Two-dimensional polymer synthesis : towards a two-dimensional replicating system for nanostructures

The general concept of a replicating monolayer system is introduced as a new method of nanostructure synthesis. One possible implementation of a 2-D replicating system is pursued which uses a diacetylene moiety for cross-linking and amide hydrogen bonding for molecular recognition between replicates and templates. The synthesis of several monomers for amide hydrogen-bonded adlayer formation is described. The assembly and crosslinking of diacetylene monomers on an underlying amide-capped self- assembled monolayer (SAM) was studied on unpatterned thermally evaporated gold films. Raman and Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopies, as well as ellipsometry and contact angle data, indicate that amide hydrogen bonding interactions are sufficient to organize an adlayer of diacetylene-containing molecules on the underlying SAM which can be polymerized with ultraviolet light. In order to obtain gold substrates suitable for cross-linking of bis(diacetylene) monomers, new methods of producing ultraflat gold surfaces were developed.

Department dc:contributor.department

Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Dept. of Chemistry.

Grantor dc:publisher

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Year dc:date.issued

2005

Author dc:creator

• Mosley, David W

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• Joseph M. Jacobson.

• Chemistry.

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• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/33652
• http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582

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eng

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