SCANNING FORCE MICROSCOPY STUDIES OF ENHANCED METAL NUCLEATION - AU VAPOR-DEPOSITED ON SELF-ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS OF SUBSTITUTED SILANES

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DUNAWAY, DJ [1 ]
MCCARLEY, RL [1 ]
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[1] LOUISIANA STATE UNIV,DEPT CHEM,BATON ROUGE,LA 70803
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10.1021/la00022a037
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O6 [化学];
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0703 ;
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Scanning force microscopy was used to observe the topography of vapor-deposited Au films on various silane monolayers. Thin (1-10 nm) evaporated Au films deposited onto monolayers of(CH3O)(3)Si(CH2)(3)X (X = -SH, -NH2, and -CH3) on SiO2/Si(111) display morphologies which are dependent on the nature of the Au-X interaction. Macroscopic adhesion tests indicate that the Au is strongly bound to the amine and thiol surfaces. The electrical resistivity of 8 nm thick Au films deposited on the amine-terminated surface was found to be 7 orders of magnitude lower than that for the thiol-terminated surface, indicating that the amine-terminated surface favors an increased number of nucleation sites.
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