Ms. Tomassone et A. Widom, ELECTRONIC FRICTION FORCES ON MOLECULES MOVING NEAR METALS, Physical review. B, Condensed matter, 56(8), 1997, pp. 4938-4943
It is well known that molecules feel a long-ranged attractive force to
metals which arises from the interaction of various molecular charges
with their metal-induced ''image charges.'' Here we calculate (in thi
s image charge model) the friction force coefficients for molecules mo
ving near a metal. We consider the cases of ions, polar molecules, and
spherical atoms.