Issue 12, 2013
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Nanoscale

Initial stages of benzotriazoleadsorption on the Cu(111) surface†

Federico Grillo,*a   Daniel W. Tee,a   Stephen M. Francis,a   Herbert Früchtla  and  Neville V. Richardsona  

* Corresponding authors

a EaStCHEM and School of Chemistry, University of St. Andrews, St. Andrews, UK
E-mail: federico.grillo@st-andrews.ac.uk

Abstract

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 × 1) fashion.

Graphical abstract: Initial stages of benzotriazole adsorption on the Cu(111) surface

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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1039/C3NR00724C
Article type
Communication
Submitted
08 Feb 2013
Accepted
21 Apr 2013
First published
24 Apr 2013

Nanoscale, 2013,5, 5269-5273

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Initial stages of benzotriazole adsorption on the Cu(111) surface

F. Grillo, D. W. Tee, S. M. Francis, H. Früchtl and N. V. Richardson, Nanoscale, 2013, 5, 5269 DOI: 10.1039/C3NR00724C

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