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Figure 5. XPS data for pristine and crosslinked SAMs. XPS spectra for C 1s and S 2p regions of pristine (in yellow) and electron irradiated (50 eV, 60 mC/cm2) monolayers (in blue) of (A) biphenyl-terminated SAM, (B) terphenyl thiol SAM. Adapted from Ref.[22], copyright 2013 American Chemical Society. XPS: X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy; SAM: self-assembled monolayer.