Diatomic Molecules and Metallic Adhesion, Cohesion, and Chemisorption: A Single Binding-Energy Relation

John Ferrante; John R. Smith; James H. Rose

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.50.1385

Diatomic Molecules and Metallic Adhesion, Cohesion, and Chemisorption: A Single Binding-Energy Relation

John Ferrante, John R. Smith, and James H. Rose

Phys. Rev. Lett. 50, 1385 – Published 2 May 1983

Abstract

It has been discovered that a single relation between binding energy and interatomic spacing can describe the energetics of diatomic molecules, bulk metals, bimetallic interfaces, and gas atom-metal surface interactions.

Received 31 January 1983

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.50.1385

Authors & Affiliations

John Ferrante

National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Lewis Research Center, Cleveland, Ohio 44135

John R. Smith

Physics Department, General Molors Research Laboratories, Warren, Michigan 48090, and The Institute for Theoretical Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106

James H. Rose