
TY  - JOUR
A1  - Losic, Dusan 
A1  - Shapter, Joe G. 
A1  - Gooding, J. Justin 
T1  - Atomically Flat Gold for Biomolecule Immobilization and Imaging
JF  - Australian Journal of Chemistry
JO  - Aust. J. Chem.
Y1  - 2002
VL  - 54
IS  - 10
SP  - 643
EP  - 648
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UR  - https://doi.org/10.1071/CH01122 
N2  - A method of easily fabricating gold surfaces that are atomically flat (less than 1 nm variation in height) over large areas using mica as a template is outlined. The smooth gold surfaces are prepared by vacuum-depositing gold onto mica surfaces maintained at 300&#x02DA;C. After deposition of the gold, the surfaces are annealed at 300&#x02DA;C for a further 16 h before removal from the vacuum chamber. Cryogenically stripping the gold from the mica revealed flat surfaces that allowed &#8216;defect-free&#8217; self-assembled monolayers to be produced and the imaging of biomolecules with sufficient resolution to ascertain their orientation on the surface. Manuscript received: 17 September 2001. Revised version: 15 November 2001. 
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