This work represents an investigation of the structure and dynamics of a new self-assembled system arising from the interaction of alkyl halides on alkali halides surfaces. Monolayer films were prepared in solution and their thickness verified by X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy. Furthermore, the molecules were found to have the halogen atom close to the substrate while the rest of the chain extends away from it. However, the main thrust of this study was the deposition in vacuum of bromohexane monolayer films on KBr (001) and their investigation using Helium Atom Scattering. Long range order of the films is temperature dependent: They exhibit an order-disorder phase transition around 166 K and they reorder into (2 X 1) and (1 X 2) domains prior to desorption at 180 K. Results of the bromohexane film surface multiphonon dynamics are also reported here. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 57-04, Section: B, page: 2585. / Major Professor: James G. Skofronick. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1996.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_77714 |
| Contributors | Hernandez, Juan Jose., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 129 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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