Jk. Burdett et Sc. Sevov, A METAL-INSULATOR-TRANSITION IN A SUPPORTED MONOLAYER OF A GROUP-10 METAL, The Journal of chemical physics, 101(1), 1994, pp. 840-843
Electronic structure calculations are used to show that a free monolay
er of Ni with the structure of W(110) is metallic but becomes nonmetal
lic when ''coordinated'' to a layer of a nonmetal. This is in a good a
greement with various experimental results for Ni monolayers supported
on W(110) and on W(110)/O.