Electrochemical, HR-XPS and SERS study of the self-assembly of biphenyl 4,4′-dithiol on Au(111) from solution phase

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Euti, E. M.¹  Velez Romero, P.^1,2  Linarez Perez, O.¹  Ruano, G.^3,4  Patrito, E. M.¹  Zampieri, G.^3,4  Leiva, E. P. M.²  Macagno, V. A.¹  Cometto, F. P.¹ 

[1] Univ Nacl Cordoba, Fac Ciencias Quim, Dept Quim Fis, Inst Invest Fis Quim Cordoba INFIQC, RA-5000 Cordoba, Argentina

[2] Univ Nacl Cordoba, Fac Ciencias Quim, Dept Matemat & Fis, Inst Invest Fis Quim Cordoba INFIQC, RA-5000 Cordoba, Argentina

[3] Comis Nacl Energia Atom, Ctr Atom Bariloche, RA-8400 San Carlos De Bariloche, Rio Negro, Argentina

[4] Univ Nacl Cuyo, Inst Balseiro, San Carlos De Bariloche, Rio Negro, Argentina

关键词: Self-assembled monolayers;    Dithiols;    Electrochemistry;    XPS;    SERS;   

DOI  :  10.1016/j.susc.2014.07.021

来源: Elsevier

【 摘 要 】

We report a comparative study of 4,4'-biphenyldithiol adlayers grown on Au(111) substrates in solution phase by different methods. Layers prepared by immersion in solutions of ethanol and n-hexane, with and without the use of a disulfide reducing agent (tris-carboxyethyl phosphine, TCEP), were characterized by electroreductive desorption, impedance spectroscopy, redox activity, high-resolution photoemission spectroscopy, and surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy. It is shown that the simple immersion in an ethanolic solution leads to the formation of, at least, a bilayer with a high number of S - S bonds. The use of n-hexane as solvent produces a drastic reduction of these undesired bonds, and a similar result is obtained if the substrates prepared in the ethanolic solution are then washed with TCEP. The best results were obtained when the reducing agent was added into the ethanol solution, in which case all the characterizations were coincident in the formation of a single layer of standing-up molecules free of S - S bonds. The charge of the desorption peak and the relative intensity of the S2p and Au4f photoemission peaks both indicate a surface coverage theta approximate to 0.2. In the case of multilayers formed by immersion in pure ethanolic solutions, the Raman experiments indicate that intralayer S - S bonds are not formed, and hence that all the S - S bonds are of the interlayer type. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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