Complete Experimental Structure Determination of the p(3x2)pg Phase of Glycine on Cu{110}

Zheleva, Z. V., Eralp, T. and Held, G. (2011) Complete Experimental Structure Determination of the p(3x2)pg Phase of Glycine on Cu{110}. Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 116 (1). pp. 618-625. ISSN 1089-5639 doi: 10.1021/jp2057282

Abstract/Summary

We present a quantitative low energy electron diffraction (LEED) surface-crystallograpic study of the complete adsorption geometry of glycine adsorbed on Cu{110} in the ordered p(3×2) phase. The glycine molecules form bonds to the surface through the N atoms of the amino group and the two O atoms of the de-protonated carboxylate group, each with separate Cu atoms such that every Cu atom in the first layer is involved in a bond. Laterally, N atoms are nearest to the atop site (displacement 0.41 Å). The O atoms are asymmetrically displaced from the atop site by 0.54 Å and 1.18 Å with two very different O-Cu bond lengths of 1.93 Å and 2.18 Å. The atom positions of the upper-most Cu layers show small relaxations within 0.07 Å of the bulk-truncated surface geometry. The unit cell of the adsorbate layer consists of two glycine molecules, which are related by a glide-line symmetry operation. This study clearly shows that a significant coverage of adsorbate structures without this glide-line symmetry must be rejected, both on the grounds of the energy dependence of the spot intensities (LEED-IV curves) and of systematic absences in the LEED pattern.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/26976
Identification Number/DOI	10.1021/jp2057282
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Life Sciences > School of Chemistry, Food and Pharmacy > Department of Chemistry Interdisciplinary centres and themes > Chemical Analysis Facility (CAF)
Publisher	ACS Publications
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