A comparative computational study of the adsorption of TCNQ and F4-TCNQ on the coinage metal surfaces

The adsorption of tetracyanoquinodimethane and of the closely related derivative tetrafluorotetracyanoquinodimethane on the (111) surfaces of the coinage metals, namely, copper, silver, and (unreconstructed) gold, has been studied by dispersion-corrected ab initio density functional theory calculati...

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Autores: Otero Martín, Roberto, Miranda Soriano, Rodolfo, Gallego, José M.
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universidad Autónoma de Madrid
Repositorio:Biblos-e Archivo. Repositorio Institucional de la UAM
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:repositorio.uam.es:10486/713759
Acceso en línea:http://hdl.handle.net/10486/713759
https://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acsomega.9b02154
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Photoelectron spectroscopy
electronic state
scanning tunneling microscopy
Física
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Sumario:The adsorption of tetracyanoquinodimethane and of the closely related derivative tetrafluorotetracyanoquinodimethane on the (111) surfaces of the coinage metals, namely, copper, silver, and (unreconstructed) gold, has been studied by dispersion-corrected ab initio density functional theory calculations. In order to separate the molecule-substrate interaction from the effects of molecule-molecule interaction, only the isolated molecules are considered. The results show that, in this case, the strength of the interaction of both molecules with the surfaces decreases in the expected order Cu > Ag > Au. The total amount of charge transfer, however, behaves in a different way, being larger for Ag and smaller for Cu and Au. This trend can be explained by a combination of the differences in the work functions of the three metals and the amount of backdonation between the molecule and the metal