Properties of octadecanethiol self-assembled monolayers deposited on GaAs from liquid and vapor phases

Octadecanethiol (ODT), CH3(CH2)17SH, self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) were deposited on GaAs (100) substrates from solution and from vapor phase. The monolayers assembled from solution were prepared by incubating the substrate in a dilute millimolar ODT/ethanol solution, while vapor-deposited monolayers were prepared from vapor phase transport of ODT in an ultrahigh vacuum environment. The structural and optical characteristics of the resulting …