氯离子吸附单层对Au(111)电极表面应力的贡献

以Cl-为例,应用格子气模型,建立了阴离子吸附层对Au(111)表面应力贡献的统计热力学理论,计算了吸附层Cl-离子间相互作用能、表面应力贡献和二维体积弹性模量.计算结果表明, Cl-吸附层对表面应力贡献的大小,与实验值相近;在Cl-低覆盖度时,经验包括ClO4-贡献,计算了表面应力变化-电荷密度曲线,近似呈线性关系;对于Cl-/Au(111)体系,表面应力与表面张力之差与表面应力同量级,两者差别不可忽略.较好地解释了有关的实验事实.     

Au(111)面上肉桂醛的选择性加氢机理

采用密度泛函理论并结合周期性平板模型的方法,优化了肉桂醛在Au(111)面上的吸附模型,并详细探讨了肉桂醛在Au(111)面上选择性加氢的反应机理(C=O,C=C以及1,4共轭加成机理).计算结果表明,肉桂醛以C=O和C=C协同吸附于Au(111)面上时,吸附构型最稳定.此时,不同吸附模式的吸附能平均在140.0kJ?mol-1.通过搜索不同机理下每个基元反应的过渡态,得出肉桂醛在Au(111)面上最可能的选择性加氢产物为苯丙醛,且其按照1,4共轭加成机理间接得到苯丙醛比C=C直接加氢机理具有更低的活化能.具体反应过程为:肉桂醛C=O的O优先加H形成烯丙基型中间体,继而该中间体中与苯环相连的C原子继续加H形成烯醇(ENOL),最终烯醇异构成苯丙醛.其中ENOL的生成过程所需的活化能最高,是反应的控速步骤.     

金属-有机配合物分子在Au(111)表面的吸附行为

用STM对含氧桥的金属-有机配合物[Cu₂(μ-O)(dptap)4(NO₃)₂]分子在Au(111)表面的吸附行为进行了研究. STM结果表明, 该分子同时存在非解离吸附和解离吸附, 大部分分子在Au(111)面形成有规则的排列, 少量分子发生解离吸附, 并形成(√3×√3)R30°Cu原子吸附结构. 探讨了两种吸附现象共存的起因.     

Au(111)面上肉桂醛的选择性加氢机理

采用密度泛函理论并结合周期性平板模型的方法,优化了肉桂醛在Au（111）面上的吸附模型,并详细探讨了肉桂醛在Au（111）面上选择性加氢的反应机理（C=O,C=C以及1,4 共轭加成机理）. 计算结果表明,肉桂醛以C=O和C=C协同吸附于Au（111）面上时,吸附构型最稳定. 此时,不同吸附模式的吸附能平均在140.0kJ·mol^-1. 通过搜索不同机理下每个基元反应的过渡态,得出肉桂醛在Au（111）面上最可能的选择性加氢产物为苯丙醛,且其按照1,4 共轭加成机理间接得到苯丙醛比C=C直接加氢机理具有更低的活化能. 具体反应过程为：肉桂醛C=O的O优先加H形成烯丙基型中间体,继而该中间体中与苯环相连的C原子继续加H形成烯醇（ENOL）,最终烯醇异构成苯丙醛. 其中ENOL的生成过程所需的活化能最高,是反应的控速步骤.     

Theoretical study of the structure of self-assembled monolayers of short alkylthiolates on Au(111) and Ag(111): the role of induced substrate reconstruction and chain-chain interactions

We compare the stability of various structures of high coverage self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) of short alkylthiolates, S(CH(2))(n-1)CH(3) (= C(n)), on Ag(111) and Au(111). We employ: (i) the ab initio thermodynamics approach based on density functional theory (DFT) calculations, to compare the stability of SAMs of C(1) (with coverages Θ = 3/7 and 1/3) on both substrates, and (ii) a set of pairwise interatomic potentials derived from second-order M?ller-Plesset (MP2) perturbation theory calculations, to estimate the role of chain-chain (Ch-Ch) interactions in the structure and stability of SAMs of longer chain alkylthiolates. For C(1)/Ag(111) (C(1)/Au(111)) the SAM with Θ = 3/7 is more (less) stable than for Θ = 1/3 in a wide range of temperatures and pressures in line with experiments. In addition, for the molecular densities of SAMs corresponding to Θ = 3/7 and 1/3, the MP2-based Ch-Ch interaction potential also predicts the different chain orientations observed experimentally in SAMs of alkylthiolates on Ag(111) and Au(111). Thus, for short length alkylthiolates, a simple model based on first principles calculations that separately accounts for molecule-surface (M-S) and Ch-Ch interactions succeeds in predicting the main structural differences between the full coverage SAMs usually observed experimentally on Ag(111) and Au(111).     

巴豆醛在Au(111)面上的吸附及选择性加氢机理研究

采用密度泛函理论计算了巴豆醛4种构型的稳定性,并选取最优构型进一步研究了其Au(111)面上的吸附及选择性加氢机理.计算结果表明,具有E-(s)-trans构型的巴豆醛稳定性最高.当巴豆醛通过C O吸附于Au(111)面的顶位时,该构型吸附能最大,吸附模型最稳定;巴豆醛向Au(111)表面转移电子0.045e,且其p轨道与金属表面的d轨道发生较强相互作用,使得巴豆醛的键级减弱.此外,通过分析各基元反应的活化能、反应热以及构型变化可知,巴豆醛在Au(111)面上按照2,1-加成机理(部分加氢机理)生成巴豆醇的可能性最大,且降低温度有利于反应转化率的提高.     

Surface structure and interface dynamics of alkanethiol self-assembled monolayers on Au(111)

Scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and high-resolution electron energy loss spectroscopy (HREELS) were used to examine the structural transitions and interface dynamics of octanethiol (OT) self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) caused by long-term storage or annealing at an elevated temperature. We found that the structural transitions of OT SAMs from the c(4 x 2) superlattice to the (6 x square root 3) superlattice resulting from long-term storage were caused by both the dynamic movement of the adsorbed sulfur atoms on several adsorption sites of the Au(111) surface and the change of molecular orientation in the ordered layer. Moreover, it was found that the chemical structure of the sulfur headgroups does not change from monomer to dimer by the temporal change of SAMs at room temperature. Contrary to the results of the long-term-stored SAMs, it was found that the annealing process did not modify either the interfacial or chemical structures of the sulfur headgroups or the two-dimensional c(4 x 2) domain structure. Our results will be very useful for a better understanding of the interface dynamics and stability of sulfur atoms in alkanethiol SAMs on Au(111) surfaces.     

甲醇在Au(111)表面吸附的密度泛函研究

 采用基于第一性原理的密度泛函理论和周期平板模型相结合的方法,对CH3OH分子在Au(111)表面top, fcc, hcp和bridge位的吸附模型进行了构型优化、能量计算以及Mulliken布居分析,结果表明top位是较有利的吸附位. 吸附的CH3OH解离产生甲氧基CH3O和H, 对它们在Au(111)面的吸附进行的计算表明, bridge和fcc位分别是二者的最佳吸附位. 对过渡态的计算给出了CH3OH在Au表面解离吸附的可能机理: 首先发生 O-H 键的断裂,继而生成甲氧基中间体.     

Flexible NO2-Functionalized N-Heterocyclic Carbene Monolayers on Au (111) Surface

The formation of flexible self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) in which an external trigger modifies the geometry of surface-anchored molecules is essential for the development of functional materials with tunable properties. In this work, it is demonstrated that NO₂-functionalized N-heterocyclic carbene molecules (NHCs), which were anchored on Au (111) surface, change their orientation from tilted into flat-lying position following trigger-induced reduction of their nitro groups. DFT calculations identified that the energetic driving force for reorientation was the lower steric hindrance and stronger interactions between the chemically reduced NHCs and the Au surface. The trigger-induced changes in the NHCs′ anchoring geometry and chemical functionality modified the work function and the hydrophobicity of the NHC-decorated Au surface, demonstrating the impact of a chemically tunable NHC-based SAM on the properties of the metal surface.     

氧化锌有序结构在Au(111)和Cu(111)上的生长

利用NO₂或O₂作为氧化剂,研究了氧化锌在Au(111)和Cu(111)上的生长和结构。NO₂表现了更好的氧化性能,有利于有序氧化锌纳米结构或薄膜的生长。在Au(111)和Cu(111)这两个表面上,化学计量比氧化锌都形成非极性的平面化ZnO(0001)的表面结构。在Au(111)上,NO₂气氛下室温沉积锌倾向于形成双层氧化锌纳米结构;而在更高的沉积温度下,在NO₂气氛中沉积锌则可同时观测到单层和双层氧化锌纳米结构。O₂作为氧化剂时可导致形成亚化学计量比的ZnO_x结构。由于铜和锌之间的强相互作用会促进锌的体相扩散,并且铜表面可以被氧化形成表面氧化物,整层氧化锌在Cu(111)上的生长相当困难。我们通过使用NO₂作为氧化剂解决了这个问题,生长出了覆盖Cu(111)表面的满层有序氧化锌薄膜。这些有序氧化锌薄膜表面显示出莫尔条纹,表明存在一个ZnO和Cu(111)之间的莫尔超晶格。实验上观察到的超晶格结构与最近理论计算提出的Cu(111)上的氧化锌薄膜结构相符,具有最小应力。我们的研究表明,氧化锌薄膜的表界面结构可能会随氧化程度或氧化剂的不同而变化,而Cu(111)的表面氧化也可能影响氧化锌的生长。当Cu(111)表面被预氧化成铜表面氧化物时,ZnO_x的生长模式会发生变化,锌原子会受到铜氧化物晶格的限域形成单位点锌。我们的研究表明了氧化锌的生长需要抑制锌向金属基底的扩散,并阻止亚化学计量比ZnO_x的形成。因此,使用原子氧源有利于在Au(111)和Cu(111)表面上生长有序氧化锌薄膜。     

Interaction between Thallium and the Au(111) Surface. Quantum-Chemical Analysis

Russian Journal of Electrochemistry - The interaction between thallium atoms and the Au(111) surface is studied using the cluster metal surface model and the density functional method. An adsorbed...     

密度泛函理论研究十二烷硫醇在Au(111)面上的吸附

采用第一性原理方法研究了十二烷硫醇(C₁₂H₂₅SH)分子在Au(111)面上未解离和解离吸附的结构、能量和吸附性质,在此基础上分析判断长链硫醇分子在Au(111)面吸附时S―H键的解离, 以及分子链长度对吸附结构和能量的影响. 计算了S原子在不同位置以不同方式吸附的系列构型, 结果表明在S―H键解离前和解离后,均存在两种可能的表面结构, 直立吸附构型和平铺吸附构型; 未解离的C₁₂H₂₅SH分子倾向于吸附在top位, 吸附能为0.35-0.38 eV; H原子解离后C₁₂H₂₅S基团倾向于吸附在bri-fcc位, 吸附能量为2.01-2.09 eV. 比较分析未解离吸附和解离吸附, 发现C₁₂H₂₅SH分子未解离吸附相较于解离吸附要稳定, 未解离吸附属于弱化学吸附.局域电子态密度和差分电荷密度分析进一步验证了S―H解离后S原子与表面之间成键的数目增加, 而且键合更强. 同时我们发现长链硫醇的吸附能量较短链硫醇的吸附能量略大, S原子与表面Au原子之间的距离略小.     

Chiral structures of 6,12-dibromochrysene on Au(111) and Cu(111) surfaces

Nanoscale low-dimensional chiral architectures are increasingly receiving scientific interest, because of their potential applications in many fields such as chiral recognition, separation and transformation. Using 6,12-dibromochrysene (DBCh), we successfully constructed and characterized the large-area two-dimensional chiral networks on Au(111) and one-dimensional metal-liganded chiral chains on Cu(111) respectively. The reasons and processes of chiral transformation of chiral networks on Au(111) were analyzed. We used scanning tunneling spectroscopy (STS) to analyze the electronic state information of this chiral structure. This work combines scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) with non-contact atomic force microscopy (nc-AFM) techniques to achieve ultra-high-resolution characterization of chiral structures on low-dimensional surfaces, which may be applied to the bond analysis of functional nanofilms. Density functional theory (DFT) was used to simulate the adsorption behavior of the molecular and energy analysis in order to verify the experimental results.     

三聚氰胺与蜜勒胺在Au (111)表面的自组装和氢键识别

Melamine and melem molecules are widely used precursors for synthesizing graphitic carbon nitride (g-C₃N₄), the latter also a hot two-dimensional material with photocatalytic applications. The molecular structures of both are respectively identical to the repeating units of two distinct g-C₃N₄ phases. In this work, the adsorption and self-assembly of melamine and melem on an Au(111) surface were investigated with low-temperature scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). Particularly, the patterns of hydrogen bonds (HBs) in their assemblies were identified and compared. It was found that melamine can only form one type of HB and two kinds of assembly structures, whereas melem can form three types of HBs and six kinds of assembly structures in total. Moreover, the involved HBs can be transformed by tip manipulation. These findings may provide a new strategy for tuning the functionality of surface self-assemblies by manipulating intermolecular hydrogen bonds. This also paves a route for the in situ synthesis of g-C₃N₄ on metallic surfaces and subsequent investigations of their physicochemical properties.     

Surface bonding and dynamical behavior of the CH3SH molecule on Au(111)

The chemisorption of the undissociated CH3SH molecule on the Au(111) surface has been studied at 5 K using scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and density functional theory (DFT) calculations. The molecule was found to adsorb on atop Au sites on the defect-free surface. CH3SH undergoes hindered rotation about the Au-S bond on the defect-free surface which is seen in STM as a time-averaged 6-fold pattern. The pattern suggests that the potential minima directions occur for the rotating molecule at the six hollow sites surrounding the atop adsorption site. The barrier for rotation, obtained by DFT calculations, is approximately 0.1 kcal.mol(-1). At low coverages, preferential adsorption occurs at defect sites in the surface, namely, the herringbone "elbows" and random atomic step sites. Molecules adsorbed on these sites do not exhibit rotational freedom.     

Constitutional Dynamics of Metal–Organic Motifs on a Au(111) Surface

Constitutional dynamic chemistry (CDC), including both dynamic covalent chemistry and dynamic noncovalent chemistry, relies on reversible formation and breakage of bonds to achieve continuous changes in constitution by reorganization of components. In this regard, CDC is considered to be an efficient and appealing strategy for selective fabrication of surface nanostructures by virtue of dynamic diversity. Although constitutional dynamics of monolayered structures has been recently demonstrated at liquid/solid interfaces, most of molecular reorganization/reaction processes were thought to be irreversible under ultrahigh vacuum (UHV) conditions where CDC is therefore a challenge to be achieved. Here, we have successfully constructed a system that presents constitutional dynamics on a solid surface based on dynamic coordination chemistry, in which selective formation of metal–organic motifs is achieved under UHV conditions. The key to making this reversible switching successful is the molecule–substrate interaction as revealed by DFT calculations.     

Coverage-dependent Orientations of Dy@C82 Molecules on Au(111) Surface

The adsorption and molecular orientation of Dy@C82 isomer I on Au(111) has been investi-gated using ultrahigh-vacuum scanning tunneling microscopy at 80 K. At low coverages, the Dy@C82 molecules tend to grow along the step edges of Au(111), forming small clusters and molecular chains. Adsorption of Dy@C82 on the edges is dominated by the fullerene-substrate interaction and presents various molecular orientations. At higher coverages, the Dy@C82 is found to form ordered islands consisting of small domains of equally oriented molecules. The Dy@C82 molecules in the islands prefer the adsorption configurations with the major C2 axis being approximately parallel to the surface of the substrate. Three preferable orientations of the Dy@C82 molecules are found in a two-dimensional hexagonal close packed overlayer. These observations are attributed to the interplay of the fullerene-substrate interaction and dipole-dipole interaction between the metallofullerenes.     

A Periodic Density Functional Study on Adsorption Properties of Methoxy on Au（111） Surface

1INTRODUCTION Methoxy(CH3O)has been identified as the first intermediate in the decomposition of methanol on extensive list of clean transition metal surfaces,such as Ni(100)[1],Cu(100)[2,3],Cu(111)[4],Ag(111)[5],Au(110)[6],Pd(111)[7]and Ru(0001)[8].The electronic structure of the metal is a determining factor in OH bond scission.In fact,group IB clean surfaces have shown very low activity towards this reaction,al-though there are reports on low amounts of methoxy formed on clean Cu(…     

Au(111)面甲烷硫醇吸附的密度泛函理论研究

采用基于密度泛函理论的第一性原理方法和平板模型研究了CH₃SH分子在Au(111)表面的吸附构型和电子结构. 系统地计算了S原子在不同位置以不同方式吸附的系列构型, 计算结果表明, CH₃SH分子倾向于吸附在top位上, S-C键相对于Au表面法线的夹角为62°～78°|而S-H键断裂后CH₃S_H则倾向于吸附在bri-fcc位上, S-C键相对于Au(111)表面法线的夹角为49°～57°. 比较分析CH₃SH分子和CH₃S_H的吸附, 发现CH₃SH分子倾向于不解离吸附, 表面温度的提升和缺陷的出现可能促使S-H键的断裂. 通过比较S原子在独立的CH₃SH分子和吸附状态下的局域态密度, 发现S-H键断裂后S原子和表面的键合强于S-H键未断裂时S原子和表面的键合. 扫描隧道显微镜(STM)图像模拟显示了CH₃SH和CH₃S_H在Au(111)表面吸附的3个典型的STM图像.     

Adsorptive behavior of dimethylglyoxime on Au(111)

Dimethylglyoxime (DMG) adsorbed on Au(111) was investigated using electrochemical scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) and X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS). STM experiments revealed three different structures of adsorbed DMG at open circuit potential (~0.07 V versus Ag/AgCl): (2√3×2√3)R30°-α, (2√3×4√3)R30°-β, and (2√3×4√3)R30°-γ. The coverage of adsorbed DMG obtained using XPS was 0.33. A combination of structural and quantitative information identified the adsorbed DMG as an anionic tetramer, held together by intermolecular hydrogen bonding and arrayed in three ordered patterns. Domains of adsorbed DMG underwent phase transitions between the observed structures, most likely due to the influence of the STM tip. However, a significant correlation between the observed structures and the imaging conditions was not found. The ordered layers existed only at open circuit potential as evidenced by their disappearance when the potential was shifted to 0.2 or -0.15 V. The ordered layers were also removed by immersion in a solution of Ni(2+), implying that the adsorbed DMG was converted to a soluble dimer complex with the Ni(2+) ion. This particular observation is discussed in terms of the rigidity of the organic network.