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Momentum-selective orbital hybridisation

Authors :
Xiaosheng Yang
Matteo Jugovac
Giovanni Zamborlini
Vitaliy Feyer
Georg Koller
Peter Puschnig
Serguei Soubatch
Michael G. Ramsey
F. Stefan Tautz
Source :
Nature Communications, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2022)
Publication Year :
2022
Publisher :
Nature Portfolio, 2022.

Abstract

When a molecule interacts chemically with a metal, its orbitals hybridise with metal states to form the new eigenstates of the coupled system. Here, the authors show that in addition to overlap in real space and energy, hybridizing states must fulfil a momentum-matching condition.

Subjects

Subjects :
Science

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
20411723
Volume :
13
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
Nature Communications
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.61893c8200d4ca0ae1a49f87c3e5ed3
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32643-z