Journal
CHEMPHYSCHEM
Volume 15, Issue 13, Pages 2851-2858Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/cphc.201402063
Keywords
density functional calculations; metal-organic interfaces; adsorption; van der waals density functional; van der waals interactions
Funding
- Swedish Research Council
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The adsorption of organic molecules onto the close-packed facets of coinage metals is studied, and how accurately adsorption heights can be described by using recent advances of the van der Waals density functional (vdWDF), with optPBE/vdWDF, optB86b/vdWDF, vdWDF2, and rev/vdWDF2 functionals is illustrated. The adsorption of two prototypical aromatic hydrocarbons is investigated, and the calculated adsorption heights are compared to experimental literature values from normal incident X-ray standing wave absorption and a state-of-the-art semi-empirical method. It is shown that both the optB86b/vdWDF and rev/vdWDF2 functionals describe adsorption heights with an accuracy of 0.1 angstrom, compared to experimental values, and are concluded as reliable methods of choice for related systems.
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