title: Understanding organic film behavior on alloy and metal oxides.
abstract: Native oxide surfaces of stainless steel 316L and Nitinol alloys and their constituent metal oxides, namely nickel, chromium, molybdenum, manganese, iron, and titanium, were modified with long chain organic acids to better understand organic film formation. The adhesion and stability of films of octadecylphosphonic acid, octadecylhydroxamic acid, octadecylcarboxylic acid, and octadecylsulfonic acid on these substrates were examined in this study. The films formed on these surfaces were analyzed by diffuse reflectance infrared Fourier transform spectroscopy, contact angle goniometry, atomic force microscopy, and matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization mass spectrometry. The effect of the acidity of the organic moiety and substrate composition on the film characteristics and stability is discussed. Interestingly, on the alloy surfaces, the presence of less reactive metal sites does not inhibit film formation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15282, USA.
authors.forename: Aparna
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Raman
authors.forename: Rosalynn
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Quiñones
authors.forename: Lisa
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Barriger
authors.forename: Rachel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Eastman
authors.forename: Arash
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Parsi
authors.forename: Ellen S
authors.initials: ES
authors.lastname: Gawalt
mesh_terms: D000497:Alloys / Q000737:chemistry*; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D018625:Microscopy, Atomic Force; D009930:Organic Chemicals / Q000737:chemistry*; D010087:Oxides / Q000737:chemistry*; D013010:Sonication; D019032:Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization; D017550:Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D000497:Alloys; D009930:Organic Chemicals; D010087:Oxides; C013616:nitinol