A two-dimensional quantum crystal: H2 on NaCl(100)

Ab Initio Potential Energy Surface for NaCl-H2 with Correct Long-Range Behavior

We report a full dimensional ab initio potential energy surface for NaCl-H2 based on precise fitting of a large data set of CCSD(T)/aug-cc-pVTZ energies. A major goal of this fit is to describe the very long-range interaction accurately. This is done in this instance via the dipole-quadrupole interaction. The NaCl dipole and the H2 quadrupole are available through previous works over a large range of internuclear distances. We use these to obtain exact effect charges on each atom. Diffusion Monte Carlo calculations are done for the ground vibrational state using the new potential.

Calculation of inelastic helium atom scattering from H2/NaCl(001)

The one-phonon inelastic low energy helium atom scattering theory is adapted to cases where the target monolayer is a p(1 × 1) commensurate square lattice. Experimental data for para-H(2)/NaCl(001) are re-analyzed and the relative intensities of energy loss peaks in the range 6 to 9 meV are determined. The case of the H(2)/NaCl(001) monolayer for 26 meV scattering energy is computationally challenging and difficult because it has a much more corrugated surface than those in the previous applications for triangular lattices. This requires a large number of coupled channels for convergence in the wave-packet-scattering calculation and a long series of Fourier amplitudes to represent the helium-target potential energy surface. A modified series is constructed in which a truncated Fourier expansion of the potential is constrained to give the exact value of the potential at some key points and which mimics the potential with fewer Fourier amplitudes. The shear horizontal phonon mode is again accessed by the helium scattering for small misalignment of the scattering plane relative to symmetry axes of the monolayer. For 1° misalignment, the calculated intensity of the longitudinal acoustic phonon mode frequently is higher than that of the shear horizontal phonon mode in contrast to what was found at scattering energies near 10 meV for triangular lattices of Ar, Kr, and Xe on Pt(111).

Structures of D2 layers on LiF(001)

Classical Monte Carlo (MC) simulations of D(2) molecules physisorbed on LiF(001) surfaces are reported and show a series of interesting commensurate structure forms, viz., p(2x2) -->p(8x2) -->p(4x2), with coverages Theta=0.5, 0.625, and 0.75, respectively, and are stable up to 8 K. These structures are consistent with recent helium atom scattering (HAS) results (the p(4x2) is not observed) in terms of coverage and stability, but disagree in terms of symmetry. The p(2x2) structure contains two D(2) molecules per unit cell, with each molecule lying parallel to the plane of the surface directly above every other cationic site. For the p(4x2) structure, there are two kinds of adsorption sites: a parallel site, as in the case of p(2x2), and a tilted site, where the D(2) molecules sit between cationic and anionic sites with the molecular axis directed toward the anionic site, with a tilt angle of theta approximately 63 degrees. Perturbation theory calculations show that the adsorbed D(2) molecules are azimuthally delocalized and hence the structures are indeed c-type. Our calculations also indicate that o-D(2) and helicoptering p-D(2) species prefer cationic sites, compared to cartwheeling p-D(2) species.

Dipole active vibrations and dipole moments of N2 and O2 physisorbed on a metal surface

We have, in infrared reflection absorption measurements, observed narrow dipole active absorption lines associated with the fundamental internal vibrational transitions of N(2) and O(2) physisorbed at 30 K on the chemically inert Pt(111)(1 x 1)H surface. Such transitions are forbidden for free homonuclear molecules and become dipole active at a metal surface due to polarization induced surface dipole moments. The measurements show that the internal stretch vibration frequencies are lowered by 7-8 cm(-1) relative to the gas phase values. The measured static and dynamic dipole moments are in the ranges of 0.06-0.07 and 0.001-0.002 D, respectively. We find that good estimates of the induced dynamic as well as the static dipole moments can in general be obtained from a van der Waals model but that the ratios of the measured static and dynamic moments indicates a need for a refinement of the dipole moment function.

Adsorption of Hydrogen Azide on the NaCl(100) Single Crystal Surface. Orientational and Translational Ordering of the HN3 Monolayer as Revealed by PIRS, LEED and Spectra Simulation

The adsorption of hydrogen azide HN

Ordered molecular adsorption of HN

Isotopic mixture experiments with H