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Self-Assembled Monolayer

A self-assembled monolayer is an ordered, single-molecule-thick film that forms spontaneously when molecules with a suitable anchoring group adsorb onto a solid surface and organise themselves into a dense, regular layer. Each molecule typically has a head group that binds to the substrate, a tail that determines su…

Curated from this journal's research 📚 1 peer-reviewed article cited Cited 9× across the literature 🔖 ISSN 2689-2855 🗓 Reviewed August 2026

Overview

A self-assembled monolayer is an ordered, single-molecule-thick film that forms spontaneously when molecules with a suitable anchoring group adsorb onto a solid surface and organise themselves into a dense, regular layer. Each molecule typically has a head group that binds to the substrate, a tail that determines surface chemistry, and a backbone that packs alongside its neighbours, so that the monolayer can precisely tune properties such as wettability, adhesion, corrosion resistance, and electrical behaviour. Common examples include thiols on gold and silanes on oxide surfaces. Self-assembled monolayers are widely used in nanotechnology and surface science to engineer interfaces, build molecular electronic and sensing devices, control biocompatibility, and template the growth of further structures. Because they offer a simple, bottom-up route to modifying surfaces at the molecular scale, they are a recurring tool in nanoscale fabrication and characterisation. Advances in Nanotechnology publishes peer-reviewed research on nanoscale materials, surfaces, and self-organising systems. This page gathers peer-reviewed, open-access research relevant to self-assembled monolayers and the broader study of surface modification and molecular self-assembly at the nanoscale.

Research published in this journal

1 peer-reviewed article, ranked by relevance. Each links to its DOI.

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The 1 article above has been cited 9 times in the scholarly literature. Citation data via OpenAlex and Crossref, updated Jun 2026.

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Curated from peer-reviewed research published in Advances in Nanotechnology (ISSN 2689-2855).

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Zairov Rustem · Russia Mohamed BALLI · Canada Dr Anum Shafiq · Czech Republic

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