Skip to main content
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Metal-On-Metal Bonding and Rebonding Revisited

Journal Article · · Physical Review Letters
 [1]
  1. Sandia National Laboratories

Density-functional calculations for a wide variety of metals show that, contrary to the rebonding view of adsorbate bonding, addimers do not have notably longer surface bonds than adatoms, do not reside farther above the surface, and do not meet the rebonding arguments for augmented mobility. Rebonding concepts are found to have some utility in explaining addimer stability.

Research Organization:
Sandia National Labs., Albuquerque, NM (US); Sandia National Labs., Livermore, CA (US)
Sponsoring Organization:
US Department of Energy (US)
DOE Contract Number:
AC04-94AL85000
OSTI ID:
3868
Report Number(s):
SAND99-0454J
Journal Information:
Physical Review Letters, Journal Name: Physical Review Letters
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English

Similar Records

Metal-on-Metal Bonding and Rebonding Revisited
Journal Article · Tue Jun 01 00:00:00 EDT 1999 · Physical Review Letters · OSTI ID:349367

Rebonding effects in separation and surface-diffusion barrier energies of an adatom pair
Journal Article · Mon Jun 29 00:00:00 EDT 1987 · Phys. Rev. Lett.; (United States) · OSTI ID:6395287

A local view of bonding and diffusion at metal surfaces
Conference · Sun Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1996 · OSTI ID:286291