The structure of self-assembled monolayers presenting aromatic rings at a surface is studied by near edge x-ray absorption fine structure spectroscopy (NEXAFS). Fluorine substitution at asymmetric positions in the aromatic rings is used to generate a layer of dipoles at the surface of the monolayer. We find that fluorine substituted aromatic rings are more ordered than unsubstituted aromatic rings by a factor of two based on the polarization dependence of the lowest C 1s to pi* transition, which is associated with transitions from phenyl carbons attached to hydrogens. This result is consistent with the influence of dipole-dipole interactions and quadrupolar interactions between the aromatic groups due to the substitution of fluorine atoms. The work also serves to illustrate how subtle variations in the orientation of an end group of a self-assembled monolayer can be determined by using NEXAFS.
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