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State-resolved gas-surface reactivity of methane in the symmetric C-H stretch vibration on Ni(100)

Maroni, P., Papageorgopoulos, D. C., Sacchi, M., Dang, T. T., Beck, R. D. and Rizzo, T. R. (2005) State-resolved gas-surface reactivity of methane in the symmetric C-H stretch vibration on Ni(100). Physical Review Letters, 94 (24). 246104. ISSN 0031-9007

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To link to this item DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.246104

Abstract/Summary

The state-resolved reactivity of CH4 in its totally symmetric C-H stretch vibration (�1) has been measured on a Ni(100) surface. Methane molecules were accelerated to kinetic energies of 49 and 63:5 kJ=mol in a molecular beam and vibrationally excited to �1 by stimulated Raman pumping before surface impact at normal incidence. The reactivity of the symmetric-stretch excited CH4 is about an order of magnitude higher than that of methane excited to the antisymmetric stretch (�3) reported by Juurlink et al. [Phys. Rev. Lett. 83, 868 (1999)] and is similar to that we have previously observed for the excitation of the first overtone (2�3). The difference between the state-resolved reactivity for �1 and �3 is consistent with predictions of a vibrationally adiabatic model of the methane reaction dynamics and indicates that statistical models cannot correctly describe the chemisorption of CH4 on nickel.

Item Type:Article
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ID Code:39057
Publisher:American Physical Society

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