Property of self-assembled monolayers of long-alkyl-chain-substituted TTF dirivative

Yasuyuki Yokota*, Ryota Yuge, Akira Miyazaki, Toshiaki Enoki, Masahiko Hara

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Abstract

Self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of an electron donor TTF derivative with long alkyl chains (-C11H22) are formed on Au (111). STM, surface plasmon resonance, and FTIR reflection absorption spectroscopy measurements suggest that TTF backbone is isolated from the gold substrate by long alkyl chains. Cyclic voltammograms reveal two redox peaks (E 11/2= 263 mV, E21/2= 508 mV vs. Ag/Ag+) corresponding to TTF/TTF+ and TTF +/TTF2+. These peak currents are proportional to the scan rates, indicating that the TTF backbone maintains its electrochemical activity in the SAMs. In addition, the peak-to-peak separations between oxidation and reduction are roughly proportional to the scan rates, which indicates that a potential drop takes place at the long alkyl chains, which work as resistance in the electron transport.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)121/[517]-127/[523]
JournalMolecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology Section A: Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals
Volume407
Issue numberPART 3
DOIs
StatePublished - 2003
EventProceedings of the 13th Korea-Japan Joint Forum on Organic Materials for Electronics and Photonics - Sendai, Japan
Duration: 2002/10/222002/10/24

Keywords

  • Cyclic voltammetry
  • Long alkyl chain
  • Scanning tunneling microscopy
  • Self-assembled monolayer
  • Surface plasmon resonance
  • Tetrathiafulvalene

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Condensed Matter Physics

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