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A Michaelides1, V A Ranea, P L de Andres, D A King.
Abstract
Ab initio density functional theory has been used to investigate the adsorption of H2O on several close-packed transition and noble metal surfaces. A remarkably common binding mechanism has been identified. On every surface H2O binds preferentially at an atop adsorption site with the molecular dipole plane nearly parallel to the surface. This binding mode favors interaction of the H2O 1b(1) delocalized molecular orbital with surface wave functions.Entities:
Year: 2003 PMID: 12786566 DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.90.216102
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Phys Rev Lett ISSN: 0031-9007 Impact factor: 9.161