Abstract
The adsorption of CH3NH2 on Si(001)-2 x 1 is investigated using density functional theory slab calculations. When the CH 3NH2 coverage is greater than 0.5 ML, we find that the adsorption energetics alter significantly due to a combination of: (i) adsorbate-adsorbate repulsive interactions, (ii) adsorbate-induced electronic structure changes of neighboring dimers, and (iii) hydrogen-bonding interactions. Our calculations show that, among them, adsorbate-adsorbate repulsion plays a major role in determining the two-dimensional ordering of CH3NH2 adsorption at the full coverage of 1.0 ML, leading the zigzag structure to be energetically more favorable than the aligned structure along the dimer row.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 144-148 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | Chemical Physics Letters |
| Volume | 385 |
| Issue number | 1-2 |
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| State | Published - 2 Feb 2004 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The authors acknowledge the Welch Foundation (Grant No. F-1535) for their financial support of this work.