Vibrational overtone excitation in electron mediated energy transfer at metal surfaces

Chemical Science

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 55-61

  Cooper, Russell ^a   Rahinov, Igor ^a,c   Li, Zhisheng ^a   Matsiev, Daniel ^a   Auerbach, Daniel J ^b   Wodtke, Alec M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b GRT Inc   (United States)

^c WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AU(111) SURFACES; INTRINSIC STRENGTH; KINETIC MODELS; METAL SURFACES; MOLECULAR COLLISIONS; OPTICAL SELECTION RULES; OVERTONE EXCITATION; OVERTONE TRANSITION; QUANTUM JUMPS; SINGLE QUANTUM; STATE-TO-STATE RATE CONSTANTS; STRONG COUPLING; SURFACE TEMPERATURES; THERMALIZATION; VIBRATIONAL EXCITATION; VIBRATIONAL RELAXATION; VIBRATIONALLY EXCITED;

ENERGY TRANSFER; EXCITED STATES; RATE CONSTANTS;

QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

EID: 78650101811     PISSN: 20416520     EISSN: 20416539     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1039/c0sc00141d     Document Type: Article

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