Far-ranged transient motion of "hot" oxygen atoms upon dissociation

Journal of Chemical Physics

Volumn 114, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 4206-4209

  Schintke, Silvia ^a   Messerli, Stéphane ^a   Morgenstern, Karina ^a,b   Nieminen, Jouko ^c   Schneider, Wolf Dieter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^b FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^c TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; CHEMISORPTION; DISSOCIATION; GREEN'S FUNCTION; KINETIC ENERGY; LATTICE CONSTANTS; LOW TEMPERATURE EFFECTS; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; OXYGEN; RANDOM PROCESSES; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPY;

DISSOCIATIVE ADSORPTION;

GAS ADSORPTION;

EID: 0035280650     PISSN: 00219606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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