Effect of chain length on low temperature gold-gold bonding by self assembled monolayers

• Main Authors: Ang, X. F., Chen, Z., Wong, Chee C., Wei, J.
• Other Authors: School of Materials Science & Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Materials
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/85265; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/7703
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The tensile strength of thermocompression gold joints formed with prior surface coatings of alkanethiol self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) depends on the chain length (n) of the SAM. Enhancement of bond strength is most significant at n=6 while no improvement can be achie...