Friday, 4 November 2005 - 2:30 PM
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Molecular Relaxation Dynamics of Self-Assembled Monolayers

Qing Zhang and Lynden Archer. School of chemical and biomolecular engineering, Cornell University, 120 Olin Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853

This work reports the first quantitative experimental study of molecular dynamics in self-assembled monolayer (SAMs). Dielectric spectroscopy is used to investigate relaxation dynamics of alkylsilane SAMs coated on porous glass. A fast relaxation process, which is believed to be related to the local motion of chain segments near the head groups, was observed. By introducing a polar group CN at the chain ends of each grafted molecules, a strong relaxation process was observed, which may be associated with the local segment motions near chain ends. This study provides a promising approach to study molecular dynamics in grafted monolayers.

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