Annealing effect for self-assembled monolayers formed from terphenylethanethiol on Au(111)

• Published in: Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP Vol. 22; no. 24; pp. 1358 - 13591
• Main Authors: Azzam, Waleed, Al-Rashdi, Awad, Subaihi, Abdu, Rohwerder, Michael, Zharnikov, Michael, Bashir, Asif
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge Royal Society of Chemistry 24.06.2020
• Subjects: Annealing; Continuous annealing; Gold; Monolayers; Morphology; Packing density; Phase transitions; Phases; Room temperature; Self-assembled monolayers; Self-assembly; Substrates

The structure and morphology of self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) prepared on Au(111) from solutions of terphenylethanethiol (TP2) at room temperature and subsequently annealed at temperatures up to 473 K were investigated using scanning tunneling microscopy. This system is of particular interest bec...