Site-directed exchange studies with combinatorial libraries of nanostructures

J Am Chem Soc. 2002 Oct 9;124(40):11997-2001. doi: 10.1021/ja0203871.

Abstract

We describe a new combinatorial method for studying the exchange between solution adsorbates and nanoscale features within libraries generated via dip-pen nanolithography. Four different compounds, 1-octadecanethiol, 16-mercaptohexadecanoic acid, ferrocene (11-mercaptoundecyl), and ferrocene (11-mercapto-1-oxoundecyl), are studied on amorphous and single-crystal gold substrates. This series of adsorbates allows us to compare the exchange properties of patterns of nanoscale features as a function of composition, feature size, and type of underlying substrate. Moreover, these properties can be compared and contrasted with bulk SAM properties. The novel strategy provides not only a method for initiating site-specific exchange processes but also a way of extracting kinetic information about the rate of such processes in situ.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Combinatorial Chemistry Techniques / methods*
  • Ferrous Compounds / chemistry
  • Gold / chemistry
  • Metallocenes
  • Nanotechnology / methods*
  • Palmitic Acids / chemistry
  • Sulfhydryl Compounds / chemistry

Substances

  • 16-mercaptohexadecanoic acid
  • Ferrous Compounds
  • Metallocenes
  • Palmitic Acids
  • Sulfhydryl Compounds
  • n-octadecyl mercaptan
  • Gold
  • ferrocene