ELASTIC-SCATTERING IN A REACTIVE ENVIRONMENT - NO ON RU(0001)-(1X1)H

Authors
BUTLER DA BERENBAK B STOLTE S KLEYN AW
Citation
Da. Butler et al., ELASTIC-SCATTERING IN A REACTIVE ENVIRONMENT - NO ON RU(0001)-(1X1)H, Physical review letters, 78(24), 1997, pp. 4653-4656
Citations number
20
Categorie Soggetti
Physics
Journal title
Physical review letters → ACNP
ISSN journal
00319007
Volume
78
Issue
24
Year of publication
1997
Pages
4653 - 4656
Database
ISI
SICI code
0031-9007(1997)78:24<4653:EIARE->2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
Local variations in the reactivity of NO on the Ru(0001)-(I x 1)H surf ace have been probed with a supersonic molecular beam. The presence of adsorbed hydrogen atoms creates an elastic scattering channel in the specular direction, concomitant with a suppression of the initial stic king probability. Argon is scattered in a qualitatively similar, but i nstrumentally limited, specular peak from the same surface. The well c haracterized position of the hydrogen atoms allows the scattering to b e related to collisions at the threefold hollow sites within the surfa ce unit cell.