Long-range molecular organization of an organic monolayer grafted on a mineral substrate. |
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Authors: | Bernd Struth Pierre Terech Fran?ois Rieutord |
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Institution: | European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, BP 220, 38043 Grenoble Cédex, France. |
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Abstract: | Structured and functional materials are of the utmost importance for the development of microelectronic technology. We report on a method to obtain a highly ordered organic molecular layer on a mineral substrate. We took advantage of the regular array of reactive sites present at the single-crystal surface of topaz to perform a liquid-phase silanization reaction. The grazing-incidence diffraction technique was used to characterize the bare and covalently coated surfaces. The ordering of the monomolecular organic layer reproduces the perfect single-crystal structure of the cleaved surface over millimeter distances. |
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Keywords: | monolayers organic–inorganic hybrid composites surface analysis surface chemistry X‐ray diffraction |
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