Effects of band structure on electron attachment to adsorbed molecules: Cross section enhancements via coupling to image states

Authors
Nagesha, K Sanche, L
Citation
K. Nagesha et L. Sanche, Effects of band structure on electron attachment to adsorbed molecules: Cross section enhancements via coupling to image states, PHYS REV L, 81(26), 1998, pp. 5892-5895
Citations number
26
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS
ISSN journal
00319007 → ACNP
Volume
81
Issue
26
Year of publication
1998
Pages
5892 - 5895
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(199812)81:26<5892:EOBSOE>2.0.ZU;2-I
Abstract
Near-zero-energy electrons at the surface of glassy n-hexane (nHg) are stro ngly trapped by adsorbed molecules, with a cross section 10(2)-10(4) larger than those on the solid Kr surface. This enhancement is attributed to the difference in the band structures of solid nHg and Kr near the vacuum level .