Adsorption of PTCDA on terraces and at steps sites of the KCl(100) surface

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 118, Issue 51, 2014, Pages 29911-29918

  Guo, Q ^a   Paulheim, A ^a   Sokolowski, M ^a   Aldahhak, H ^a,b   Rauls, E ^a   Schmidt, W G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PADERBORN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORPTION; DIFFUSION BARRIERS; MOLECULES; POTASSIUM COMPOUNDS; POTENTIAL ENERGY; QUANTUM CHEMISTRY; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY; TEMPERATURE;

ADSORPTION SITE; AZIMUTHAL ORIENTATION; ELEVATED TEMPERATURE; LONG AXIS; LOW TEMPERATURES; PERYLENES; STEP EDGE; TOTAL ENERGY CALCULATION;

DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY;

EID: 84920055177     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp509663s     Document Type: Article

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