title: Coulombic amino group-metal bonding: adsorption of adenine on Cu110.
abstract: The interaction between molecular amino groups and metal surfaces is analyzed from first-principles calculations using the adsorption of adenine on Cu110 as a model case. The amino group nitrogens are found to adsorb on top of the surface copper atoms. However, the bonding clearly cannot be explained in terms of covalent interactions. Instead, we find it to be largely determined by mutual polarization and Coulomb interaction between substrate and adsorbate.
authors.affiliation: Institut für Festkörpertheorie und-optik, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität, Max-Wien-Platz 1, 07743 Jena, Germany. preuss@ifto.physik.uni-jena.de
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Preuss
authors.forename: W G
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Schmidt
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Bechstedt
mesh_terms: D000225:Adenine / Q000737:chemistry*; D000327:Adsorption; D001672:Biocompatible Materials / Q000737:chemistry; D003300:Copper / Q000737:chemistry*; D008956:Models, Chemical; D008958:Models, Molecular; D013499:Surface Properties
chemical_list: D001672:Biocompatible Materials; D003300:Copper; D000225:Adenine