DFT insights into the adsorption mechanism of five-membered aromatic heterocycles containing N, O, or S on Fe (1 1 0) surface

TLM Pham, TK Phung, HV Thang - Applied Surface Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Understanding the interaction of five-membered aromatic heterocycles with Fe (1 1 0)
surface is crucial to the design of novel inhibitors against the corrosion of iron and steel …

Revisiting the Electrified Pt (111)/Water Interfaces through an Affordable Double-Reference Ab Initio Approach

JJ Hinsch, A Bouzid, JC Barker, JJ White… - The Journal of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
The electrified solid–liquid interface plays an essential role in many renewable energy-
related applications, including hydrogen production and utilization. Limitations in …

Coverage-dependent adsorption of small gas molecules on black phosphorene: a DFT study

A Sibari, Z Kerrami, M Benaissa, A Kara - Surface Science, 2021 - Elsevier
Abstract Using Density Functional Theory (DFT), we perform a detailed computational study
to explore the adsorption behaviors of NH 3, NO, NO 2, CO and CO 2 gas molecules on a …

Thiophene derivatives on gold and molecular dissociation processes

T Jiang, W Malone, Y Tong, D Dragoe… - The Journal of …, 2017 - ACS Publications
We report a systematic study of thiophene derivatives on gold surfaces. These molecules
are of interest in molecular electronics, and the characracteristics of the thiophene–electrode …

Adsorption of thiophene on transition metal surfaces with the inclusion of van der Waals effects

W Malone, J Matos, A Kara - Surface Science, 2018 - Elsevier
We use density functional theory with the inclusion of the van der Waals interaction to study
the adsorption of thiophene, C 4 H 4 S, on Pt, Rh, Pd, Au, and Ag (100) surfaces. The five …

Testing functional anchor groups for the efficient immobilization of molecular catalysts on silver surfaces

O Bunjes, A Rittmeier, D Hedman, SA Hua… - Communications …, 2024 - nature.com
Modifications of complexes by attachment of anchor groups are widely used to control
molecule-surface interactions. This is of importance for the fabrication of (catalytically active) …

Fe-Phthalocyanine on Cu (111) and Ag (111): a DFT+ vdWs investigation

M Jabrane, M El Hafidi, MY El Hafidi, A Kara - Surface Science, 2022 - Elsevier
Starting from dyes in the industrial domain, Metal-Phthalocyanine (MPc), a macrocyclic
planar organo-metallic molecule, can nowadays be used in various applications at low cost …

A comprehensive investigation of the plasmonic-photocatalytic properties of gold nanoparticles for CO 2 conversion to chemicals

M Soleimani, M Pourfath - Nanoscale, 2023 - pubs.rsc.org
Understanding the interactions between plasmonic gold (Au) nanoparticles and the
adsorbate is essential for photocatalytic and plasmonic applications. However, it is often …

Molecule-surface interaction from van der Waals-corrected semilocal density functionals: The example of thiophene on transition-metal surfaces

S Adhikari, H Tang, B Neupane, A Ruzsinszky… - Physical Review …, 2020 - APS
Semilocal density functional approximations are widely used. None of them can capture the
long-range van der Waals (vdW) attraction between separated subsystems, but they differ …

Bimetallic nanostructured catalysts prepared by laser electrodispersion: Structure and activity in redox reactions

AA Bryzhin, EV Golubina, KI Maslakov… - …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
One‐stage size‐selective method of laser electrodispersion (LED) was used to produce
nanostructured NiPd, NiMo and NiW coatings on the surface of alumina, HOPG and Sibunit …