Self-assembled monolayers of new dendron-thiols: manipulation of the patterned surface and wetting properties

SAMs based on a novel dendron-thiol system, which maintain the alkanethiols ' active site, but with the -SH group connected to independently variable g roups by a dendron-linker, showed a controllable surface pattern and wettin g properties. The precisely tailored structure of dendron-thiols with local ly controlled hydrophobic and hydrophilic peripheries allows the formation of designed surface structures on a gold surface, e.g. nano-stripes, honeyc omb and homogeneous structures.