Surface Modification of Pseudoboehmite-Coated Aluminum Plates with Squaramic Acid Amphiphiles.

ABSTRACT: The functionalization of interfaces has become very important for the protection or modification of metal (metal oxides) surfaces. The functionalization of aluminum is particularly interesting because of its relevance in fabricating components for electronic devices. In this work, the utilization of squaramic acids for the functionalization of aluminum substrates is reported for the first time. The physicochemical properties of the interfaces rendered by n-alkyl squaramic acids on aluminum metal substrates coated with pseudoboehmite [Al(O)x(OH)y] layers are characterized by contact angle, grazing-angle Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, atomic force microscopy, scanning electron microscopy, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, and matrix-assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flig

SUBMITTER: Lopez C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6756518 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature