Importance of van der Waals interaction for organic molecule-metal junctions: adsorption of thiophene on Cu(110) as a prototype

We report ab initio calculations for the interface energetics of a weakly adsorbed organic molecule on a metal surface, which serves as a model interface relevant for organic electronics. The studied thiophene ring is found to be physisorbed on the Cu(110) surface with an adsorption energy of -0.50 eV. Nonlocal correlations, i.e., van der Waals interactions, are solely responsible for the binding in this weakly interacting system, and the choice of the proper exchange-correlation function is crucially important. The adsorption of thiophene lowers the metal work function due to the formation of surface dipoles while no sizable charge transfer is found.     

Charge transfer and adsorption energies in the iodine-Pt(1 1 1) interaction

The adsorption energies for iodine atom on the fcc, hcp, bridge, and atop sites of the Pt(1 1 1) surface were determined using ab initio DFT method in two different unit cells. A periodic slab model is used and the obtained energies are in agreement with the corresponding experimental values extrapolated at 0 K. The charge transfer is determined by the use of the Hirshfeld partitioning scheme, and the charge transfer values follow the adsorption energy trend for different sites of the Pt(1 1 1) surface. The results show that the plane-wave DFT approach correctly describes the adsorption of iodine on the Pt(1 1 1) surface and support the use of the Hirshfeld method in surface science problems.     

Estimation of the solitary adatom charge

The Harrison method of bonding orbitals and the model of surface molecules are used to calculate the charge of a solitary adatom. The values of the charge are compared with those obtained earlier from the dependence of the work function of an adsorption system on the adatom concentration.     

Quantum Monte Carlo study of the CO interaction with a dimer model surface for Cr(110)

The chemisorption of CO on a Cr (110) surface is investigated using the quantum Monte Carlo method in the diffusion Monte Carlo (DMC) variant and a model Cr₂CO cluster. The present results are consistent with the earlier ab initio HF study with this model that showed the tilted/near-parallel orientation as energetically favoured over the perpendicular arrangement. The DMC energy difference between the two orientations is larger (1.9 eV) than that computed in the previous study. The distribution and reorganization of electrons during CO adsorption on the model surface are analysed using the topological electron localization function method that yields electron populations, charge transfer and clear insight on the chemical bonding that occurs with CO adsorption and dissociation on the model surface.     

硫原子在镍基合金825(001)面吸附的第一性原理研究

元素硫在镍基合金表面吸附产生严重的电化学腐蚀,为从原子尺度研究硫腐蚀机理,采用第一性原理方法,构建并优化了镍基合金825的晶胞结构模型,计算分析了S原子在镍基合金825耐蚀性较差面(001)晶面的吸附及电子转移情况.结果表明:Ni原子占据顶角, Cr原子和Fe原子对称占据面心是镍基合金825稳定的晶胞结构;原子S在镍基合金825(001)面上最稳定的吸附位为四重穴位,吸附能为-6.51 eV; S吸附前后的态密度(DOS)和二维电荷差分密度图(DCD)对比发现,镍基合金825中Fe与S之间电荷偏移明显,形成离子键,易生成腐蚀产物Fe_xS_y. S的吸附对镍基合金825中Cr原子的电子分布影响不大,且合金中Cr和Ni抑制了合金中Fe与S之间的相互作用,从而提高了合金耐蚀性.     

混合电解质溶液中考虑介电饱和度的表面电位评估原理

基于非线性泊松-玻尔兹曼方程，推导了混合电解质溶液中考虑介电饱和度的表面电位的解析表达式. 近似解析解和精确数值解计算出的表面电位在很大范围的电荷密度和离子强度条件下均具有很好的一致性. 当表面电荷密度大于0.30 C/m^{2 时，介电饱和度对表面电位的影响变得尤为重要；当表面电荷密度小于0.30 C/m2时，可忽略介电饱和度的影响，即基于经典泊松-玻尔兹曼方程可获得有效的表面电位解析模型. 因此，0.3 C/m2可作为是否考虑介电饱和度的颗粒临界表面电荷密度值. 在低表面电荷密度时，考虑介质饱和度的表面电位解析模型可自然回归到经典泊松-玻尔兹曼理论的结果，得到的表面电位可以正确地预测一价和二价反离子之间的吸附选择性.}     

第一性原理研究CO在Cu(110)表面的吸附

本文采用基于密度泛函理论的第一性原理方法, 并同时考虑范德华力的作用, 计算并分析了CO在Cu(110)表面的吸附情况. 结果表明: 1) CO在两个表面Cu原子的短桥位位置吸附最强, 吸附能为1.28 eV. 第二稳定吸附位置为表面Cu原子的顶位, 吸附能为1.23 eV. CO在其他两个位置, 表面两个Cu的长桥位和表面四个Cu的中心位的吸附要弱一些, 约为0.86 eV 和 0.83 eV. 2) 在Cu表面吸附的CO的C-O键长有部分拉长, 这与较强的吸附能和电荷转移相应. 3) 电荷分析表明所有吸附的CO整体上从衬底上面获得部分电荷, 约为0.2 个电荷.     

第一性原理研究CO在Cu(110)表面的吸附

本文采用基于密度泛函理论的第一性原理方法,并同时考虑范德华力的作用,计算并分析了CO在Cu(110)表面的吸附情况.结果表明:1)CO在两个表面Cu原子的短桥位位置吸附最强,吸附能为1.28 e V.第二稳定吸附位置为表面Cu原子的顶位,吸附能为1.23 e V.CO在其他两个位置,表面两个Cu的长桥位和表面四个Cu的中心位的吸附要弱一些,约为0.86 e V和0.83 e V.2)在Cu表面吸附的CO的C-O键长有部分拉长,这与较强的吸附能和电荷转移相应.3)电荷分析表明所有吸附的CO整体上从衬底上面获得部分电荷,约为0.2个电荷.     

Adsorption Regularity and Characteristics of sp~3-Hybridized Gas Molecules on Anatase TiO_2(101) Surface

We report the anatase titanium dioxide(101) surface adsorption of sp~3-hybridized gas molecules,including NH_3,H_2O and CH_4,using first-principles plane-wave ultrasoft pseudopotential based on the density functional theory.The results show that it is much easier for a surface with oxygen vacancies to adsorb gas molecules than it is for a surface without oxygen vacancies.The main factor affecting adsorption stability and energy is the polarizability of molecules,and adsorption is induced by surface oxygen vacancies of the negatively charged center.The analyses of state densities and charge population show that charge transfer occurs at the molecule surface upon adsorption and that the number of transferred charge reduces in the order of N,O and C.Moreover,the adsorption method is chemical adsorption,and adsorption stability decreases in the order of NH_3,H_2O and CH_4.Analyses of absorption and reflectance spectra reveal that after absorbed CH_4 and H_2O,compared with the surface with oxygen vacancy,the optical properties of materials surface,including its absorption coefficients and reflectivity index,have slight changes,however,absorption coefficient and reflectivity would greatly increase after NH_3 adsorption.These findings illustrate that anatase titanium dioxide(101) surface is extremely sensitive to NH_3.     

Theoretical analysis for transmission of Gaussian and sine time irradiance of electromagnetic beam in collisional dusty plasmas

A theoretical model of propagation of Gaussian and Sine time irradiance of an electromagnetic beam in collisional dusty plasma has been done in the present analysis. It contains equilibrium of dust charge, particle density, and energy of plasma ingredients having charge neutrality. Ionization of neutral particles, recombination of free electrons with ions, adsorption and emission of electrons from dust grain surface, and binary collisions between plasma components are also considered in this treatment. Time varying behaviour of modified electron temperature and collision frequency has been illustrated numerically as a function of dust densities. Also, the comparative analyses of variation of beam waist parameter with the dimensionless length of transmission for both the Gaussian and Sine time irradiance are involved in this model as a function of distinguishable time width, collision frequencies, and dust densities under the condition that the size of dust nebulous is greater than the electrons mean free path for the adsorption on the dust grain surface. The observed results are significant for the applications in industry and astrophysics.     

Confinement effect on thermodynamic and structural properties of water in hydrophilic mesoporous silica

The adsorption of water on porous silica surfaces at 300 K, has been qualitatively reproduced by Grand Canonical Monte Carlo simulations (GCMC) without any adjustment of adsorbate/substrate potential parameter. The simulated adsorption isotherm and isosteric differential enthalpy of adsorption compare well to experimental data for Vycor, showing the ability of the model in describing hydrophilic properties of silica surfaces. The analysis of fluid structure in the mesoporous glass gives detailed insights into confinement and disorder effects on water adsorbed on the hydrophilic surface of a porous glass. It is shown that hydrophilic properties are not simply related to surface hydroxyl density but are also related to local structure of the silica surface.     

Evaluation for the configurational and electronic state of SO3 adsorbed on Pt surface

We evaluate the adsorption of SO₃ molecule on the Pt (1 1 1) surface using the first-principles calculations by a slab model with a periodic boundary condition. We find that there are four stable adsorption configurations on the Pt surface, where SO₃ molecules are adsorbed above the three-fold fcc and hcp sites. In two of these configurations, S and two O atoms are bound to the Pt atoms, and in two other of them, all the three O atoms are bound to Pt surface atoms. Besides, it is found that molecular orbitals of SO₃ and those of Pt surface are hybridized in the active metal d-bands region, that the localized molecular orbitals in SO₃ are stabilized, and that the charge is transferred from Pt to S 3p by SO₃ adsorption on Pt surface though the other interaction of S and O (bound to Pt) component with Pt is little. In addition, the bond between S and O bound to Pt become weak by SO₃ adsorption on Pt surface because the charge polarization to O-Pt bond weakens the bond between S and O bound to Pt. This interaction is assumed to encourage the breakage of S-O bond.     

First-principles studies on the adsorption of molecular oxygen on Ba(110) surface

The adsorption of O₂ on Ba(110) surface is studied with first-principles calculations based on density functional theory. Our calculations predict that O₂ may prefer to dissociative adsorption on Ba(110) surface without obvious barrier. Also our results do not support the model of charge transfer from the surface to the molecule as a bond breaking mechanism. Instead, the increasing hybridization between O₂ orbitals and the d states of Ba(110) surface may play an important role in the dissociation adsorption.     

Self-consistent field theory of adsorption of flexible polyelectrolytes onto an oppositely charged sphere

The adsorption of flexible polyelectrolyte （PE） with the smeared charge distribution onto an oppositely charged sphere immersed in a PE solution is studied numerically with the continuum self-consistent field theory. The power law scaling relationships between the boundary layer thickness and the surface charge density and the charge fraction of PE chains revealed in the study are in good agreement with the existing analytical result. The curvature effect on the degree of charge compensation of the total amount of charges on the adsorbed PE chains over the surface charges is examined, and a clear understanding of it based on the dependences of the degree of charge compensation on the surface charge density and the charge fraction of PE chains is established.     

Étude théorique par la méthode des orbitales moléculaires de l'adsorption du césium sur la face (110) de l'arséniure de gallium

The adsorption of one cesium atom on a (110) gallium arsenide surface is investigated by means of a molecular-orbital method. Several surface deformations are considered. The values obtained for the extraction energy of one electron, the net charge of cesium atom, and the adsorption energy, allow to infer that the cesium atom is placed above the surface in neighbourhood of a gallium atom.     

基于AFM的固液界面表面电荷密度测量方法

固液界面的表面电荷会影响微纳流体系统的流体阻力,因此如何测量固液界面的表面电荷密度以及分析表面电荷的产生机理对于研究表面电荷对流体阻力的影响具有较大的意义。提出了一种基于接触式AFM的固液界面表面电荷密度测量方法。基于该方法测量了浸在去离子水和0.01 mol/L的NaCl溶液中的高硼硅玻璃和二氧化硅样本的表面电荷密度,并研究了溶液pH值对表面电荷的影响。研究结果表明高硼硅玻璃和二氧化硅由于表面硅烷基的电离带负电。溶液pH值和离子浓度的增加都会增加浸在去离子水和0.01 mol/L的NaCl溶液中高硼硅玻璃和二氧化硅的表面电荷密度的绝对值。     

4,7-二(2-溴代噻吩-5-基)-2,1,3-苯并噻二唑-N-(1-辛基壬烷基)咔唑在ZnS(100)表面吸附的理论研究

采用密度泛函理论中的广义梯度近似(DFT/GGA)方法,在PW91/DNP水平上研究了4,7-二(2-溴代噻吩-5-基)-2,1,3-苯并噻二唑-N-(1-辛基壬烷基)咔唑(简称PC-DTBT)的低聚合物(PC-DTBT)n(n=1-5)的稳定性和化学活性.结果表明:随着聚合度增加,(PC-DTBT)n的稳定性降低,化学活性增强.采用密度泛函理论与周期性平板模型相结合的方法,研究了PC-DTBT单体在ZnS(100)表面的吸附,通过吸附前后化合物PC-DTBT的Mulliken charge和前线轨道分析表明:当PC-DTBT吸附在ZnS(100)表面时,ZnS(100)表面向PC-DTBT转移0.200 e电荷,前线轨道能隙变窄.理论预测的结果与实验值吻合.     

4,7-二(2-溴代噻吩-5-基)-2,1,3-苯并噻二唑-N-(1-辛基壬烷基)咔唑在ZnS(100)表面吸附的理论研究

采用密度泛函理论中的广义梯度近似(DFT/GGA)方法, 在PW91/DNP水平上研究了4,7-二(2-溴代噻吩-5-基)-2,1,3-苯并噻二唑-N-(1-辛基壬烷基)咔唑(简称PC-DTBT)的低聚合物(PC-DTBT)n(n=1-5)的稳定性和化学活性. 结果表明: 随着聚合度增加, (PC-DTBT)n的稳定性降低, 化学活性增强. 采用密度泛函理论与周期性平板模型相结合的方法, 研究了PC-DTBT单体在ZnS(100)表面的吸附, 通过吸附前后化合物PC-DTBT的Mulliken charge和前线轨道分析表明: 当PC-DTBT吸附在ZnS (100)表面时, ZnS(100)表面向PC-DTBT转移0.200 e电荷, 前线轨道能隙变窄. 理论预测的结果与实验值吻合.     

Passivation of PEA~+ to MAPbI_3 (110) surface states by first-principles calculations

The MAPbI_3(110) surface with low indices of crystal face is a stable and highly compatible photosensitive surface.Since the electronic states on the surface can be detrimental to the photovoltaic efficiency of the device,they should be passivated.Phenylethylamine(PEA~+),as a molecular ligand,has been widely used in continuous degradation and interfacial charge recombination experiments,and has satisfactory performance in improving surface defects.Therefore,we construct an adsorption model of MAPbI_3 with small molecules,calculating the lattice structure and electronic properties of PEA~+-adsorbed MAPbI_3(110) surface.It is found that PEA~+ as apassivator can effectively weaken the electronic states and regulate the band gap of the MAPbI_3(110) surface.Before and after adding the passivator,the peak value of electronic state densities at MAPbI_3(110) surface is reduced by about 50%,and the band gap is apparently reduced.Moreover,by comparing the Bader atomic charge and spatial charge distributions before and after PEA~+'s adsorption on the surface of MAPbI_3,we observe a substantial change of PEA~+ charges,which suggests the surface states have been passivated by PEA~+.