Structure and Dynamics in Surface Reactions

该项目致力于从分子水平上理解固体表面上的化学反应过程，主要主题是无机表面上的有机部分。将系统地研究有机单层结构的形成，特别强调手性单层结构的形成，使用STM。吸附温度、吸附物链长和功能的变化，以及混合吸附物的溶剂共吸附和竞争共吸附的影响，将用于探索结构形成的能量学。分子在矿物表面的吸附与生命系统中分子进化和同手性相关的问题将被解决。对硅表面多层结构的研究将得到扩展，使用有机金属和有机耦合路线来构建这些层。多层结构将通过振动光谱（高分辨率电子能量损失光谱和红外椭偏光谱）在特高压和环境条件下进行检查。最后，将采用特高压光谱和电化学分析相结合的方法研究铁表面有机单层缓蚀剂的热稳定性和分解机理。普林斯顿大学的Andrew Bocarsly教授和Steven Bernasek教授得到了有机和大分子化学项目的支持，他们的研究目标是在固体表面上获得分子水平的化学反应过程的理解，主要主题是无机表面上的有机部分。功能化硅和金属表面在微电子和分子电子学应用中越来越重要。这项工作将为有机单层膜和薄膜的结构和反应性提供基础信息。这些结果可能有助于回答有关手性在生命系统中发展的问题。本研究成果可为手性分离介质和手性活性催化剂的设计提供参考。对半导体表面修饰的基本理解将有助于分子电子器件的发展。了解缓蚀剂的吸附和分解化学性质有助于设计出适用于电子材料和结构材料的缓蚀剂分子。除了通过这项基础研究获得的基础知识外，从高中生到博士后的学生都将通过参与这项工作的各个方面来训练研究的艺术。

This project addresses the development of a molecular-level understanding of chemical reaction processes on solid surfaces, with a major theme being organic moieties on inorganic surfaces. The formation of organic monolayer structures will be systematically studied, with particular emphasis on the formation of chiral monolayers, using STM. Variations in adsorption temperature, adsorbate chain length and functionality, and the effect of solvent coadsorption and competitive coadsorption of mixed adsorbates, will be used to probe the energetics of structure formation. Adsorption of molecules on mineral surfaces relevant to the questions of molecular evolution and homochirality in living systems will be addressed. Studies of multilayer architectures on silicon surfaces will be expanded, using organometallic and organic coupling routes to construct these layers. Multilayer architectures will be examined by vibrational spectroscopy (high resolution electron energy loss spectroscopy and infrared spectroscopic ellipsometry), both in UHV and under ambient conditions. Finally, the thermal stability and decomposition mechanisms of organic monolayer corrosion inhibitors on iron surfaces, will be studied using a combination of UHV spectroscopic and electrochemical analysis methods.Professors Andrew Bocarsly and Steven Bernasek of Princeton University are supported by the Organic and Macromolecular Chemistry Program for studies with the goal of obtaining a molecular-level understanding of chemical reaction processes on solid surfaces, with a major theme being organic moieties on inorganic surfaces. Functionalized silicon and metal surfaces are of growing importance for micro- and molecular-electronics applications. This work will provide fundamental information about the structure and reactivity of organic monolayers and thin films. These results may help to answer questions about the development of chirality in living systems. Information from this work may be useful in the design of chiral separations media and chirally active catalysts. A fundamental understanding of semiconductor surface modification will be useful in the development of molecular electronic devices. An understanding of corrosion inhibitor adsorption and decomposition chemistry may be useful in designing improved inhibitor molecules with applications in electronic materials and structural materials corrosion inhibition. In addition to fundamental knowledge gained by this basic research, students ranging from high school to postdoctoral fellows will be trained in the art of research by involvement in various aspects of this work.