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Hydrogen-bond induced surface core-level shift in isonicotinic acid

  • James N. O'Shea*
  • , Joachim Schnadt
  • , Paul A. Briihwiler
  • , Hendrik Hillesheimer
  • , Nils Martenssont
  • , Luc Patthey
  • , Juraj Krempasky
  • , Chuankui Wang
  • , Yi Luo
  • , Hans Agren
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Uppsala University
  • Paul Scherrer Institute
  • KTH Royal Institute of Technology
  • Lund University

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Abstract

Intermolecular hydrogen-bonding in thick films of isonicotinic acid evaporated onto rutile TiO2(110) has been investigated with X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) and X-ray absorption spectroscopy (XAS). The rate of deposition is found to be a key factor in overcoming the kinetic barriers to extensive hydrogenbond formation, which, when present, gives rise to large energy shifts between bulk and surface in both the Nls XPS and XAS. The origin of the surface core-level shift is attributed to the presence of non-hydrogenbonded nitrogen atoms in the surface layer.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1919-1920
Number of pages2
JournalJournal of Physical Chemistry B
Volume105
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - 2001
Externally publishedYes

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