| Abstract
| - This paper reports 16 chemical reactions for elaborating the structures of self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) ofalkanethiolates on gold. This work takes advantage of matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization and time-of-flightmass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS) to rapidly characterize the products and yields of reactions that occur withmolecules attached to monolayers. The paper also describes a method for screening reaction conditions, whereinmonolayers are treated with an array of reactants and mass spectrometry is used to identify those regions that undergoreactions to give new, and unanticipated, products in high yield. These examples serve to increase the collection ofreactions that can be used to elaborate the structures, and therefore the properties, of self-assembled monolayers ofalkanethiolates on gold and to introduce label-free methods for screening interfacial reactions.
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