We observed the growth phase transition of n-alkanethiols (AT), CH(CH)SH, n = 4-16, directly implanted on a bare Si(111) surface, forming an AT monolayer. These monolayers were characterized with static water-contact angle, high-resolution X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, near-edge X-ray fine-structure spectroscopy, and grazing-angle reflection absorption Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy. The integrated spectral results indicated that the implanted n-AT molecules formed a self-oriented and densely packed monolayer through formation of an S-Si bond. With the number of carbons in the alkyl chain at six or more, namely beginning at hexanethiol, the molecular monolayer began to develop an orientation-ordered structure, which is clearly shorter than that for AT monolayers on Au and Ag. This result implies that, with a stronger molecule-substrate interaction, an ordered molecular monolayer can form with a short chain.
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