INFLUENCE OF THE ATOMIC POLARIZATION POTENTIAL ON THE TUNNELING RATESOF ELECTRONS BETWEEN ATOMS AND SURFACES

Authors
TEILLETBILLY D GAUYACQ JP NORDLANDER P
Citation
D. Teilletbilly et al., INFLUENCE OF THE ATOMIC POLARIZATION POTENTIAL ON THE TUNNELING RATESOF ELECTRONS BETWEEN ATOMS AND SURFACES, Surface science, 371(1), 1997, pp. 235-241
Citations number
32
Categorie Soggetti
Chemistry Physical
Journal title
Surface science → ACNP
ISSN journal
00396028
Volume
371
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
235 - 241
Database
ISI
SICI code
0039-6028(1997)371:1<235:IOTAPP>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
The tunneling rate of electrons between a Li- ion and a surface is stu died using the coupled angular mode method and the complex scaling met hod. The comparison of the two sets of results obtained with various r epresentations of the e(-)-Li interaction and their analysis shows tha t the e(-)-Li polarization potential plays an important role in determ ining the tunneling rates. This effect is attributed to a lowering of the potential barrier between the atom and the surface.