INTRAMOLECULAR MOTION DURING STIMULATED SURFACE PROCESSES

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作者
BURNS, AR [1 ]
JENNISON, DR [1 ]
STECHEL, EB [1 ]
LI, YS [1 ]
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[1] BIOSYM TECHNOL INC,SAN DIEGO,CA 92121
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10.1103/PhysRevLett.72.3895
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O4 [物理学];
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0702 ;
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Ammonia and deuterated ammonia exhibit an anomalously large isotope effect in their relative yields and rotational spinning energy for electron-stimulated desorption from Pt(111). Quantum-resolved desorption measurements and ab initio, two-dimensional, potential energy calculations suggest that the desorbate undergoes a geometry change (molecular inversion) induced by the excited state. Inverted molecules deexcite to a repulsive hard wall potential and desorb. In general, multidimensional potential energy surfaces determine the dynamics of stimulated surface processes.
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页码:3895 / 3898
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