Table 3.
Binding energies and relevant distances for methylthiol–gold physical adsorption.
| sitea | CN (Au) | Eb (eV)b | d (Å) | Nneigh. | dC−Au;avg | Em (eV) |
| a | 3 | −1.04 | 2.44 | 4 | 4.16 | −0.23 |
| b | 7 | −1.08 | 2.51 | 6 | 3.96 | −0.57 |
| c | 6 | −1.43 | 2.48 | 7 | 3.90 | −0.68 |
| d | 6 | −0.70 | 2.56 | 3 | 3.95 | −0.31 |
| e | 9 | −0.74 | 2.67 | 5 | 3.88 | −0.63 |
| f | 8 | −0.92 | 2.55 | 6 | 4.06 | −0.57 |
| g | 4 | −1.26 | 2.46 | 6 | 3.69 | −0.54 |
| h | 4 | −0.94 | 2.47 | 2 | 3.45 | −0.26 |
| i | 5 | −0.75 | 2.64 | 5 | 3.91 | −0.47 |
| j | 4 | −1.03 | 2.45 | 2 | 3.44 | −0.27 |
aIf not otherwise specified, headings are they same as in Table 1. bBinding energies were calculated by Equation 4.