COLL 407 |
| It is a theoretical challenge to study how the energy stored in a specific vibrational mode excited by tunnelling electrons is converted to overcome the potential barrier along the reaction coordinate (RC) associated with a single molecule motion on a surface. In addition to a process of vibrational ladder climbing by a direct excitation of the RC mode, I discuss the theoretical scenarios of single- and two-electron processes in which the excitation of high-frequency modes in adsorbed molecules may result in motion of the molecules through the intermode coupling to the RC mode. |
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Dynamics of Single Atoms, Molecules and Clusters on Surfaces
2:00 PM-5:30 PM, Tuesday, 12 September 2006 Sir Francis Drake -- Renaissance Room, Oral
Division of Colloid & Surface Chemistry |