Fluorinated self-assembled monolayers: composition, structure and interfacial properties

Over the past several years, various fluorinated self-assembled monolayers (F-SAMs) on gold have been used to study the interfacial properties of fluorocarbon interfaces. This review focuses on the structures of selected F-SAMs and describes how the structures relate to various interfacial properties, such as wettability, friction, X-ray induced damage and ion-surface collisions. (C) 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.