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The dynamics of benzene on Cu(111): a combined helium spin echo and dispersion-corrected DFT study into the diffusion of physisorbed aromatics on metal surfaces
We use helium spin-echo spectroscopy (HeSE) to investigate the dynamics of the diffusion of benzene adsorbed on Cu(111). The results of these measurements show that benzene moves on the surface through an activated jump-diffusion process between the adsorption sites on a Bravais lattice. Density Fun...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5779075/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28766630 http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c7fd00095b |
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author | Sacchi, M. Singh, P. Chisnall, D. M. Ward, D. J. Jardine, A. P. Allison, W. Ellis, J. Hedgeland, H. |
author_facet | Sacchi, M. Singh, P. Chisnall, D. M. Ward, D. J. Jardine, A. P. Allison, W. Ellis, J. Hedgeland, H. |
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description | We use helium spin-echo spectroscopy (HeSE) to investigate the dynamics of the diffusion of benzene adsorbed on Cu(111). The results of these measurements show that benzene moves on the surface through an activated jump-diffusion process between the adsorption sites on a Bravais lattice. Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations with van der Waals (vdW) corrections help us understand that the molecule diffuses by jumping through non-degenerate hollow sites. The results of the calculations shed light on the nature of the binding interaction between this prototypical aromatic molecule and the metallic surface. The highly accurate HeSE experimental data provide a quantitatively stringent benchmark for the vdW correction schemes applied to the DFT calculations and we compare the performances of several dispersion interaction schemes. |
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spelling | pubmed-57790752018-02-15 The dynamics of benzene on Cu(111): a combined helium spin echo and dispersion-corrected DFT study into the diffusion of physisorbed aromatics on metal surfaces Sacchi, M. Singh, P. Chisnall, D. M. Ward, D. J. Jardine, A. P. Allison, W. Ellis, J. Hedgeland, H. Faraday Discuss Chemistry We use helium spin-echo spectroscopy (HeSE) to investigate the dynamics of the diffusion of benzene adsorbed on Cu(111). The results of these measurements show that benzene moves on the surface through an activated jump-diffusion process between the adsorption sites on a Bravais lattice. Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations with van der Waals (vdW) corrections help us understand that the molecule diffuses by jumping through non-degenerate hollow sites. The results of the calculations shed light on the nature of the binding interaction between this prototypical aromatic molecule and the metallic surface. The highly accurate HeSE experimental data provide a quantitatively stringent benchmark for the vdW correction schemes applied to the DFT calculations and we compare the performances of several dispersion interaction schemes. Royal Society of Chemistry 2017-10-01 2017-04-27 /pmc/articles/PMC5779075/ /pubmed/28766630 http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c7fd00095b Text en This journal is © The Royal Society of Chemistry 2017 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This article is freely available. This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported Licence (CC BY 3.0) |
spellingShingle | Chemistry Sacchi, M. Singh, P. Chisnall, D. M. Ward, D. J. Jardine, A. P. Allison, W. Ellis, J. Hedgeland, H. The dynamics of benzene on Cu(111): a combined helium spin echo and dispersion-corrected DFT study into the diffusion of physisorbed aromatics on metal surfaces |
title | The dynamics of benzene on Cu(111): a combined helium spin echo and dispersion-corrected DFT study into the diffusion of physisorbed aromatics on metal surfaces |
title_full | The dynamics of benzene on Cu(111): a combined helium spin echo and dispersion-corrected DFT study into the diffusion of physisorbed aromatics on metal surfaces |
title_fullStr | The dynamics of benzene on Cu(111): a combined helium spin echo and dispersion-corrected DFT study into the diffusion of physisorbed aromatics on metal surfaces |
title_full_unstemmed | The dynamics of benzene on Cu(111): a combined helium spin echo and dispersion-corrected DFT study into the diffusion of physisorbed aromatics on metal surfaces |
title_short | The dynamics of benzene on Cu(111): a combined helium spin echo and dispersion-corrected DFT study into the diffusion of physisorbed aromatics on metal surfaces |
title_sort | dynamics of benzene on cu(111): a combined helium spin echo and dispersion-corrected dft study into the diffusion of physisorbed aromatics on metal surfaces |
topic | Chemistry |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5779075/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28766630 http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c7fd00095b |
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