Self-Assembled Monolayers of Electroactive Polychlorotriphenylmethyl Radicals on Au(111)

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• 作者：Nú ; ria Crivillers ; Marta Mas-Torrent ; José ; Vidal-Gancedo ; Jaume Veciana ; Concepció ; Rovira
• 刊名：Journal of the American Chemical Society
• 出版年：2008
• 出版时间：April 23, 2008
• 年：2008
• 卷：130
• 期：16
• 页码：5499 - 5506
• 全文大小：1189K
• 年卷期：v.130,no.16(April 23, 2008)
• ISSN：1520-5126

文摘

Two new polychlorotriphenylmethyl (PTM) derivatives bearing a thioacetate and a disulfide group have been synthesized to anchor on gold substrate. On the basis of these molecules, three strategies were followed to prepare self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of electroactive PTMs. The resulting SAMs were fully characterized by contact angle, atomic force microscopy (AFM), and time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectroscopy (ToF-SIMS). The high coverage surface and stability of the SAMs were demonstrated by cyclic voltammetry. In addition, the electrochemical experiments proved that these SAMs are bistable since it is possible to reversibly switch between the PTM radical state to the corresponding anion. The magnetic response was investigated by electron paramagnetic resonance. We observed that when the PTM SAMs are in their radical form they confer magnetic functionality to the surface, whereas when they are in the anionic state, the surface is diamagnetic. Thus, the PTM-modified substrates are multifunctional surfaces since they combine magnetic and electroactive properties. The reported results show the high potential of these materials for the fabrication of surface molecular devices.