
%0 Journal Article
%A Losic, Dusan 
%A Shapter, Joe G. 
%A Gooding, J. Justin 
%T Atomically Flat Gold for Biomolecule Immobilization and Imaging
%J Australian Journal of Chemistry
%D 2002/03/14
%V 54
%N 10
%P 643-648
%K 
%R https://doi.org/10.1071/CH01122
%U https://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/CH01122 
%X A method of easily fabricating gold surfaces that are atomically flat (less than 1 nm variation in height) over large areas using mica as a template is outlined. The smooth gold surfaces are prepared by vacuum-depositing gold onto mica surfaces maintained at 300&#x02DA;C. After deposition of the gold, the surfaces are annealed at 300&#x02DA;C for a further 16 h before removal from the vacuum chamber. Cryogenically stripping the gold from the mica revealed flat surfaces that allowed &#8216;defect-free&#8217; self-assembled monolayers to be produced and the imaging of biomolecules with sufficient resolution to ascertain their orientation on the surface. Manuscript received: 17 September 2001. Revised version: 15 November 2001. 
