biosensor. Metal organic superlattices There has been considerable interest in use of SAMs for new materials e.g. via formation of two- or three-dimensional metal organic superlattices by assembly of SAM capped nanoparticles or layer by layer SAM-nanoparticle arrays using dithiols. References Further reading I. Rubinstein, E. Sabatani, R. Maoz and J. Sagiv, Organized Monolayers on Gold Electrodes, in Electrochemical Sensors for Biomedical Applications, C.K.N. Li (Ed.), The Electrochemical Society 1986: 175. Sigma-Aldrich "Material Matters", Molecular Self-Assembly Nanotechnology Thin films Supramolecular chemistry Self-organization