Physics – Condensed Matter – Materials Science
Scientific paper
2005-11-29
Physics
Condensed Matter
Materials Science
18 pages, 7 figures, separate pdf file for figure
Scientific paper
Our ab initio calculations of CO adsorption on several low and high miller index surfaces of Cu show that the adsorption energy increases as the coordination of the adsorption site decreases from 11 to 6, in qualitative agreement with experimental observations. On each surface the adsorption energy is also found to decrease with increase in coverage, although the decrement is not uniform. Calculated vibrational properties show an increase in the frequency of the metal-C mode with decrease in coordination whereas no such effect is found in the frequency of the CO stretch mode. Examination of the surface electronic structure shows a strong local effect of CO adsorption on the local density of state of the substrate atoms. We also provide some energetics of CO diffusion on Cu(111) and Cu(211).
Bohnen Klaus Peter
Kara Abdelkader
Mehmood Faisal
Rahman Talat S.
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