Role of the dispersion force in modeling the interfacial properties of molecule-metal interfaces: Adsorption of thiophene on copper surfaces

Scientific Reports

Volumn 4, Issue , 2014, Pages

  Hu, Zhi Xin ^a   Lan, Haiping ^a,b   Ji, Wei ^a  

^a RENMIN UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY OF CHINA   (China)

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EID: 84901353037     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep05036     Document Type: Article

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