Improved aging performance of vapor phase deposited hydrophobic self-assembled monolayers

▶ Degradation of Hydrophobic monolayer in contact with water. ▶ Growth of condensed silane mounds with hydrophilic sites around during immersion in water. ▶ Effect of nitrogen annealing on the improved aging properties of FOTS monolayer have been investigated. ▶ CF3 and CF2 groups on annealed surface explains the effect of annealing.