Initial stages of benzotriazole adsorption on the Cu(111) surface
Initial stages of benzotriazole adsorption on the Cu(111) surface
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DOI:
10.1039/c3nr00724c
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发表时间:
2013-01-01
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6.7
通讯作者:
Richardson, Neville V.
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作者:
Grillo, Federico;Tee, Daniel W.;Richardson, Neville V.
Benzotriazole (BTAH) has been used as a copper corrosion inhibitor since the 1950s; however, the molecular level detail of how inhibition occurs remains a matter of debate. The onset of BTAH adsorption on a Cu(111) single crystal was investigated via scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM), vibrational spectroscopy (RAIRS) and supporting DFT modelling. BTAH adsorbs as anionic (BTA), CuBTA is a minority species, while Cu(BTA)(2), the majority of the adsorbed species, form chains, whose sections appear to diffuse in a concerted manner. The copper surface appears to reconstruct in a (2 x 1) fashion.