화학공학소재연구정보센터
Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Vol.110, No.4, 1807-1813, 2006
Sum frequency generation microscopy of microcontact-printed mixed self-assembled monolayers
Sum frequency generation imaging microscopy (SFGIM) is used to image the chemically distinct regions of a microcontact-printed monolayer surface. The contrast in the images is based on the vibrational spectrum of each component in the monolayer. Mixtures of C-16 thiols on gold with CH3 and phenyl termination are imaged with a resolution of similar to 10 mu m. Microcontact printing produces films that are different compared to the immersion procedure of forming self-assembled monolayers. The SFGIM technique is able to obtain a vibrational spectrum at each point on the surface and demonstrate that the stamped area has significant mixing with the molecules deposited from the backfilling solution.