HYDROLYSIS AT STEPPED MGO SURFACES

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LANGEL, W
PARRINELLO, M
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[1] IBM Research Division, Zurich Research Laboratory
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.73.504
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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We study the adsorption of water on MgO surfaces with the Car-Parrinello method. Our simulation shows that an H2O molecule in the proximity of a perfect (001) surface is physisorbed. The binding energy is rather small and the molecule desorbs at modest temperatures. We also simulated a stepped surface. On this surface the dissociation of water proceeds very rapidly. Our simulation is the first of this kind and agrees with experimental evidence.
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