1. Thermal Stability of Octadecyltrichlorosilane and Perfluorooctyltriethoxysilane Monolayers on SiO2
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Xiangdong Yang, Haitao Wang, Peng Wang, Xuxin Yang, and Hongying Mao
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thermal stability ,self-assembled monolayers ,desorption and decomposition ,electronic structures ,Chemistry ,QD1-999 - Abstract
Using in situ ultraviolet photoelectron spectroscopy (UPS) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) measurements, the thermal behavior of octadecyltrichlorosilane (OTS) and 1H, 1H, 2H, and 2H-perfluorooctyltriethoxysilane (PTES) monolayers on SiO2 substrates has been investigated. OTS is thermally stable up to 573 K with vacuum annealing, whereas PTES starts decomposing at a moderate temperature between 373 K and 423 K. Vacuum annealing results in the decomposition of CF3 and CF2 species rather than desorption of the entire PTES molecule. In addition, our UPS results reveal that the work function (WF)of OTS remains the same after annealing; however WF of PTES decreases from ~5.62 eV to ~5.16 eV after annealing at 573 K.
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- 2020
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