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The possibility of using surface-adsorbed monolayers on oxidized GaAs single crystals is investigated to explore liquid crystal (LC) wettability and alignment. A technological process is developed to chemically activate the GaAs surface with a view to perf ...
This thesis is concerned with supramolecular architectures assembled at metal surfaces. The investigations pursued two objectives. On the one hand, the focus was placed on the fabrication of low-dimensional surface-supported network structures by applying ...
The use of gold nanoparticles as biological probes requires the improvement of colloidal stability. Dihydrolipoic acid (DHLA), a dithiol obtained by the reduction of thioctic acid, appears therefore very attractive for the stabilization and the further fun ...
Organisation and heterogeneous photoreactivity of water-soluble zinc meso-tetrakis(4-carboxyphenyl) porphyrin (ZnTPPC) were investigated at polarisable liquid / liquid interfaces by systematically varying the organic phase solvent. The remarkable affinity ...
The understanding of material self-assembling and self-organization mechanisms, at mesoscale, is crucial for nanotechnologies development. Such structures, hierarchically organized in superlattices or colloïdal crystals, are observed in inorganic or organo ...
Described are compounds that are capable of forming adlayers, said compounds comprising at least one headgroup A, an optional linker B, a polymer C, a terminal group D and an optionally present crosslinking group R, wherein the headgroup A is a compound of ...
By studying the magnetic behavior of self-assembled Co islands on a single-crystal metal surface, Pt(111), we show how the magnetic anisotropy evolves from isolated atoms to monolayer islands and films. Single Co adatoms are found to have a giant magnetocr ...
The size dependence of electron-phonon coupling rate has been investigated by femtosecond transient absorption spectroscopy for gold nanoparticles (NPs) wrapped in a shell of sulfate with diameter varying from 1.7 to 9.2 nm. Broad-band spectroscopy gives a ...
Here, we describe the effect of writing speed in dip pen nanolithography on the morphology (height and density) of self-assembled monolayers of alkanethiols on gold surfaces. The analysis of atomic force microscopy images of written monolayers shows that m ...
The continuous improvements in conventional lithography methods for integrated circuit hardware allow further device shrinkage deep into the sub-micron dimensions. Two major drawbacks of these high-end patterning methods based on photoresist technologies a ...