Publication details
Direct alkylation of gold surface
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| Year of publication | 2012 |
| Type | Conference abstract |
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| Description | We report methods for ambient solution coating of a gold surface with a self-limiting monolayer containing alkyl chains attached by one or more C-Au bonds, and no other elements. The alkyl transfer agents are alkyl derivatives of metals such as Sn, Hg, Ge, and others. This is a generalization of our previous finding that under ambient conditions solutions of alkylated stannanes deposit alkyl-containing monolayers on gold surface, and is in accord with break-junction conductivity measurements on single molecules attached to gold through carbon by transfer from trimethylstannyl derivatives. |