@article {152,
	title = {Formation of Highly Ordered Terminal Alkyne Self-Assembled Monolayers on the Au{111} Surface through Substitution of 1-Decaboranethiolate},
	journal = {J. Phys. Chem. C},
	volume = {123},
	year = {2019},
	pages = {1348{\textendash}1353},
	abstract = {<p>The reaction aimed at completing and closing the open cages of 1-decaboranethiol self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) on Au{111} with 4-phenyl-1-butyne results in highly ordered monolayers of 4-phenyl-1-butyne. The initially disordered 1-decaboranethiolate changed into ordered (√3{\texttimes}√3)<em>R</em> 30{\textdegree} lattices on Au{111} typical of alkyne SAMs, indicating the complete substitution of 1-decaboranethiolate moieties, as determined by nanoscale imaging with scanning tunneling microscopy and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy. Vibrational spectroscopy results indicate that the process happens gradually and that alkynyl groups are not totally oxidized in the ordered 4-phenyl-1-butyne monolayer.</p>},
	keywords = {alkyne, decaborane, gold, self-assembly, surface, thiol},
	doi = {10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b11033},
	url = {https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b11033},
	author = {Shenkai Wang and Dominic P Goronzy and Thomas D Young and Natcha Wattanatorn and Logan Stewart and Tomas Base and Paul S Weiss}
}
