Choi, Yunsoo published the artcileFunctionalized N-Heterocyclic Carbene Monolayers on Gold for Surface-Initiated Polymerizations, Safety of 15-Bromopentadecanoic acid, the main research area is heterocyclic carbene adsorbed monolayer surface polymerization; N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs); azo surface initiator; benzimidazolium methanesulfonates; photoinitiated radical polymerization; polymer brushes; self-assembled monolayers (SAMs); surface-initiated polymerization; thickness control.
Although N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs) are superior to thiol adsorbates in that they form remarkably stable bonds with gold, the generation of NHC-based self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) typically requires a strong base and an inert atm., which limits the utility of such films in many applications. Herein, we report the development and use of bench-stable NHC adsorbates, benzimidazolium methanesulfonates, for the direct formation of NHC films on gold surfaces under an ambient atm. at room temperature without the need for extraordinary precautions. The generated NHC SAMs were fully characterized using ellipsometry, XPS, polarization modulation IR reflection-absorption spectroscopy (PM-IRRAS), and contact angle measurements, and they were compared to analogous SAMs generated from an NHC bicarbonate adsorbate. Based on these findings, a unique radical initiator α,ω-bidentate azo-terminated NHC adsorbate, NHC15AZO[OMs], was designed and synthesized for the preparation of SAMs on gold surfaces with both NHC headgroups bound to the surface. The adsorbate mols. in NHC15AZO SAMs can exist in a hairpin or a linear conformation depending on the concentration of the adsorbate solution used to prepare the SAM. These conformations were studied by a combination of ellipsometry, XPS, PM-IRRAS, and scanning tunneling microscopy using gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) as a tag material. Moreover, the potential utility of these unique radical-initiating NHC films as surface-initiated polymerization platforms was demonstrated by controlling the thickness of polystyrene brush films grown from azo-terminated NHC monolayer surfaces simply by adjusting the reaction time of the photoinitiated radical polymer growth process.
ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces published new progress about Adsorbed monolayers. 56523-59-2 belongs to class bromides-buliding-blocks, name is 15-Bromopentadecanoic acid, and the molecular formula is C15H29BrO2, Safety of 15-Bromopentadecanoic acid.
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