Self-assembly of acetate adsorbates drives atomic rearrangement on the Au(110) surface

The efficiency of a catalyst relies on the stability of intermediates on its surface. Here, the authors find that van der Waals interactions between acetate adsorbates on Au(110) provide a small but necessary energy contribution to stabilize the acetate and drive restructuring of the Au surface.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Fanny Hiebel, Bonggeun Shong, Wei Chen, Robert J. Madix, Efthimios Kaxiras, Cynthia M. Friend
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2016-10-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms13139