TY - JOUR
T1 - Surface Raman Scattering of Self-Assembled Monolayers Formed from 1-Alkanethiols
T2 - Behavior of Films at Au and Comparison to Films at Ag
AU - Bryant, Mark A.
AU - Pemberton, Jeanne E.
PY - 1991/10/1
Y1 - 1991/10/1
N2 - Surface Raman scattering is used to study self-assembled monolayers formed from a series of 1-alkanethiols, CH3(CH2)nSH, where n = 3–5, 7, 8,11, and 17, at mechanically polished and electrochemically roughened Au surfaces. Defect structure in these films is investigated by use of the relative intensities of peaks due to trans and gauche conformations in the v(C–S) and v(C–C) frequency regions. Surface selection rules for Raman spectroscopy are used to estimate orientation of the alkanethiol layers at Au. The orientation proposed on the basis of the Raman spectral data is consistent with those previously reported on the basis of other measurements at Au surfaces. This orientation is compared to that previously determined for these films at Ag. Alkanethiols at Ag are found to have a chain tilt from the surface normal less than the 30° previously reported for Au. The C–S bond is found to be perpendicular to the Ag surface while it is largely parallel to the surface at Au. Differences in the spectra of short-chain alkanethiols from smooth and rough surfaces are attributed to disordering of the film at the roughened Au surface which occurs predominantly near the S end of the molecule on rough Au surfaces.
AB - Surface Raman scattering is used to study self-assembled monolayers formed from a series of 1-alkanethiols, CH3(CH2)nSH, where n = 3–5, 7, 8,11, and 17, at mechanically polished and electrochemically roughened Au surfaces. Defect structure in these films is investigated by use of the relative intensities of peaks due to trans and gauche conformations in the v(C–S) and v(C–C) frequency regions. Surface selection rules for Raman spectroscopy are used to estimate orientation of the alkanethiol layers at Au. The orientation proposed on the basis of the Raman spectral data is consistent with those previously reported on the basis of other measurements at Au surfaces. This orientation is compared to that previously determined for these films at Ag. Alkanethiols at Ag are found to have a chain tilt from the surface normal less than the 30° previously reported for Au. The C–S bond is found to be perpendicular to the Ag surface while it is largely parallel to the surface at Au. Differences in the spectra of short-chain alkanethiols from smooth and rough surfaces are attributed to disordering of the film at the roughened Au surface which occurs predominantly near the S end of the molecule on rough Au surfaces.
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U2 - 10.1021/ja00022a014
DO - 10.1021/ja00022a014
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0343033364
SN - 0002-7863
VL - 113
SP - 8284
EP - 8293
JO - Journal of the American Chemical Society
JF - Journal of the American Chemical Society
IS - 22
ER -