The infrared spectrum of CO adsorbed on Ni(100) displays an additional
high-frequency band at about 2200 cm(-1) co-existing with the IR band
s due to terminal and bridging CO at temperatures below 130 K. The 220
0 cm(-1) band is attributed to the internal stretching mode of CO mole
cules weakly bonded to those Ni surface atoms which are charged due to
bonding to subsurface oxygen. The considerable blue-shift of 70 cm(-1
) with respect to the vibration frequency of free CO is assumed to ari
se from a Stark effect.