Unique water-water coordination tailored by a metal surface

T. Schiros, Klas Jerker Andersson, J. MacNaughton, J. Gladh, A. Matsuda, H. Öström, O. Takahashi, L. G. M. Pettersson, A. Nilsson, H. Ogasawara

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Abstract

At low coverage of water on Cu(110), substrate-mediated electrostatics lead to zigzagging chains along [001] as observed with STM [T. Yamada, S. Tamamori, H. Okuyama, and T. Aruga, “Anisotropic water chain growth on Cu(110) observed with scanning tunneling microscopy” Phys. Rev. Lett. 96, 036105 (2006)]. Using x-ray absorption spectroscopy we find an anomalous low-energy resonance at ~533.1 eV which, based on density functional theory spectrum simulations, we assign to an unexpected configuration of water units whose uncoordinated O-H bonds directly face those of their neighbors; this interaction repeats over trough sites with enhanced electron density and is analogous to the case of a hydrated electron.
Original languageEnglish
JournalJournal of Chemical Physics
Volume138
Issue number23
Pages (from-to)234708
ISSN0021-9606
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013

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