Selective adsorption of dithiolate-modified multi-wall carbon nanotubes onto alkanethiol self-assembled monolayers on Au(111)

Hye Ryeong Kim; Sunmi Park; Changhoon Jung; Jandee Kim; Choong Kyun Rhee; Moon Seop Hyun

doi:10.1039/c0cc01148g

Selective adsorption of dithiolate-modified multi-wall carbon nanotubes onto alkanethiol self-assembled monolayers on Au(111)

Chem Commun (Camb). 2010 Sep 21;46(35):6584-6. doi: 10.1039/c0cc01148g. Epub 2010 Aug 19.

Authors

Hye Ryeong Kim¹, Sunmi Park, Changhoon Jung, Jandee Kim, Choong Kyun Rhee, Moon Seop Hyun

Affiliation

¹ Department of Chemistry, Chungnam National University, Daejeon, 305-764, South Korea.

PMID: 20721384
DOI: 10.1039/c0cc01148g

Abstract

Dithiolate-modified multi-wall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs) adsorb selectively on the self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of alkanethiols on a Au surface: the long dithiolates attached to the MWCNTs anchor the massive MWCNTs onto the Au surface by replacing the shorter thiolates of SAMs.