We thank the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft for financial support via MA 1618/14. Y.-C.Y. gratefully acknowledges a fellowship by the Alexander-von-Humboldt foundation.
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Thiolate-Induced Metal Adatom Trapping at Solid–Liquid Interfaces†
Article first published online: 16 JAN 2012
DOI: 10.1002/anie.201106584
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How to Cite
Yang, Y.-C., Taranovskyy, A. and Magnussen, O. M. (2012), Thiolate-Induced Metal Adatom Trapping at Solid–Liquid Interfaces. Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 51: 1966–1969. doi: 10.1002/anie.201106584
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Publication History
- Issue published online: 14 FEB 2012
- Article first published online: 16 JAN 2012
- Manuscript Revised: 28 OCT 2011
- Manuscript Received: 16 SEP 2011
Funded by
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. Grant Number: MA 1618/14
Keywords:
- adatoms;
- molecular dynamics;
- scanning tunneling microscopy;
- surface chemistry;
- thiolates
Dynamic trapping: Scanning tunneling microscopy video imaging of methyl thiolates on copper surfaces reveal the formation of defined metastable dimers with fluctuations on subsecond timescales, indicating short-term trapping of copper surface atoms (see picture). This transient stabilization of metal adatoms has important implications for applications of organosulfur species as additives and in nanoscience.