Toward the microscopic identification of anions and cations at the ionic liquid|Ag(111) interface: A combined experimental and theoretical investigation

ACS Nano

Volumn 7, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 7773-7784

  Buchner, Florian ^a,b   Forster Tonigold, Katrin ^a,b   Uhl, Benedikt ^a,b   Alwast, Dorothea ^a,b   Wagner, Nadja ^a,b   Farkhondeh, Hanieh ^a,b   Groß, Axel ^a,b   Behm, R Jürgen ^a,b  

^a HELMHOLTZ INSTITUTE ULM HIU   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

Author keywords

density functional theory; ionic liquids; molecule molecule and molecule substrate interactions; scanning tunneling microscopy; self assembly; surface chemistry

Indexed keywords

DISPERSION-CORRECTED DENSITY FUNCTIONAL; HIGH RESOLUTION SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; MICROSCOPIC IDENTIFICATION; SHORT RANGE ORDERING; SUB-MOLECULAR RESOLUTION; THEORETICAL APPROACH; THEORETICAL INVESTIGATIONS; ULTRAHIGH VACUUM CONDITIONS;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; ELECTROSTATICS; MOLECULES; PHOTOELECTRONS; POSITIVE IONS; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; SELF ASSEMBLY; SILVER; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; VAN DER WAALS FORCES; X RAY PHOTOELECTRON SPECTROSCOPY;

IONIC LIQUIDS;

EID: 84884941688     PISSN: 19360851     EISSN: 1936086X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/nn4026417     Document Type: Article

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