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Novel Solid State Hybrid QM/MM Embedding Investigation into Methanol Synthesis over Cu Supported on ZnO Catalysts

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 March 2011

Samuel A. French ,
S. T. Bromley ,
A. A. Sokol ,
C. R. A. Catlow ,
J. Kendrick ,
S. Rogers  and
P. Sherwood
Samuel A. French
Affiliation:
Davy Faraday Research Laboratory, The Royal Institution of Great Britain, 21 Albemarle Street, London, W1X 4BS, UK.
S. T. Bromley
Affiliation:
Davy Faraday Research Laboratory, The Royal Institution of Great Britain, 21 Albemarle Street, London, W1X 4BS, UK.
A. A. Sokol
Affiliation:
Davy Faraday Research Laboratory, The Royal Institution of Great Britain, 21 Albemarle Street, London, W1X 4BS, UK.
C. R. A. Catlow
Affiliation:
Davy Faraday Research Laboratory, The Royal Institution of Great Britain, 21 Albemarle Street, London, W1X 4BS, UK.
J. Kendrick
Affiliation:
Imperial Chemical Industries PLC, Wilton, Teeside, TS90 8JE, UK.
S. Rogers
Affiliation:
Imperial Chemical Industries PLC, Wilton, Teeside, TS90 8JE, UK.
P. Sherwood
Affiliation:
CLRC Daresbury Laboratory, Warrington, WA4 4AD, UK.
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Abstract

A new solid-state embedding approach has been developed which focuses on modelling the surfaces of polar materials. The method is applied to investigate the chemisorption of pre- methanol species on the polar (000-1) surface of zincite (a major phase of zinc oxide having the wurtzite structure). Initial results include the geometries of active sites and adsorbates in different charge states.

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Research Article
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MRS Online Proceedings Library (OPL) , Volume 677: Symposium AA – Advances in Materials Theory and Modeling–Bridging Over Multiple-Length and Time Scales , 2001 , AA9.3
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2001

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