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End-Group-Dominated Molecular Order in Self-Assembled Monolayers

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Jaschke,  Manfred
Department of Biophysical Chemistry, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Max Planck Society;

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Butt,  Hans-Jürgen
Department of Biophysical Chemistry, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Max Planck Society;

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Bamberg,  Ernst
Department of Biophysical Chemistry, Max Planck Institute of Biophysics, Max Planck Society;

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Wolf, H., Ringsdorf, H., Delamarche, E., Takami, T., Kang, H., Michel, B., et al. (1995). End-Group-Dominated Molecular Order in Self-Assembled Monolayers. The Journal of Physical Chemistry, 99(18), 7102-7107. doi:10.1021/j100018a050.


Cite as: https://hdl.handle.net/21.11116/0000-0007-F07B-0
Abstract
Self-assembled monolayers of 6-[4-(phenylazo)phenoxy]hexane-l-thiol(“azobenzene”) on gold have been studied with atomic force microscopy in ethanol and with scanning tunneling microscopy a thigh gap impedance in air. These azobenzene-functionalized self-assembled monolayers show two stable rectangular lattices having equal dimensions of 0.61 and 0.79 nm and an angle of 89°.We conclude that the lattices are end-group dominated because they are in commensurate with Au(lll), they extend over terrace edges with no phase shift, and they can also be observed on polycrystalline gold. The unit cells are populated with two molecules that have aromatic interactions and expose the upper phenyl ring edge of the azobenzene moiety to the surface. The anisotropic electronic shape of these phenyl rings allows distinct, isoenergetic geometries created by laterally shifting and tilting pairs of phenyl rings. The upper edge of these phenyl rings appears to be elliptical in STM images.