Electrochemical, high-resolution photoemission spectroscopy and vdW-DFT study of the thermal stability of benzenethiol and benzeneselenol monolayers on Au(111)

Langmuir

Volumn 28, Issue 38, 2012, Pages 13624-13635

  Cometto, F P ^a   Patrito, E M ^a   Paredes Olivera, P ^a   Zampieri, G ^b,c   Ascolani, H ^b  

^a DEPARTAMENTO DE FISICOQUÍMICA   (Argentina)

^b CENTRO ATÓMICO BARILOCHE   (Argentina)

^c INSTITUTO BALSEIRO   (Argentina)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AU(1 1 1 ); BENZENESELENOL; BENZENETHIOLS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY CALCULATIONS; ELECTROCHEMICAL EXPERIMENTS; HIGH PACKING DENSITY; HIGH-RESOLUTION PHOTOEMISSION SPECTROSCOPY; METAL SURFACES; MOLECULAR CONFIGURATIONS; PHENYL RINGS; SAMS; STANDING-UP;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; SELF ASSEMBLED MONOLAYERS; THERMAL DESORPTION; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; VAN DER WAALS FORCES;

PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

BENZENE DERIVATIVE; BENZENESELENOL; GOLD; ORGANOSELENIUM DERIVATIVE; PHENOL DERIVATIVE; THIOL DERIVATIVE; THIOPHENOL;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; ELECTROCHEMICAL ANALYSIS; QUANTUM THEORY; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

ADSORPTION; BENZENE DERIVATIVES; ELECTROCHEMICAL TECHNIQUES; GOLD; ORGANOSELENIUM COMPOUNDS; PHENOLS; PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY; QUANTUM THEORY; SULFHYDRYL COMPOUNDS; SURFACE PROPERTIES; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84866649317     PISSN: 07437463     EISSN: 15205827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/la3024937     Document Type: Article

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