Mercury and C₂B₁₀ Icosahedra Interaction

Authors

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

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

5-1-2005

Comments

Published in Mat. Res. Soc. Symp. Proc. Vol. 848. © 2005 Materials Research Society. Permission to use.

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_5/2 shallow 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.