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Thiolate‐Induced Metal Adatom Trapping at Solid–Liquid Interfaces
Author(s) -
Yang YawChia,
Taranovskyy Andriy,
Magnussen Olaf M.
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201106584
Subject(s) - trapping , metastability , copper , scanning tunneling microscope , chemical physics , metal , materials science , organosulfur compounds , nanotechnology , chemistry , metallurgy , organic chemistry , sulfur , ecology , biology
Dynamic trapping : Scanning tunneling microscopy video imaging of methyl thiolates on copper surfaces reveal the formation of defined metastable dimers with fluctuations on subsecond timescales, indicating short‐term trapping of copper surface atoms (see picture). This transient stabilization of metal adatoms has important implications for applications of organosulfur species as additives and in nanoscience.