10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b00177.s001 Claudio Fontanesi Claudio Fontanesi Francesco Tassinari Francesco Tassinari Francesca Parenti Francesca Parenti Hagai Cohen Hagai Cohen Prakash Chandra Mondal Prakash Chandra Mondal Vankayala Kiran Vankayala Kiran Angelo Giglia Angelo Giglia Luca Pasquali Luca Pasquali Ron Naaman Ron Naaman New One-Step Thiol Functionalization Procedure for Ni by Self-Assembled Monolayers American Chemical Society 2015 Ni polymer ellipsometry hexadecanethiol photoelectron contact angle New Functionalization Thiol surface characterization techniques species XPS cycling SAM strategy polarization MonolayersThi functionalization cyclic voltammetry force microscopy electrochemically AFM spectroscopy reflection nickel surfaces ultrathin films formation poly article CV Procedure PM chiral solution modulation monolayer 2015-03-24 00:00:00 Journal contribution https://acs.figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/New_One_Step_Thiol_Functionalization_Procedure_for_Ni_by_Self_Assembled_Monolayers/2183359 This article reports on a facile and fast strategy for the self-assembled monolayer (SAM) functionalization of nickel surfaces, employing cyclic voltammetry (CV) cycling of a suitable tailored solution containing the species to be adsorbed. Results are presented for ultrathin films formed on Ni by 1-hexadecanethiol (C16), l-cysteine (l-cys), and the poly­{methyl (2<i>R</i>)-3-(2,2′-bithiophen-4-ylsulfanyl)-2-[(tert-butoxycarbonyl)­amino]­propanoate} (PCT-L) thiophene-based chiral polymer. The effective formation of high-quality ultrathin organic films on the nickel was verified both electrochemically and by exploiting typical surface characterization techniques such as contact angle, ellipsometry, atomic force microscopy (AFM), polarization modulation–infrared reflection–absorption spectroscopy (PM–IRRAS), and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS).