Attachment of trianglamines to silicon wafers, chiral recognition by chemical force microscopy

The chemical attachment of enantiomerically pure trianglamines to silicon wafers through isocyanate functions was performed. The self-assembled monolayer was analyzed by ATR-FTIR, ellipsometry, AFM, contact angle measurements. An AFM tip was functionalized by enantiomerically pure trianglamine using the same pathway. Chemical force microscopy showed chiral recognition between the functionalized tip and the functionalized wafer.