Surface nanopatterning through styrene adsorption on Si(100)
Surface nanopatterning through styrene adsorption on Si(100)
We present an ab initio study of the structural and electronic properties of styrene molecules adsorbed on the dimerized Si(100) surface at different coverages, ranging from the single-molecule to the full monolayer. The adsorption mechanism primarily involves the vinyl group via a [2+2] cycloaddition process that leads to the formation …