Photochemical grafting of diazonium salts on metals

Chem Commun (Camb). 2011 Dec 21;47(47):12631-3. doi: 10.1039/c1cc16241a. Epub 2011 Oct 27.

Abstract

4-Nitrobenzenediazonium may be photochemically grafted onto gold, copper and iron under visible and UV light. Thin nanometre layers are obtained and characterized by IRRAS, electrochemistry and ellipsometry.