Density-functional theory investigation of oxygen adsorption at Pd(11N) vicinal surfaces (N=3,5,7) : Influence of neighboring steps

We present a density-functional theory study addressing the on-surface adsorption of oxygen at the $\mathrm{Pd}(11N)$ $(N=3,5,7)$ vicinal surfaces, which exhibit (111) steps and (100) terraces of increasing width. We find the binding to be predominantly governed by the local coordination at the adsorption site. This leads to very similar bonding properties at the threefold step sites of all three vicinal surfaces, while the binding at the central fourfold hollow site in the four atomic row terrace of Pd(117) is already very little disturbed by the presence of the neighboring steps.

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