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The depolarization interaction of adsorbed non‐polar molecules
Author(s) -
Antoniewicz P. R.
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
physica status solidi (b)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1521-3951
pISSN - 0370-1972
DOI - 10.1002/pssb.2220860226
Subject(s) - polarizability , depolarization , dipole , chemical polarity , polar , monolayer , molecule , anisotropy , atom (system on chip) , molecular physics , chemical physics , field (mathematics) , adsorption , chemistry , condensed matter physics , atomic physics , physics , materials science , nanotechnology , quantum mechanics , mathematics , medicine , computer science , pure mathematics , embedded system , endocrinology
The depolarizing interaction between two non‐polar molecules, on a metal surface, is investigated. It is found that the classical depolarizing field between two dipole moments is sufficient to describe the interaction for spherically symmetric molecules or atoms. However the effective polarizability should be used instead of the free atom polarizability. For an anisotropic molecule there is a correction to the classical result of up to about twenty percent at a monolayer coverage.