화학공학소재연구정보센터
Journal of Physical Chemistry B, Vol.101, No.23, 4620-4622, 1997
Analysis of Adsorption Sites of Benzene Molecules on the Pd(110) Surface Through Calculations of STM Images
Use of scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) to determine the adsorption sites of molecules on a metallic surface with accuracy has become a powerful technique. As an example, we demonstrate, using elastic scattering quantum chemistry calculations, that STM images of benzene molecules adsorbed on a palladium-(110) surface exhibit strong internal structures. We demonstrate that each possible high-symmetry adsorption site as well as the molecular orientation with respect to the surface plane can be resolved using STM imaging.