• Smart Structures and Systems
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• v.8 no.1
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• pp.17-37
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• 2011

The microcantilever (MCL) sensor is one of the most promising platforms for next-generation label-free biosensing applications. It outperforms conventional label-free detection methods in terms of portability and parallelization. In this paper, an overview of recent advances in our understanding of the coupling between biomolecular interactions and MCL responses is given. A dual compact optical MCL sensing platform was built to enable biosensing experiments both in gas-phase environments and in solutions. The thermal bimorph effect was found to be an effective nanomanipulator for the MCL platform calibration. The study of the alkanethiol self-assembly monolayer (SAM) chain length effect revealed that 1-octanethiol ($C_8H_{17}SH$) induced a larger deflection than that from 1-dodecanethiol ($C_{12}H_{25}SH$) in solutions. Using the clinically relevant biomarker C-reactive protein (CRP), we revealed that the analytical sensitivity of the MCL reached a diagnostic level of $1{\sim}500{\mu}g/ml$ within a 7% coefficient of variation. Using grazing incident x-ray diffractometer (GIXRD) analysis, we found that the gold surface was dominated by the (111) crystalline plane. Moreover, using X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analysis, we confirmed that the Au-S covalent bonds occurred in SAM adsorption whereas CRP molecular bindings occurred in protein analysis. First principles density functional theory (DFT) simulations were also used to examine biomolecular adsorption mechanisms. Multiscale modeling was then developed to connect the interactions at the molecular level with the MCL mechanical response. The alkanethiol SAM chain length effect in air was successfully predicted using the multiscale scheme.

• Proceedings of the Materials Research Society of Korea Conference
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• 2010.05a
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• pp.23.1-23.1
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• 2010

Alkanethiol (CH3(CH2)nSH) 자기 조립 박막은 금, 은, 팔라듐 그리고 구리와 같은 금속 물질과 결합하여 산화 방지 보호막, 생화학적 멤브레인 그리고 케미컬 센서로 널리 이용되었다. 전도성을 가진 많은 금속 분말 중에서, 구리는 뛰어난 열, 전기 전도성과 풍부한 양으로 다른 귀금속에 비교하여 경제성까지 갖춘 물질이다. 그러나 이러한 구리 나노 분말은 대기에 노출된 구리 분말이 쉽게 산화된다는 결정적인 단점 때문에 그동안 널리 이용되지 못하였다. 이러한 구리의 단점을 극복하고 뛰어난 전도성의 특징을 이용하고자, Langmuir-Blodgett (LB), layer by layer (LbL), electrophoretic deposition (EPD), self-assembled monolayer (SAM)과 같은 구리 나노 분말 위에 유기 박막을 형성하고자 하는 많은 방법이 시도되어왔다. 이러한 방법들 대부분은 습식 방법으로 진행되었으며, 약 2-nm 두께의 SAM 구조를 형성할 수 있음이 많은 연구를 통하여 확인되었다. 그러나 습식 기반의 SAM 구조는 단지 수일 동안만 유효하며, 이는 코팅을 수행하면서 점차 떨어지는 source solvent의 순도와 적합하지 않은 코팅 조건, 그리고 이러한 원인으로 형성된 부실한 막질 구조 때문으로 추측된다. 게다가 이러한 습식 기반 공정은 코팅 막의 두께 조절과 코팅 시 solvent의 순도를 일정하게 유지하는 것이 매우 복잡하고 어려운 작업으로 알려져 왔다. 본 실험에서는 고 진공 챔버 (< $4.0{\times}10-6$ torr) 시스템을 이용하여 습식 기반 공정의 문제점을 극복하고 구리 나노 분말의 산화를 막기 위한 실험을 진행하였다. 1-octanethiol (CH3(CH2)7SH)은 중간 길이의 hydrocarbon (n=7) 구조를 가진 특징 때문에 코팅 물질로 사용되었다. 게다가, alkanethiol 족 특유의 물질인 황(sulfur)은 구리와 결합하여 산화방지 보호막의 역할을 수행할 수 있다. 저 진공 조건에서는 10-nm의 multilayer가 일괄적으로 코팅됨을 확인할 수 있었다. 본 실험에서는 약 10-nm 두께의 자기 조립 박막(self assembled monolayers: SAMs)이 고 진공 조건에서 구리 나노 분말 표면 위에 코팅 조건의 변경을 통해서 5-nm에서 10-nm 두께의 1-octanethiol SAMs 구조를 얻어낼 수 있었다. 이는 고 진공 조건에서 1-octanethiol SAMs의 코팅 두께를 조절함으로 다양한 크기의 분말에 코팅 물질로 쓰일 수 있음을 알 수 있다.

• International Journal of Precision Engineering and Manufacturing
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• v.7 no.1
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• pp.13-17
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• 2006

Self-Assembled Monolayers (SAMs) formed by alkanethiol adsorption to thin metal film are widely being investigated for applications as coating layer for anti-stiction or friction reduction and in fabrication of micro structure of molecules and bio molecules. Recently, there have been many researches on micro patterning using the advantages of very thin thickness and etching resistance of Self-Assembled Monolayers in selective etching of thin metal film. In this report, we present the several machining method to form the nanoscale structure by Mask-Less laser patterning using alknanethiolate Self-Assembled Monolayers such as thin metal film etching and heterogeneous SAM structure formation.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society for Technology of Plasticity Conference
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• 2003.10a
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• pp.367-370
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• 2003

In this study, application of SAM (self-assembled monolayer) to nano replication process as an anti-adhesion layer was presented to reduce the surface energy between the nano mold and the replicated polymeric nano patterns. The electron beam lithography was used for master nano patterns and the electorforming process was used to fabricate the nickel nano stamper. Alkanethiol SAM as an anti-adhesion layer was deposited on metallic nano stamper using solution deposition method. To analyze wettability and adhesion force of SAM, contact angle and LFM (Lateral Force Microscopy) were measured at the actual processing temperature and pressure for the case of nano compression molding and at the actual UV dose for the case of nano UV molding. It was found that the surface energy due to SAM deposition on the nickel nano stamper markedly decreased and the quality of SAM on the nickel stamper maintained under the actual molding environments.

• Journal of the Korean Society for Precision Engineering
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• v.21 no.12
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• pp.160-166
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• 2004

Self-Assembled Monolayers(SAMs) by alkanethiol adsorption to thin metal film are widely being investigated fer applications as coating layer for anti-stiction or friction reduction and in fabrication of micro structure of molecule and bio molecule. Recently, there have been many researches on micro patterning using the advantages of very thin thickness and etching resistance of Self-Assembled Monolayers in selective etching of thin metal film. In this report, we present the several machining method to form the nanoscale structure by Mask-Less laser patterning using alknanethiolate Self-Assembled Monolayers such as thin metal film etching and heterogeneous SAMs structure formation.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2003.06a
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• pp.219-222
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• 2003

Self-Assembled Monolayers(SAMs) by alkanethiol adsorption to thin metal film are widely being investigated for applications as coating layer for anti-stiction or friction reduction and in fabrication of micro structure of molecular and bio molecular. Recently, there have been many researches on micro patterning using the advantages of very thin thickness and etching resistance in selective etching of thin metal film of Self- Assembled Monolayers. In this report, we present the micromachining thin metal film by Mask-Less laser patterning of alknanethiolate Self-Assembled Monolayers.

• Proceedings of the Korean Society of Precision Engineering Conference
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• 2003.06a
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• pp.624-627
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• 2003

Microcontact printing (uCP) of alkanethiols on gold was the first representative of soft-lithography processes. This is an attempt to enhance the accuracy of classical to a precision comparable with optical lithography, creating a low-cost, large-area, and high-resolution patterning process. Microcontact printing relies on replication of a pattered PDMS stamp from a master to form an elastic stamp that can be inked with a SAM solution(monolayer -forming ink) using either immersion inking or contact inking. The inked PDMS stamp is then used to print a pattern that selectively protects the gold substrate during the subsequent etch.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.23 no.5
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• pp.699-704
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• 2002

We characterized nanoelectrode arrays prepared from self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) by adsorption from a solution containing thiolated $\beta$-cyclodextrin ($\beta$-CD) and n-alkanethiol on the gold electrode surface, using electrochemical methods. While the framework, the n-hexadecanethiol SAM, effectively blocked electron transfer between the electrode surface and solution-phase redox probe molecules, the $\beta$-CD cavities isolated in the forests of n-hexadecanethiol molecules were shown to act as an ultramicroelectrode array. The shapes of cyclic voltammograms of probe molecules were related to the number densities of $\beta$-CD molecules within the monolayer films. Probe molecules that have the correct combination of physical and chemical characteristics were shown to effectively penetrate the framework through the $\beta$-CD pores and exchange electrons with the electrode surface.

• Journal of Electrochemical Science and Technology
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• v.10 no.2
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• pp.170-176
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• 2019

Alkanethiol self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) and partially ferrocene (Fc) modifications were applied to the Au ultramicroelectrode (UME) rather than to standard sized electrodes with dimension of millimeters. The electron transfer mediation of the SAMs and Fc modified Au UME was investigated by using a p-aminophenol (p-AP) oxidation reaction via cyclic voltammetry. The electrocatalytic p-AP oxidation at the SAMs and Fc modified Au UME showed a much larger electrocatalytic current density than that at the standard sized electrode due to the fast mass transfer rate at the UME.

• Bulletin of the Korean Chemical Society
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• v.22 no.3
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• pp.276-280
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• 2001

The self-assembled formation of octadecanethiol (CH3(CH2)17SH) on a gold substrate was studied using a quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) and a scanning tunneling microscope (STM). From the QCM measurements at vario us concentrations of octadecanethiol solutions in hexane and alcohol, the adsorption process of octadecanethiol onto Au was confirmed to consist of two steps as follows: (i) fast but disordered adsorption and (ii) a thermodynamically controlled rearrangement for uniform packing of octadecanethiol. Also, it was revealed that the adsorption rate became faster in ethanol than in hexane since less solubility of octadecanethiol in ethanol could help the formation of the monolayers. At 5 ${\times}$10-7 M solution, the monolayer formation was monitored by STM. The morphology of monolayer region was initially circular (diameter size: 7.26 $\pm$ 2.1 nm) and gradually changed to a stripe type after several minutes. At higher concentration, the self-assembled monolayer was formed immediately after the solution was introduced to a substrate.