Adsorption mechanisms, structures, and growth regimes of an archetypal self-assembling system: Decanethiol on Au(111)

F. Schreiber; A. Eberhardt; T. Y. B. Leung; P. Schwartz; S. M. Wetterer; D. J. Lavrich; L. Berman; P. Fenter; P. Eisenberger; G. Scoles

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.57.12476

Adsorption mechanisms, structures, and growth regimes of an archetypal self-assembling system: Decanethiol on Au(111)

F. Schreiber, A. Eberhardt, T. Y. B. Leung, P. Schwartz, S. M. Wetterer, D. J. Lavrich, L. Berman, P. Fenter, P. Eisenberger, and G. Scoles

Phys. Rev. B 57, 12476 – Published 15 May 1998

Abstract

We present a study using several techniques of the growth of decanethiol monolayers deposited on single-crystal gold surfaces. Through independent measurements of coverage, energetics, and structure as a function of the growth rate and temperature, we provide a quantitative, in-depth description of the molecular processes by which these aliphatic molecules “self-assemble” into highly ordered structures in the absence of a solvent. We find that the multiple-energy scales present in these systems produce distinct adsorption mechanisms, structures, and growth regimes, indicating a complexity that is likely to be a general characteristic of this broad class of self-assembling systems.

Received 24 November 1997

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.57.12476

Authors & Affiliations

F. Schreiber^* and A. Eberhardt^†

Princeton Materials Institute, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544

T. Y. B. Leung

Princeton Materials Institute, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544
Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544

P. Schwartz

Princeton Materials Institute, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544

S. M. Wetterer and D. J. Lavrich

Princeton Materials Institute, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544
Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544

L. Berman

National Synchrotron Light Source, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973

P. Fenter^‡ and P. Eisenberger^§

Princeton Materials Institute, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544

G. Scoles

Princeton Materials Institute, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544
Department of Chemistry, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey 08544

^*Present address: Max-Planck Institut für Metallforschung, 70569, Stuttgart, Germany.
^†Present address: Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87544.
^‡Present address: Argonne National Laboratory, ER-203, Argonne, IL 60439.
^§Present address: Columbia Earth Institute, New York, NY 10027.

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