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Self-assembled monolayers of n-alkanethiolates on copper are barrier films that protect the metal against oxidation by air

Paul E. Laibinis, +1 more
- 01 Nov 1992 - 
- Vol. 114, Iss: 23, pp 9022-9028
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In this paper, self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) derived from adsorption of nalkanethiols onto the surfaces of copper slow the oxidation of the copper surface by reaction with atmospheric dioxygen.
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Self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) derived from adsorption of n-alkanethiols onto the surfaces of copper slow the oxidation of the copper surface by reaction with atmospheric dioxygen. Angstrom-level changes in the thickness of the monolayer result in readily observable differences (by X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, XPS) in the rates of oxidation of the copper and adsorbed thiolates. The rates of oxidation of the copper and the thiolates can be decreased by ∼50% by increasing the length of the adsorbate, and thus of the SAM, by four CH 2 units

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