title: Addressable carbene anchors for gold surfaces.
abstract: New strategies to access functional monolayers could augment current surface modification methods. Here we present addressable N-heterocyclic carbene (ANHC) anchors for gold surfaces. A suite of experimental and theoretical methods was used to characterize ANHC monolayers. We demonstrate grafting of highly fluorinated polymers from surface-bound ANHCs. This work establishes ANHCs as viable anchors for gold surfaces.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA.
authors.forename: Aleksandr V
authors.initials: AV
authors.lastname: Zhukhovitskiy
authors.forename: Michael G
authors.initials: MG
authors.lastname: Mavros
authors.forename: Troy
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Van Voorhis
authors.forename: Jeremiah A
authors.initials: JA
authors.lastname: Johnson