Enhanced reactivity of highly vibrationally excited molecules on metal surfaces

Science

Volumn 284, Issue 5420, 1999, Pages 1647-1650

  Hou, H ^a   Huang, Y ^b   Gulding, S J ^b   Rettner, C T ^a   Auerbach, D J ^a   Wodtke, A M ^b  

^a IBM ALMADEN RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPPER; CRYSTAL ORIENTATION; NITROGEN COMPOUNDS; PROBABILITY; SURFACE CHEMISTRY;

QUANTUM STATE-RESOLVED SCATTERING PROBABILITY;

MOLECULAR VIBRATIONS;

COPPER; METAL; NITRIC OXIDE; OXYGEN;

ADSORPTION; ARTICLE; ENERGY; EXCITATION; FLUORESCENCE; GAS; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULE; OXIDATION; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURFACE PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE; VIBRATION;

EID: 0033522807     PISSN: 00368075     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1126/science.284.5420.1647     Document Type: Article

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