Trimesic Acid on Highly Ordered Pyrolytic Graphite

The formation of self-assembled monolayers of organic molecules on the conductive surfaces is of great interest. These monolayers play an important role on organic electronic devices and as the thin coating used as corrosion protection. In this project, to get self-assembled monolayers, trimesic acid was deposited on a highly ordered pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) substrate. Then the sample surface was characterized using Nanosurf NaioSTM to study structural and electronic properties. The trimesic acid modified HOPG surface was found mettalic.