%0 Journal Article %@ 0169-4332 %A Zhukovskii, YF %A Kotomin, EA %A Fuks, D %A Dorfman, S %A Stoneham, AM %A Sychev, O %A Borstel, G %D 2004 %F discovery:53165 %I ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV %J Applied Surface Science %K ab initio calculations, Cu : MgO(001) surface, copper adhesion, superlattice, ENERGY-LOSS SPECTROSCOPY, HETEROPHASE INTERFACES, ELECTRON-MICROSCOPY, MGO(100) SURFACE, ATOMIC-SCALE, GROWTH MODE, COPPER, POTENTIALS, ADSORPTION, DEPOSITION %N 1-3 %P 298 - 305 %T First principles simulations of 2D Cu superlattices on the MgO(001) surface %U https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/53165/ %V 226 %X First principles slab simulations of copper 2D superlattices of different densities on the perfect MgO(0 0 1) surface are performed using the DFT method as implemented into the CRYSTAL98 computer code. In order to clarify the nature of interfacial bonding, we consider regular 1/4, 1/2 and I monolayer (ML) coverages and compare results of our calculations with various experimental and theoretical data. Our general conclusion is that the physical adhesion associated with a Cu polarization and charge redistribution gives the predominant contribution to the bonding of the regular Cu 2D layer on the MgO(0 0 1) surface. (C) 2003 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved. %Z Text made available to UCL Discovery by kind permission of Elsevier B.V., 2012