Polymerization of diacetylenes by hydrogen bond templated adlayer formation

David W Mosley; Mark A Sellmyer; Erin J Daida; Joseph M Jacobson

doi:10.1021/ja036625p

Polymerization of diacetylenes by hydrogen bond templated adlayer formation

J Am Chem Soc. 2003 Sep 3;125(35):10532-3. doi: 10.1021/ja036625p.

Authors

David W Mosley¹, Mark A Sellmyer, Erin J Daida, Joseph M Jacobson

Affiliation

¹ Center for Bits and Atoms, MIT, Bldg E15-433, 20 Ames Street, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

PMID: 12940731
DOI: 10.1021/ja036625p

Abstract

Adlayers were formed on self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) formed by alkanethiols on gold. Base SAMs exposing amide functional groups at the SAM surface were formed with 12-mercaptododecanamide. Adlayers of diacetylene-containing monomers were then formed via amide hydrogen bonding in decalin and decalin/toluene mixtures. Grazing angle FTIR, contact angle measurements, and ellipsometry suggest that these adlayer films exhibit ordering and packing similar to that of SAMs on gold. Resonance Raman spectroscopy showed that these diacetylene adlayers could be readily polymerized by exposure to UV light.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

Acetylene / analogs & derivatives*
Acetylene / chemistry*
Hydrogen Bonding
Polymers / chemistry*
Polyynes
Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared
Spectrum Analysis, Raman

Substances

Polymers
Polyynes
Acetylene