Lee, T. Randall2022-06-15December 22021-12December 2https://hdl.handle.net/10657/9197Self-assembled monolayers are a significant means to achieve a nanoscale modification in surface chemistry. Self-assembled monolayers have been applied to a wide range of scientific fields ranging from chemical processes, biomolecule embraced surfaces to microelectromechanical systems (MEMs). Various types of combinations of adsorbates and substrates for self-assembled monolayers have been proposed and research continues to introduce newly designed substances possessing unique properties. This thesis describes the development of bidentate phosphonic acid-based self-assembled monolayers on silver for the purpose of constructing surface patterns on silver-coated superconducting films. Chapter 1 describes the basic concepts of patterned self-assembled monolayers which fabricate sophisticated nanoscale architecture and many types of patterning strategies are reported. In addition, a variety of recent applications of the patterned self-assembled monolayers are introduced in this chapter. Based on the background studied in Chapter 1, Chapter 2 is a study of a newly designed, synthesized, and characterized perfluoroterminated aromatic bidentate phosphonic acid adsorbate and its corresponding self-assembled monolayer on silver-coated yttrium barium copper oxide superconducting tapes. Perfluoroterminated aromatic bidentate phosphonic acid creates a relatively well-ordered thin film on silver with high hydrophobicity that can potentially be used to pattern superconducting tapes.application/pdfengThe author of this work is the copyright owner. UH Libraries and the Texas Digital Library have their permission to store and provide access to this work. Further transmission, reproduction, or presentation of this work is prohibited except with permission of the author(s).Self-assembled monolayer, Phosphonic acid2022-06-15Thesisborn digital