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A Technique to Functionalize and Self-assemble Macroscopic Nanoparticle-ligand Monolayer Films onto Template-free Substrates
Published on: May 9, 2014
m-Terphenyl thiols: rigid and bulky molecules for the formation of bioactive self-assembled monolayers on gold
Diane A Dickie1, Andy Y C Chan, Hanifa Jalali
1Department of Chemistry, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, V5A 1S6, Canada.
Abstract:
The m-terphenyl 4-mercaptomethyl-2,6-diphenylbenzoic acid (3), was prepared and shown to form omega-carboxyl terminated self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) on gold with high surface pKa(10.1 +/- 0.2) and low density favourable for the binding of biological macromolecules.

