title: Binary Mixtures of SH- and CH3-Terminated Self-Assembled Monolayers to Control the Average Spacing Between Aligned Gold Nanoparticles.
abstract: This paper presents a method to control the average spacing between organometallic chemical vapor deposition (OMCVD) grown gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) in a line. Focused ion beam patterned CH3-terminated self-assembled monolayers are refilled systematically with different mixtures of SH- and CH3-terminated silanes. The average spacing between OMCVD Au NPs is demonstrated systematically to decrease by increasing the v/v% ratio of the thiols in the binary silane mixtures with SH- and CH3-terminated groups.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Western Ontario, London, ON, N6A 3K7, Canada. smittler@uwo.ca.
authors.forename: Asad
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Rezaee
authors.forename: Laura C
authors.initials: LC
authors.lastname: Pavelka
authors.forename: Silvia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mittler