title: Communication: Coalescence of carbon atoms on Cu (111) surface: Emergence of a stable bridging-metal structure motif.
abstract: By combining first principles transition state location and molecular dynamics simulation, we unambiguously identify a carbon atom approaching induced bridging-metal structure formation on Cu (111) surface, which strongly modify the carbon atom coalescence dynamics. The emergence of such a new structural motif turns out to be a result of the subtle balance between Cu-C and Cu-Cu interactions. Based on this picture, a simple theoretical model is proposed, which describes a variety of surface chemistries very well.
authors: Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Sciences at Microscale, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China.
authors: Ping
authors: P
authors: Wu
authors: Wenhua
authors: W
authors: Zhang
authors: Zhenyu
authors: Z
authors: Li
authors: Jinlong
authors: J
authors: Yang
authors: Jian Guo
authors: JG
authors: Hou