The nature of self-assembled octadecylphosphonic acid (ODPA) layers on copper substratesShow others and affiliations
2021 (English)In: Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, ISSN 0021-9797, E-ISSN 1095-7103, Vol. 581, p. 816-825Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Hypothesis: The self-assembly of amphiphilic molecules onto solid substrates can result both in the formation of monolayers and multilayers. However, on oxidized and non-oxidized copper (Cu), only monolayer formation was reported for phosphonic acids possessing one phosphate head group. Here, the adsorption of octadecylphosphonic acid (ODPA) on Cu substrates through a self-assembly process was investigated with the initial hypothesis of monolayer formation. Experiments: The relative amount of ODPA adsorbed on a Cu substrate was determined by infrared reflection/absorption spectroscopy (IRRAS) and by atomic force microscopy (AFM) investigations before and after ODPA deposition. X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) with sputtering was used to characterize the nature of the layers. Findings: The results show that the thickness of the ODPA layer increased with deposition time, and after 1 h a multilayer film with a thickness of some tens of nm was formed. The film was robust and required long-time sonication for removal. The origin of the film robustness was attributed to the release of Cu ions, resulting in the formation of Cu-ODPA complexes with Cu ions in the form of Cu(I). Preadsorbing a monolayer of octadecylthiol (ODT) onto the Cu resulted in no ODPA adsorption, since the release of Cu(I) ions was abolished.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Academic Press Inc. , 2021. Vol. 581, p. 816-825
Keywords [en]
Atomic force microscopy, Copper leaching, Infrared reflection/absorption spectroscopy, Octadecylphosphonic acid, Self-assembled monolayers, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Copper metallography, Deposition, Heavy ions, Monolayers, Multilayer films, Multilayers, Substrates, X ray photoelectron spectroscopy, Amphiphilic molecules, Copper substrates, Infrared reflections, Initial hypothesis, Monolayer formation, Octadecylphosphonic acids, Phosphonic acids, Self assembly process, Copper compounds, copper ion, octadecylthiol, phosphonic acid derivative, self assembled monolayer, thiol derivative, unclassified drug, absorption spectroscopy, acid deposition, adsorption, analytic method, Article, chemical analysis, chemical structure, cheminformatics, complex formation, controlled study, film thickness, infrared spectroscopy, priority journal, reflectometry, ultrasound, X ray photoemission spectroscopy
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Condensed Matter Physics Materials Chemistry
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-285301DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2020.07.058ISI: 000604318400020PubMedID: 32818682Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85089435386OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-285301DiVA, id: diva2:1506170
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