Tailoring of a smooth polycrystalline gold surface as a suitable anchoringsite for a self-assembled monolayer

Authors
Tsuneda, S Ishida, T Nishida, N Hara, M Sasabe, H Knoll, W
Citation
S. Tsuneda et al., Tailoring of a smooth polycrystalline gold surface as a suitable anchoringsite for a self-assembled monolayer, THIN SOL FI, 339(1-2), 1999, pp. 142-147
Citations number
41
Categorie Soggetti
Apllied Physucs/Condensed Matter/Materiales Science","Material Science & Engineering
Journal title
THIN SOLID FILMS
ISSN journal
00406090 → ACNP
Volume
339
Issue
1-2
Year of publication
1999
Pages
142 - 147
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-6090(19990208)339:1-2<142:TOASPG>2.0.ZU;2-B
Abstract
We investigated an effective pretreatment method for a polycrystalline gold film surface on which an ordered self-assembled monolayer (SAM) could form . The wetting properties of the SAM surface determined by the hysteresis be tween advancing and receding contact angles against water and hexadecane re vealed that the ordered SAM was formed on the gold surface pretreated with a combination of UV/ozone exposure and ethanol rinsing prior to SAM formati on. The change in optical properties of the gold film surface was observed by surface plasmon spectroscopy (SPS), indicating that pure ethanol rinsing makes the gold surface smooth by removing small gold grains oxidized by UV /ozone exposure. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science S.A. All rights reserved.