Long-range molecular organization of an organic monolayer grafted on a mineral substrate.
Structured and functional materials are of the utmost importance for the development of microelectronic technology. We report on a method to obtain a highly ordered organic molecular layer on a mineral substrate. We took advantage of the regular array of reactive sites present at the single-crystal surface of topaz to perform a liquid-phase silanization reaction. The grazing-incidence diffraction technique was used to characterize the bare and covalently coated surfaces. The ordering of the monomolecular organic layer reproduces the perfect single-crystal structure of the cleaved surface over millimeter distances.
Struth
Bernd
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European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, BP 220, 38043 Grenoble Cédex, France.
Terech
Pierre
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Rieutord
François
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