Local Probe Oxidation of Self-Assembled Monolayers on Hydrogen-Terminated Silicon

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• 作者：Menglong Yang ; Daan Wouters ; Marcel Giesbers ; Ulrich S. Schubert ; Han Zuilhof
• 刊名：ACS Nano
• 出版年：2009
• 出版时间：October 27, 2009
• 年：2009
• 卷：3
• 期：10
• 页码：2887-2900
• 全文大小：727K
• 年卷期：0
• ISSN：1936-086X

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Local probe oxidation experiments by conductive AFM have been performed on a hexadecyl monolayer and a N-hydroxysuccinimide (NHS)-ester-functionalized undecyl (NHS-UA) monolayer assembled on hydrogen-terminated (i.e., unoxidized) silicon. The oxidation conditions for the mild oxidation of the top terminal groups of monolayers and the deep oxidation of the underlying silicon into silicon oxide were investigated. The results show that the bias threshold for the AFM tip-induced oxidation of the top groups of monolayers on oxide-free silicon can be reduced by 2 V for the methyl-terminated hexadecyl monolayer and even by 3.5 V for the active NHS-ester-terminated undecyl monolayer, in comparison to a methyl-terminated octadecyl trichlorosilane (OTS) monolayer on oxidized silicon. Upon such local mild oxidation, the active NHS ester group of the NHS-UA monolayer is selectively cleaved off to generate carboxyl-containing monolayer nanopatterns, opening further possibilities for subsequent patterned multifunctionalization.