CLASSICAL VERSUS QUANTUM-MECHANICAL DESORPTION-KINETICS IN MOLECULE SURFACE SCATTERING - THE NO DIAMOND CASE/

Authors
VACH H CHATELET M
Citation
H. Vach et M. Chatelet, CLASSICAL VERSUS QUANTUM-MECHANICAL DESORPTION-KINETICS IN MOLECULE SURFACE SCATTERING - THE NO DIAMOND CASE/, The Journal of chemical physics, 98(10), 1993, pp. 8271-8276
Citations number
38
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Atomic, Molecular & Chemical
Journal title
The Journal of chemical physics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00219606
Volume
98
Issue
10
Year of publication
1993
Pages
8271 - 8276
Database
ISI
SICI code
0021-9606(1993)98:10<8271:CVQDIM>2.0.ZU;2-5
Abstract
A model is presented that is based on the tunneling effect to explain the scattering behavior observed during the interaction of NO molecule s with a diamond (111) surface. To account for the previously reported surface residence times that are unusually long, but temperature inde pendent, the temporary formation of a metastable surface-molecule comp lex is assumed. The need for a quantum mechanical picture is discussed in comparison to alternative classical models.