Self-assembled monolayers of n-alkanoic

FI1R methods were used to study the kinetics of formation of self-assembled monolayers of n-alkanoic acids by adsorption from solutions. 

Tao, Y.-T. (1993) Structural Comparison of Self-Assembled Monolayers of N-Alkanoic Acids on the Surfaces of Silver, Copper, and Aluminum, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 115, 4350-4358. 

Z. Zhang, N. Yoshida, T. Imae, Q. Xue, M. Bai, J. Jiang, and Z. Lui (2001). A self-assembled monolayer of an alkanoic acid-derivatized porphyrin on gold surface A structural investigation by surface plasmon resonance, ultraviolet-visible, and infrared spectroscopies. J. Colloid Interf. Sci. 243, 382. 

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