eprintid: 69407 rev_number: 41 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/00/06/94/07 datestamp: 2010-10-17 01:54:40 lastmod: 2021-09-26 22:46:53 status_changed: 2010-10-17 01:54:40 type: article metadata_visibility: show item_issues_count: 0 creators_name: Li, B creators_name: Michaelides, A creators_name: Scheffler, M title: "Textbook" adsorption at "nontextbook" adsorption sites: Halogen atoms on alkali halide surfaces ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B04 divisions: C06 divisions: F60 keywords: DENSITY, FILMS, WATER, NACL note: © 2006 The American Physical Society abstract: Density-functional theory and second order Moller-Plesset perturbation theory calculations indicate that halogen atoms bond preferentially to halide substrate atoms on a series of alkali halide surfaces, rather than to the alkali atoms as might be anticipated. An analysis of the electronic structures in each system reveals that this novel adsorption mode is stabilized by the formation of textbook two-center three-electron covalent bonds. The implications of these findings to, for example, nanostructure crystal growth, are briefly discussed. date: 2006-07-28 publisher: AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOC official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.046802 vfaculties: VMPS oa_status: green language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green article_type_text: Article verified: verified_batch elements_source: Web of Science elements_id: 110050 doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.046802 language_elements: EN lyricists_name: Michaelides, Angelos lyricists_id: AMICH30 full_text_status: public publication: PHYS REV LETT volume: 97 number: 4 article_number: 046802 issn: 0031-9007 citation: Li, B; Michaelides, A; Scheffler, M; (2006) "Textbook" adsorption at "nontextbook" adsorption sites: Halogen atoms on alkali halide surfaces. PHYS REV LETT , 97 (4) , Article 046802. 10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.046802 <https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.97.046802>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/69407/1/69407.pdf