Optimisation du greffage de monocouches d'alcanethiols auto-assemblées sur le cuivre afin de réduire sa dissolution dans différents environnements

Abstract

Copper is a well-known material for its widespread use in electronics, heat conductors, and pipes. Unfortunately, this metal is an active material, which undergo oxidation quite easily in humid or aqueous environment. A suitable solution to reduce copper corrosion, as well as dissolution, is the protection of this metal by the formation of Self-Assembled Monolayers (SAMs) of alcanethiols. The dissolution process of copper during and after modification will be studied in various environments with various methods, such as polarization curves and cyclovoltammetry, to determine the efficiency of the SAMs. Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (AAS) will be used to evaluate the amount of copper in the solutions. X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) will be used to characterize all surfaces.

Date of Award	2003
Original language	French
Supervisor	Zineb Mekhalif (Supervisor) & Joseph DELHALLE (Co-Supervisor)