Spectroscopic Study of Water Adsorption and Desorption on/from Oligo(ethylene glycol)-Substituted Alkanethiolate Self-Assembled Monolayers
Spectroscopic Study of Water Adsorption and Desorption on/from Oligo(ethylene glycol)-Substituted Alkanethiolate Self-Assembled Monolayers
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低聚(乙二醇)取代的烷硫醇自组装单分子层上水吸附和解吸的光谱研究
DOI:
10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b02514
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发表时间:
2018
影响因子:
3.7
通讯作者:
Michael
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作者:
Mustafa;Nefedov;Alexei;Zharnikov;Michael
Adsorption and temperature-driven desorption of water (D2O) on/from the surface of oligo(ethylene glycol) (OEG)-substituted alkanethiolate self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) with a variable length of the OEG segment and variable termination (−OH or −OMe) were studied by synchrotron-based X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy and near-edge X-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS) spectroscopy. The characteristic spectroscopic features of D2O were monitored, with a predominant signature of amorphous ice upon adsorption at 105–125 K and subsequent heating up to desorption temperature. The adsorption occurred exclusively onto the SAM surface, with a strong distortion of the spectral pattern for the first layer (for OH-terminated surfaces) and without any indication for the penetration of the D2O molecules into the hydrogel-like OEG part of the SAMs. The thickness of the ice films increased linearly with the D2O dose with the same rate for all OH-terminated SAMs and a slightly lower rate for the CH3-terminated films. The desorption of D2O in the given quasi-static temperature increase regime occurred at ∼150–155 K for all SAMs studied. Specific features of the NEXAFS spectra could be tentatively interpreted as a signature of a hydration phase, formed by the temperature-driven diffusion of the adsorbed D2O molecules into the hydrogel-like OEG part of the SAMs.