Studying Transient Mobility and Energy Loss Using Scanning Tunneling Microscopy

Abstract

We show how scanning tunneling microscopy can be used to determine aspects of transient mobility in the adsorption process, in chemical reactions, and energy transfer processes at surfaces. For adsorption from the gas phase both the mean accommodation length and the promptness of energy loss can be elucidated using real space imaging.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 30, 1993
Accession Number
ADA276292

Entities

People

  • M. J. Abrams
  • Paul S. Weiss

Organizations

  • Pennsylvania State University

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Adsorption
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Chemistry
  • Electron Diffraction
  • Energy
  • Energy Transfer
  • Epitaxial Growth
  • Kinetic Energy
  • Low Temperature
  • Measurement
  • Microscopy
  • Phase
  • Probability
  • Probability Distributions
  • Surface Reactions
  • Transitions
  • Two Dimensional

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Combustion and Flow Dynamics.
  • Thin Film Deposition Science.

Technology Areas

  • Space