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Full DFT-D description of a nanoporous supramolecular network on a silicon surface.
- Source :
- Journal of Chemical Physics; Feb2013, Vol. 138 Issue 8, p084704, 8p, 6 Diagrams, 1 Graph
- Publication Year :
- 2013
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Abstract
- We present a full density-functional-theory study taking into account the van der Waals interactions of a 2D supramolecular network adsorbed on the Si(111)[Square_Root]3x[Square_Root]3R30°-boron surface denoted SiB. We show that, contrarily to the previous calculations [B. Baris, V. Luzet, E. Duverger, Ph. Sonnet, F. Palmino, and F. Chérioux, Angew. Chem., Int. Ed. 50, 4094 (2011)] molecule-molecule interactions are attractive, thanks to van der Waals corrections which are essential to describe such systems. We confirm the importance of the substrate effect to achieve the molecular network on the boron doped silicon surface without covalent bond. Our simulated STM images, calculated in the framework of the bSKAN code, give better agreement with the experimental STM images than those obtained by the integrated LDOS calculations within the Tersoff-Hamann approximation. The tungsten tip presence is essential to retrieve three paired lobes as observed experimentally. The observed protrusions arise from the phenyl arms located above silicon adatoms. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00219606
- Volume :
- 138
- Issue :
- 8
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Journal of Chemical Physics
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 85807930
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.4792442