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Self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of arginine (Arg) were formed on copper surface. The corrosion protection properties of the Arg SAMs were examined by electrochemical impedance spectroscopy and polarization techniques in 0.5 M HCl solution. The results show that Arg SAMs have limited protection effect. The protective efficiency increased with an increase of self-assembly time and reached maximum protection at 6 h. When iodide ion was added to the Arg-containing solution, the ability of the corrosion inhibition of the mixed SAMs improved significantly. The corrosion protection mechanism of Arg SAMs is discussed based on AM1 quantum-chemical calculations.

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Complex self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) were prepared by modifying the adsorption of cysteine with dodecylacid (DAC) and with dodecylamine (DAM) on copper surfaces. Their protective effects against copper corrosion were investigated by potentiodynamic polarization curves and electrochemical impedance spectroscopy (EIS) in 0.5 M HCl aqueous solution. Results show that SAMs suppress cathodic current densities and shift the corrosion potential toward more negative values. Two types of complex SAMs enhance the anticorrosion effect of cysteine SAMs. PM3 semi-empirical quantum calculations were used to obtain the quantum chemical parameters. The complex SAMs formed from cysteine and DAM have the higher E HOMO level and the better protection effect.

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