Review Article
Self-Assembled Monolayers for Dental Implants
Table 2
Analytical capabilities of commonly used techniques for SAM characterization. Adapted from Liedberg and Cooper [
67].
| Experimental technique | Analytical capability | Thickness | Interfacial tension | Coverage | Chemical composition | Orientation of molecule or group | Alkyl chain density | Defects and their distribution | Roughness chemical homogeneity |
| Ellipsometry | ++ | −− | 0 | −− | −− | 0 | −− | 0 | Contact angle goniometry | −− | ++ | − | 0 | + | 0 | − | + | Cycle voltammetry | − | −− | ++ | −− | −− | ++ | ++ | −− | Infrared spectroscopy | + | − | + | + | ++ | ++ | − | −− | XPS | 0 | −− | ++ | ++ | + | 0 | −− | −− | QCM | + | −− | ++ | −− | −− | 0 | −− | −− | AFM | −− | 0 | + | − | − | − | ++ | ++ |
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Analytical capability: ++, excellent; +, good, 0, fair; −, poor; −−, not applied.
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