TY  - JOUR
A1  - Poghosyan, Armen H.
A1  - Shahinyan, A. A.
A1  - Koetz, Joachim
T1  - Self-assembled monolayer formation of distorted cylindrical AOT micelles on gold surfaces
JF  - Colloids and surfaces : an international journal devoted to the principles and applications of colloid and interface science ; A, Physicochemical and engineering aspects
N2  - Self-assembling features of sodium dioctyl sulfosuccinate (AOT) molecules and micelle adsorption on gold Au (111) surfaces have been examined using molecular dynamics simulation. We argue that AOT micelles display a strong adsorption on gold surfaces resulting in distorted cylindrical micelles attached to the (111) facets. The well protected Au(111) facets decorated by a dense packed elongated ellipsoidal AOT layer hinder the diffusion of the reactant to the (111) facets and could result in the preferential growth of ultra-thin gold nanoplatelets.
KW  - Surfactant micelles
KW  - Adsorption
KW  - Gold surface
KW  - Molecular dynamics
Y1  - 2018
U6  - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.colsurfa.2018.02.067
SN  - 0927-7757
SN  - 1873-4359
VL  - 546
SP  - 20
EP  - 27
PB  - Elsevier
CY  - Amsterdam
ER  -