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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 5d5/2shallow 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.

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