphatic and aromatic
dithiol, hydroxy and
carboxylic acid thiol and thiocholesterol.This book
also introduces the concept of "hydrophobic gap" at
the alkanethiol SAM-water interface due to drying
transition. The experimental observation based on
double-layer capacitance measurement and Scanning
tunneling microscope (STM) study supports the
Lum-Chandler-Weeks (LCW) theory on hydrophobicity.

Autorentext

Dr. Ujjal Kumar Sur works as a lecturer in Chemistry at Instituteof Engineering and Industrial Technology, Durgapur, India.He is also a visiting scientist at Department of Chemistry, XiamenUniversity, China. His research interests are electrochemistry,microwave chemistry, nanotechnology and surface-enhanced Ramanspectroscopy.

Klappentext

This book deals with the electrochemical studies onthe adsorptionbehaviour of some sulphur containing organiccompounds mainly self-assembledmonolayers (SAMs) of alkanethiol and alkanethiolderivatives ongold surfaces. More specifically, this book focuseson theeffect of different solventson the structure, integrity and interfacialproperties of different organic thiolmonolayers like alkanethiol, aliphatic and aromaticdithiol, hydroxy andcarboxylic acid thiol and thiocholesterol.This bookalso introduces the concept of "hydrophobic gap" atthe alkanethiol SAM-water interface due to dryingtransition. The experimental observation based ondouble-layer capacitance measurement and Scanningtunneling microscope (STM) study supports theLum-Chandler-Weeks (LCW) theory on hydrophobicity.