K. Kadas et al., MOLECULAR ELECTROSTATIC-FIELD AS A REACTIVITY MAP FOR THE SI(111) SURFACE, Journal of physical chemistry, 100(20), 1996, pp. 8462-8467
We applied the molecular electrostatic field of a cluster model of the
Si(111) reconstructed crystal surface as a reactivity map for the pre
diction of preferred adsorption sites of pointlike dipolar molecules.
It was found that experimentally located preferred sites are correctly
predicted by both molecular electrostatic field maps, as calculated b
y the semiempirical NDDO molecular orbital method with the AM1 paramet
rization, and results obtained by ab initio molecular orbital calculat
ions with a split valence-shell basis set. It is thus probable that el
ectrostatic field maps can be applied to other crystalline surfaces fo
r the pictorial representation of reactivity properties, too.