The adsorp
tion of
the aroma
tic amino acid, phenylalanine on a TiO
2 ru
tile (1 1 0) single crys
tal surface has been inves
tiga
ted wi
th pho
toemission and NEXAFS (near edge X-ray absorp
tion fine s
truc
ture) spec
troscopy. The resul
ts indica
te ini
tial adsorp
tion via
the carboxyla
te group in a biden
ta
te configura
tion wi
th
the phenyl ring orien
ted a
t approxima
tely 25°
to
the surface normal. The amino group remains as NH
2. Subsequen
t layers of phenylalanine appear
to adsorb as neu
tral molecules wi
th H-bonding be
tween NH
2 and C
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