| Abstract
| - We have investigated the origins of the susceptibility of 1-adamantanethiolate self-assembled monolayers onAu{111} to displacement by other thiol molecules. Using scanning tunneling microscopy, X-ray photoelectronspectroscopy, and electrochemical desportion experiments to probe separated self-assembled monolayers onAu{111} created by the displacement of 1-adamantanethiolate with n-dodecanethiolate, we have shown thatthere is no difference between the chemical environments at the Au{111} surface for single-component orseparated self-assembled monolayers of each molecule. There are, however, differences in interaction strengthsbetween the 1-adamantanethiolate molecules and the n-dodecanethiolate molecules that contribute to1-adamantanethiolate displacement.
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