Effect of a step defect on the adsorption of benzene on the (221) surface of nickel: An ab initio study

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 70, Issue 11, 2004, Pages

  Site, Luigi Delle ^a   Sebastiani, Daniel ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR POLYMER RESEARCH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENZENE; METAL DERIVATIVE; NICKEL; POLYMER;

ADHESION; ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; DENSITY; ELECTRON; ENERGY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; PREDICTION; SURFACE PROPERTY;

EID: 13244290422     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.70.115401     Document Type: Article

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