Highly efficient ultrafast energy transfer into molecules at surface step sites

Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Volumn 111, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 6149-6153

  Backus, Ellen H G ^a   Forsblom, Mattias ^b   Persson, Mats ^b   Bonn, Mischa ^a,c  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL   (United Kingdom)

^c FOM INSTITUTE AMOLF   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADSORBATES; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; DESORPTION; ENERGY TRANSFER; FERMI LEVEL; FRICTION; NITROGEN OXIDES; ULTRAFAST PHENOMENA;

ELECTRONIC FRICTIONS; LOCAL DENSITY; SURFACE REGIONS; ULTRAFAST LASER-INDUCED DESORPTION;

SURFACES;

EID: 34249059129     PISSN: 19327447     EISSN: 19327455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jp070470g     Document Type: Article

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