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Combination of the quartz crystal microbalance and the electrochemical technique for the characterization of self-assembled monolayers of octadecylmercaptan on gold surfaces

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Quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) technique has been applied to the direct mass measurement of a self-assembled monolayer of octadecylmercaptan (OM) on a gold surface deposited onto a quartz-crystal. Repeated rinsing of the modified electrodes with used solvent was conducted to get self-assembled monolayers of OM. From the resonance frequency change, 2.5 nm molecular occupied area of OM on gold was obtained. The advantage of the combination of QCM and electrochemical methods was emphasized for the characterization of self-assembled monolayers.

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  1. M. Kunitake

    Present address: Itaya Electrochemiscopy Project, JRDC, Yagiyama-minami, Taihaku-ku, 980, Sendai, Japan

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  1. Department of Applied Chemistry, Faculty of Engineering, Nagasaki University, 852, Nagasaki, Japan

    M. Kunitake, Y. Narikiyo, O. Manabe & N. Nakashima

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Kunitake, M., Narikiyo, Y., Manabe, O. et al. Combination of the quartz crystal microbalance and the electrochemical technique for the characterization of self-assembled monolayers of octadecylmercaptan on gold surfaces. J Mater Sci 30, 2338–2340 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01184583

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