A Brief History of Thiols: An assembly of self-assembly
Highlights the history and development of Thiols and SAMs
Keywords: SAM
Lithographic fabricated ultra hydrophobic and porous plant-like surfaces for bio chip applications
A novel method for fabricating ultra-hydrophobic surfaces for bio chip and MEMS applications is presented. The base of this method is a lithographic process with some substantial changes of the exposure conditions. Plant-like structures are [...]
Durable Anti-Stiction Coatings by Molecular Vapor Deposition (MVD)
Development of new SAM coatings using a “sequential” vapor technique which can be deposited on almost any substrate material and withstand harsh environments is reported. Technical benefits for the improved surface modification method called Molecular [...]
Formation of Biotinylated Alkylthiolate Self-Assembled Monolayers on Gold
Canaria C.A., Maloney J.R., Yu C-J, Smith J.O., Fraser S.E., Lansford R., California Institute of Technology, US
We demonstrate the successful formation of functional biotinylated monolayers on gold surfaces using aqueous solvents. Cyclic voltammetry (CV), alternating current voltammetry (ACV), and fluorescence microscopy have been used to characterize the films. Protein binding assays [...]
Effect of Length of Biotin Modified n-Alkanethiolates on the Formation of a Self-Assembled Streptavidin-Biotin Monolayer on a Gold Surface
The molecular recognition between streptavidin and biotin makes the streptavidin-biotin system very useful in a wide range of biotechnological applications. Currently, biotin-modified n-alkanethiolates have been extensively studied to create a wide variety of self-assembled monolayers [...]
Properties of Self-Assembled Monolayer as an Anti-adhesion Layer on Metallic Nano Stamper
The increasing demand for micro/nano optical components in the fields of optical data storage, optical communication, and digital display has required mass replication of polymeric micro/nano patterns. In nano replication process, surface quality can be [...]
A Fluoro-ethoxysilane-Based Stiction-Free Release Process for Submicron Gap MEMS
Nowadays, stiction remains one of the biggest reliability problems in the fabrication of micro-electromechanical systems (MEMS), especially when a small gap is used. To avoid the adhesion, a Self-Assembled Monolayer (SAM) can be coated. Main [...]