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Ultrafast Layer-by-Layer Assembly of Thin Organic Films Based on Triazolinedione Click Chemistry
Benjamin Vonhören1, Oliver Roling1, Kevin De Bruycker2
1Organic Chemistry Institute, Center for Soft Nanoscience and Graduate School of Chemistry, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Corrensstrasse 40, 48149 Münster, Germany.
Abstract:
Layer-by-layer deposition is a widely used method for surface functionalization. It is shown here that up to 58 covalently linked molecular layers could be assembled in 20 min at room temperature on a silicon wafer by the layer-by-layer click reaction of a divalent triazolinedione and a trivalent diene. The layer growth was found to be linear. The multilayers were analyzed by ellipsometry, atomic force microscopy, and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy.
