It is demonstrated that laser desorption ion trap mass spectrometry (LD-ITMS) can be successfully applied to the chemical analysis of a monolayer of adsorbates on a solid surface. Negative ion spectra obtained from LD-ITMS of self-assembled monolayers adsorbed from solutions of alkanethiols (CH3(CH2
Laser Desorption/Vacuum Ultraviolet Photoionization of Alkanethiolate Self-assembled Monolayers
β Scribed by Jennifer L. Trevor; Luke Hanley; Keith R. Lykke
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1997
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 65 KB
- Volume
- 11
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0951-4198
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β¦ Synopsis
Self
-assembled monolayers of straight-chain alkanethiolates (RS) on gold were studied by nitrogen laser desorption followed by vacuum ultraviolet (118 nm) photoionization of secondary neutrals in a time-of-flight mass spectrometer. The dominant feature of all photoionization mass spectra were the dimers (RSSR + ) for all thiolates studied. No monomer ions (RS + ) were observed, in contrast with previous results from time-of-flight secondary ion and direct laser desorption mass spectrometry. Results are presented from experiments on the tetradecyl (C 14 ) and hexadecyl (C 16 ) mercaptan monolayers. Mixed C 14 /C 16 monolayers generated both pure and mixed dimers, indicating a facile association between different monomer chain lengths.
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