Proton-transfer reaction of toluene on Si(1 0 0) surface

Surface Science

Volumn 566-568, Issue 1-3 PART 2, 2004, Pages 971-976

  Costanzo, Francesca ^a,b   Sbraccia, Carlo ^a,b,c   Silvestrelli, Pier Luigi ^a,b   Ancilotto, Francesco ^a,b  

^a DEMOCRITOS NATIONAL SIMULATION CENTER   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^c SISSA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Aromatics; Chemisorption; Density functional calculations; Molecular dynamics; Silicon

Indexed keywords

AUGER ELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; CHEMISORPTION; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISSOCIATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FUNCTIONS; LOW ENERGY ELECTRON DIFFRACTION; METHANOL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PROBABILITY DENSITY FUNCTION; PROTONS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SILICON; SURFACE STRUCTURE;

AROMATICS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL CALCULATIONS; PROTON TRANSFER REACTIONS; WANNIER FUNCTIONS;

TOLUENE;

EID: 4544376179     PISSN: 00396028     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.susc.2004.06.038     Document Type: Article

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