Vertical channeling of pyridine molecules ejected in ion bombardment experiments

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Abstract

Recent secondary ion mass spectrometry experiments of organic molecules on metal surfaces show that the bonding geometry of the molecule on the surface is reflected in the polar angle distributions. Specifically, the polar distribution of pyridine molecules ejected from a σ-bonded configuration on a Ag{111} is narrower than the polar distribution of benzene molecules ejected from a π-bonded configuration. Classical dynamics calculations presented here identify a new channeling mechanism in which the σ-bonded pyridine molecules on the surface focus the ejection direction of other pyridine molecules.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)237-240
Number of pages4
JournalChemical Physics Letters
Volume114
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - 22 Feb 1985

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Funding Information:
also thanks the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation for a Research Fellowship and the Camille and Henry Drerfus Foundation for a grant for newly appointed young faculty. The collaboration with RJ. Bleiler and E-J. Karwacki on parts of the experimental work is much appreciated.

Funding Information:
The tlnanclal support of the National Science Foundation, the Office of-Naval Research, the Air Force Office of Scientific Research and the PetroIeum Research Foundation administered by the American L’hemical Society is yatefnlly a~~owled~ed. BSG

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