Journal
APPLIED SURFACE SCIENCE
Volume 255, Issue 13-14, Pages 6451-6459Publisher
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsusc.2008.12.074
Keywords
Molecular dynamics simulation; Interface; Self-assembled monolayer; Interface interaction energy; Epoxy resin
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [50333030]
- National Science Foundation [JC04-12]
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Two kinds of functionalized self-assembled alkanethiol monolayers (HS(CH2)(n)OH and HS(CH2)(n)NH2, n = 1 - 17) were prepared on the Au(1 1 1) surface. The interface structures and interaction energies between S(CH2)(n)X/Au(1 1 1) (X = - OH, - NH2) and epoxy resin were studied by molecular dynamics methods. Moreover, the influence of chain lengths and end functional groups of thiols on the interfacial properties was also investigated. The results indicate that for the system of S(CH2)(n)OH/Au(1 1 1) and epoxy, the interface energy increases firstly and then decreases gradually with the increase of chain length, and the energy reaches its minimum value when n = 11. Meanwhile, the interface of the S(CH2)(n)NH2/Au(1 1 1) and epoxy system is the most stable when n = 10. These results were compared with experiments, which prove that the simulation methods in this paper are advisable. The changes of structural parameters of the self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) after interacting with the epoxy indicate that there are strong interactions between the SAMs and epoxy resin. And the interface structures of the S(CH2)(n)NH2 and epoxy systems are more stable than those of the S(CH2)(n)OH and epoxy ones. Crown Copyright (C) 2009 Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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