Title of article
Vibrationally assisted diffusion of H2O and D2O on Pd(1 1 1)
Author/Authors
Fomin، نويسنده , , Evgeny and Tatarkhanov، نويسنده , , Mous and Mitsui، نويسنده , , Toshi and Rose، نويسنده , , Mark and Ogletree، نويسنده , , D. Frank and Salmeron، نويسنده , , Miquel، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
هفته نامه با شماره پیاپی سال 2006
Pages
5
From page
542
To page
546
Abstract
The adsorption and diffusion of isolated H2O and D2O molecules on Pd(1 1 1) were studied using scanning tunneling microscopy at low temperature (∼40 K). At low tunneling voltage the diffusion is thermally activated. The diffusion rate is enhanced by several orders of magnitude when the tunneling electron has enough energy to excite the vibrational “scissor” mode of the molecule. An isotope effect was observed in the threshold voltage for electron-assisted diffusion of H2O and D2O.
Keywords
surface diffusion , Scanning tunnelling microscopy , STM tip
Journal title
Surface Science
Serial Year
2006
Journal title
Surface Science
Record number
1697675
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