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Adsorption of an Au atom and dimer on a thin θ-Al(2)O(3)/NiAl(100) film: dependence on the thickness of the θ-Al(2)O(3) film

With calculations based on density-functional theory (DFT) we investigated the adsorption of a single Au atom and a dimer on thin θ-Al(2)O(3)(001) films supported on NiAl(100). The interaction of the Au adsorbates with the surface was shown to depend on the thickness of the film. The adsorption ener...

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Autores principales: Hsia, Ching-Lun, Wang, Jeng-Han, Luo, Meng-Fan
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Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society of Chemistry 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9077467/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35541469
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c7ra13081c
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description With calculations based on density-functional theory (DFT) we investigated the adsorption of a single Au atom and a dimer on thin θ-Al(2)O(3)(001) films supported on NiAl(100). The interaction of the Au adsorbates with the surface was shown to depend on the thickness of the film. The adsorption energy for an Au atom on θ-Al(2)O(3)(001)/NiAl(100) of film thickness ≤four atomic layers was significantly enhanced—over three times that on a bulk θ-Al(2)O(3)(001) surface, and accompanied with a shortened Au-oxide bond and an uplifted Au-binding Al. The strong Au-surface interaction involved a decreased work function of θ-Al(2)O(3)(001)/NiAl(100) and consequently drove charge to transfer from the substrate to the adsorbed Au atom; the charge was transferred from NiAl, through alumina, on monolayer θ-Al(2)O(3)(001)/NiAl(100), but directly from alumina on thicker layers. For an Au dimer, both upright (end-on) and flat-lying (side-on) geometries existed. The flat-lying dimer was preferred on mono- and tri-layer alumina films, having a greater adsorption energy but a weakened Au–Au bond, whereas the upright geometry prevailed for films of other thickness, having a weaker adsorption energy and being less charged, similar to that on a bulk θ-Al(2)O(3)(001) surface. The results imply an opportunity to control the properties and morphologies of metal clusters supported on an oxide film by tuning its thickness.
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spelling pubmed-90774672022-05-09 Adsorption of an Au atom and dimer on a thin θ-Al(2)O(3)/NiAl(100) film: dependence on the thickness of the θ-Al(2)O(3) film Hsia, Ching-Lun Wang, Jeng-Han Luo, Meng-Fan RSC Adv Chemistry With calculations based on density-functional theory (DFT) we investigated the adsorption of a single Au atom and a dimer on thin θ-Al(2)O(3)(001) films supported on NiAl(100). The interaction of the Au adsorbates with the surface was shown to depend on the thickness of the film. The adsorption energy for an Au atom on θ-Al(2)O(3)(001)/NiAl(100) of film thickness ≤four atomic layers was significantly enhanced—over three times that on a bulk θ-Al(2)O(3)(001) surface, and accompanied with a shortened Au-oxide bond and an uplifted Au-binding Al. The strong Au-surface interaction involved a decreased work function of θ-Al(2)O(3)(001)/NiAl(100) and consequently drove charge to transfer from the substrate to the adsorbed Au atom; the charge was transferred from NiAl, through alumina, on monolayer θ-Al(2)O(3)(001)/NiAl(100), but directly from alumina on thicker layers. For an Au dimer, both upright (end-on) and flat-lying (side-on) geometries existed. The flat-lying dimer was preferred on mono- and tri-layer alumina films, having a greater adsorption energy but a weakened Au–Au bond, whereas the upright geometry prevailed for films of other thickness, having a weaker adsorption energy and being less charged, similar to that on a bulk θ-Al(2)O(3)(001) surface. The results imply an opportunity to control the properties and morphologies of metal clusters supported on an oxide film by tuning its thickness. The Royal Society of Chemistry 2018-01-10 /pmc/articles/PMC9077467/ /pubmed/35541469 http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c7ra13081c Text en This journal is © The Royal Society of Chemistry https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
spellingShingle Chemistry
Hsia, Ching-Lun
Wang, Jeng-Han
Luo, Meng-Fan
Adsorption of an Au atom and dimer on a thin θ-Al(2)O(3)/NiAl(100) film: dependence on the thickness of the θ-Al(2)O(3) film
title Adsorption of an Au atom and dimer on a thin θ-Al(2)O(3)/NiAl(100) film: dependence on the thickness of the θ-Al(2)O(3) film
title_full Adsorption of an Au atom and dimer on a thin θ-Al(2)O(3)/NiAl(100) film: dependence on the thickness of the θ-Al(2)O(3) film
title_fullStr Adsorption of an Au atom and dimer on a thin θ-Al(2)O(3)/NiAl(100) film: dependence on the thickness of the θ-Al(2)O(3) film
title_full_unstemmed Adsorption of an Au atom and dimer on a thin θ-Al(2)O(3)/NiAl(100) film: dependence on the thickness of the θ-Al(2)O(3) film
title_short Adsorption of an Au atom and dimer on a thin θ-Al(2)O(3)/NiAl(100) film: dependence on the thickness of the θ-Al(2)O(3) film
title_sort adsorption of an au atom and dimer on a thin θ-al(2)o(3)/nial(100) film: dependence on the thickness of the θ-al(2)o(3) film
topic Chemistry
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9077467/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35541469
http://dx.doi.org/10.1039/c7ra13081c
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