Effect of Humidity and Hydrophobicity on the Tribological Properties of Self-Assembled Monolayers
The tribological properties of two distinctive alkanethiol SAMs, 16-mercaptohexadecanoic acid (MHA) and 1-octadecanethiol (ODT), on gold substrates in various humidity conditions were examined by lateral force microscopy (LFM). The results suggest that hydrophobic ODT SAM is insensitive to humidity....
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Hindawi Limited
2013-01-01
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| Series: | The Scientific World Journal |
| Online Access: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2013/748295 |