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Presentation
Impedance of Contact-Printed Alkanethiol Self-Assembled Monolayers on Gold
214th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society (2008)
  • Leslie A. Adamczyk, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
  • Mark R. Anderson, Kennesaw State University
Abstract

Contact printing (CP) is a common method for creating modified interfaces having two-dimensional patterns. The popularity of this method is due to the ease and low cost of this method. When printing an interfacial pattern with n-alkanethiols, the desired properties are those of a homogeneous, solution deposited monolayer. Patterning a surface, however, may cause defects to occur within the monolayer where two thiol domains meet. If large enough, the activity of these areas can dominate the electrochemical response. Creating patterned monolayer modified interfaces, therefore, may generate vast user defined domain boundaries that impact the electrochemical behavior of the modified interface and negatively impact the overall properties of the modified interface. This work describes the electrochemical properties of a homogeneous contact-printed monolayer.

Keywords
  • electrochemistry
Disciplines
Publication Date
October 14, 2008
Citation Information
Leslie A. Adamczyk and Mark R. Anderson. "Impedance of Contact-Printed Alkanethiol Self-Assembled Monolayers on Gold" 214th Meeting of the Electrochemical Society (2008)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/mark_anderson1/10/