Mercury and C₂B₁₀ Icosahedra Interaction

Authors

Carolina C. Ilie, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Petru Lunca-Popa, University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Jiandi Zhang, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Bernard Doudin, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow
Peter A. Dowben, University of Nebraska-LincolnFollow

Date of this Version

2005

Comments

Published in Mater. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. Vol. 848. Copyright © 2005 Materials Research Society. Used by permission.

Abstract

We contrast the interaction of mercury with adsorbed orthocarborane films and semiconducting (dehydrogenated) boron carbide. Photoemission spectra reveal small shifts in orthocarborane (C₂B₁₀H₁₂) molecular orbital binding energies as well as the shift in mercury 5d_5/2shallow core level binding energies, suggesting only small interaction between mercury and the molecular film. Mercury does, however, interact with decomposed orthocarboranes i.e. semiconducting boron carbide.