Novel mixed self-assembled monolayers of L-cysteine and methanol on gold surfaces under ambient conditions.

In this work, we carried out an experimental and theoretical study on the formation of self-assembled monolayers of L-cysteine molecules on gold surfaces in the presence of methanol as a solvent. We report for the first time L-cysteine and methanol ordered structures forming a mixed self-assembled mono-layer on Au(100) surfaces under ambient conditions. Finger-like ordered structures with a relative height of 0.