Aminoxyl Radicals on the Silicon (001) Surface

Aminoxyl radicals form a class of persistent radical species of which the TEMPO (2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-1-piperidinyloxy) molecule is perhaps the best known. They are known to be dangling bond scavengers and bind readily to the silicon (001) surface. However, the possibility of the aminoxyl group react...

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Main Authors: Bennett, J., Warschkow, O., Marks, Nigel
Format: Journal Article
Published: American Chemical Society 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/43639
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author Bennett, J.
Warschkow, O.
Marks, Nigel
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Marks, Nigel
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description Aminoxyl radicals form a class of persistent radical species of which the TEMPO (2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-1-piperidinyloxy) molecule is perhaps the best known. They are known to be dangling bond scavengers and bind readily to the silicon (001) surface. However, the possibility of the aminoxyl group reacting dissociatively with the surface has been largely ignored. Density functional theory is used to investigate possible reaction pathways for the simplest aminoxyl radical, H2NO, on silicon. We consider same-site, same-dimer, and adjacent-dimer dissociation pathways and find that H2NO dissociates readily in the presence of neighboring free dimers or dangling bonds. Further calculations examine the applicability of these findings to the larger dimethyl aminoxyl and TEMPO molecules.
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spelling curtin-20.500.11937-436392017-09-13T13:38:56Z Aminoxyl Radicals on the Silicon (001) Surface Bennett, J. Warschkow, O. Marks, Nigel Surface chemical reactions TEMPO molecular electronics Density functional calculations Aminoxyl radicals form a class of persistent radical species of which the TEMPO (2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-1-piperidinyloxy) molecule is perhaps the best known. They are known to be dangling bond scavengers and bind readily to the silicon (001) surface. However, the possibility of the aminoxyl group reacting dissociatively with the surface has been largely ignored. Density functional theory is used to investigate possible reaction pathways for the simplest aminoxyl radical, H2NO, on silicon. We consider same-site, same-dimer, and adjacent-dimer dissociation pathways and find that H2NO dissociates readily in the presence of neighboring free dimers or dangling bonds. Further calculations examine the applicability of these findings to the larger dimethyl aminoxyl and TEMPO molecules. 2009 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/43639 10.1021/jp8065772 American Chemical Society restricted
spellingShingle Surface chemical reactions
TEMPO
molecular electronics
Density functional calculations
Bennett, J.
Warschkow, O.
Marks, Nigel
Aminoxyl Radicals on the Silicon (001) Surface
title Aminoxyl Radicals on the Silicon (001) Surface
title_full Aminoxyl Radicals on the Silicon (001) Surface
title_fullStr Aminoxyl Radicals on the Silicon (001) Surface
title_full_unstemmed Aminoxyl Radicals on the Silicon (001) Surface
title_short Aminoxyl Radicals on the Silicon (001) Surface
title_sort aminoxyl radicals on the silicon (001) surface
topic Surface chemical reactions
TEMPO
molecular electronics
Density functional calculations
url http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/43639