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1Department of Chemistry, Surface Chemistry, Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, SE-100 44, Sweden
Abstract:
The behavior of self-assembled monolayers of thiohexadecanoic acid adsorbed onto gold interacting in asymmetric 2:1 electrolytes has been studied with direct force measurements. The effects of two divalent cations (Mg(2+) and Ca(2+)) were studied at concentrations ranging from 1 µM to 10 mM. As compared to interactions in the presence of Na(+), the divalent ions adsorb strongly to the surfaces, with the effect of lowering the surface potential and decreasing the double-layer repulsion. At concentrations above 10 µM, the Ca(2+) ions were found to adsorb stronger than Mg(2+). Ca(2+) ions cause charge reversal at high concentrations, and the net interactions at 10 mM were attractive over the measurable range. Copyright 2000 Academic Press.
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