Softening of C-H Symmetric Stretching Vibrational Modes for CH₂ and CH₃ Radicals Adsorbed on Cu_n (n=1-6) Clusters

The properties of C-H vibration softening for CH₂ and CH₃ radicals absorbed on Cu_n(n=1-6) clusters have been investigated, using the density functional theory with hybrid functional. The results indicate that the absorption of CH₂ on Cu clusters is stronger than the case of CH₃. The vibrational frequencies of C-H bonding agree with the experimental results obtained for CH₂ and CH₃ absorbed on Cu(111). With the increase of cluster size, the softening (Einstein shift) of C-H vibrational modes become stronger.