Amide and ester surface attachment reactions for alkanethiol monolayers at gold surfaces as studied by polarization modulation Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy

Article abstract of DOI:10.1021/ac00028a003

The modification of alkanethlol monolayers via amide and ester formation reactions is demonstrated as a methodology for attaching monolayer and submonolayer coverages of specific chemical species onto metal electrodes. A monolayer of 11-mercaptoundecanoic