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Noncovalent bonding of copper atoms to the nitrogen-containing sites of hydrogenated diamond surfaces

V. Yu. Osipov^ab, D. W. Boukhvalov^cd, K. Takai<sup>b

a</sup> Ioffe Institute, St. Petersburg, Russian Federation
^b Department of Chemical Science and Technology, Hosei University, Tokyo, Japan
^c Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing, P. R. China
^d Institute of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, Ural Federal University, Ekaterinburg, Russian Federation

Abstract: We demonstrate that isolated copper atoms can be bound to the four-coordinated surface nitrogen sites of a diamond lattice fully terminated by atomic hydrogen. This bonding is related to the ability of surface nitrogen sites to donate unpaired electrons (from an antibonding orbital) to third alien surface agents.

Language: English

DOI: 10.1016/j.mencom.2019.07.033

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