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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2021
Filed:
May. 23, 2018
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Bharat Kumar, Tarrytown, NY (US);
Sufi Zafar, Briarcliff Manor, NY (US);
Ali Afzali-Ardakani, Ossining, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The compositions described herein include a substrate, wherein the substrate is a metal, metal oxide, metal nitride or a silicon containing material; a self-assembled monolayer (SAM) bonded to the substrate, wherein the self-assembled monolayer comprises: a surface binding unit bonded to the substrate, wherein the surface binding unit is selected from the group consisting of hydroxamates, phosphonates, catechols, halosilanes, alkoxysilanes, phosphonic acids, alkenes, alkynes, alcohols, 1,2-diols, and thiols; a separator unit bonded to the surface binding unit; a mass altering unit bonded to the separator unit; and a detector unit bonded to the separator unit.