Chem. J. Chinese Universities ›› 2000, Vol. 21 ›› Issue (11): 1738.

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Force Titration of ω-Mercapto-n-undecylamine Self-assembled Monolayers by Chemical Force Microscopy

FU Qiang, ZHANG Hua, HE Hui-Xin, LIU Zhong-Fan   

  1. College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Center for Nanoscale Science and Technology, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
  • Received:2000-03-14 Online:2000-11-24 Published:2000-11-24

Abstract: Chemical force microscopy(CFM) was used to measure the adhesion forces between Au coated Si3N4 tip functionalized with —OH and —NH2 groups and gold sample functionalized with —NH2 groups. The curves of the adhesion force as the function of the solution pH values(force titration curve) was obtained. The pK1/2 of surface —NH2 groups estimated from the force titration curve is 8.4 by —OH functionalized tip and 9.0 by —NH2 functionalized tip.

Key words: Atomic force microscopy, Chemical force microscopy, Force titration, Self-assembled monolayers, Adhesion force

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