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Chadwick H, Alexandrowicz G. Temperature dependent stereodynamics in surface scattering measured through subtle changes in the molecular wave function. Faraday Discuss 2024; 251:76-91. [PMID: 38775459 PMCID: PMC11349063 DOI: 10.1039/d4fd00007b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2024] [Accepted: 02/14/2024] [Indexed: 08/28/2024]
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A magnetically manipulated molecular beam technique is used to change the rotational orientation of H2 molecules which collide with a stepped Cu(511) surface and explore how the polarisation dependence of molecules scattering into the specular channel changes as a function of surface temperature. At all temperatures, H2 molecules that are rotating like cartwheels are more likely to be scattered into the specular channel than those that are rotating like helicopters. Furthermore, the scattered molecules are more likely to be rotating like cartwheels, regardless of their state before the collision. Increasing the temperature of the Cu(511) surface causes the polarisation effects to become stronger, with the scattering becoming more selective for H2 with cartwheel like rotation. Therefore, scattering a molecular beam of H2 from a Cu(511) surface and taking the molecules scattered into the specular channel provides a method to create a rotationally polarised beam of H2, where the polarisation can be tuned by changing the surface temperature. In contrast, the rotational orientation dependence observed for specular scattering from a flat Cu(111) surface is independent of surface temperature within the same temperature range.
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- Helen Chadwick
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Swansea University, Swansea, SA2 8PP, UK.
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Swansea University, Swansea, SA2 8PP, UK.
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Chadwick H. Characterisation of magnetic atomic and molecular beamlines for the extraction of empirical scattering-matrices. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2024; 26:19630-19645. [PMID: 38888009 PMCID: PMC11267877 DOI: 10.1039/d4cp01785d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2024] [Accepted: 06/11/2024] [Indexed: 06/20/2024]
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A recently developed magnetic molecular interferometry technique allows the experimental determination of how the amplitudes and phases of the molecular wave-function change during the collision of a gas phase molecule with a surface. This information, quantified by a scattering-matrix, provides a very stringent benchmark for developing accurate theoretical models as they can also be determined from scattering calculations and are particularly sensitive to the underlying interaction potential. However, the value of this comparison is necessarily limited by the accuracy with which an empirical scattering-matrix can be extracted from the experimental data. This paper presents the methods used to analyse the measurements and uses simulations to determine how various uncertainties in modelling the different magnetic elements which make up the beamline of the apparatus affect the accuracy with which the scattering-matrix can be extracted. It is shown that when signals have a noise level which corresponds to on the order of 1% of the oscillation amplitude, the uncertainties in the modelling do not significantly affect the ability to extract the scattering-matrix elements, with the error in the extracted values increasing to a few percent as the noise in the signals is increased to 10% of the oscillation amplitude. This therefore gives an estimate of the accuracy of the parameters that can be obtained from future measurements.
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- Helen Chadwick
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Engineering, Swansea University, Swansea, SA2 8PP, UK.
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Shao K, Mesbah A. A Study on the Role of Electric Field in Low-Temperature Plasma Catalytic Ammonia Synthesis via Integrated Density Functional Theory and Microkinetic Modeling. JACS AU 2024; 4:525-544. [PMID: 38425907 PMCID: PMC10900214 DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.3c00654] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2023] [Revised: 12/14/2023] [Accepted: 12/18/2023] [Indexed: 03/02/2024]
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Low-temperature plasma catalysis has shown promise for various chemical processes such as light hydrocarbon conversion, volatile organic compounds removal, and ammonia synthesis. Plasma-catalytic ammonia synthesis has the potential advantages of leveraging renewable energy and distributed manufacturing principles to mitigate the pressing environmental challenges of the energy-intensive Haber-Bosh process, towards sustainable ammonia production. However, lack of foundational understanding of plasma-catalyst interactions poses a key challenge to optimizing plasma-catalytic processes. Recent studies suggest electro- and photoeffects, such as electric field and charge, can play an important role in enhancing surface reactions. These studies mostly rely on using density functional theory (DFT) to investigate surface reactions under these effects. However, integration of DFT with microkinetic modeling in plasma catalysis, which is crucial for establishing a comprehensive understanding of the interplay between the gas-phase chemistry and surface reactions, remains largely unexplored. This paper presents a first-principles framework coupling DFT calculations and microkinetic modeling to investigate the role of electric field on plasma-catalytic ammonia synthesis. The DFT-microkinetic model shows more consistent predictions with experimental observations, as compared to the case wherein the variable effects of plasma process parameters on surface reactions are neglected. In particular, predictions of the DFT-microkinetic model indicate electric field can have a notable effect on surface reactions relative to other process parameters. A global sensitivity analysis is performed to investigate how ammonia synthesis pathways will change in relation to different plasma process parameters. The DFT-microkinetic model is then used in conjunction with active learning to systematically explore the complex parameter space of the plasma-catalytic ammonia synthesis to maximize the amount of produced ammonia while inhibiting reactions dissipating energy, such as the recombination of H2 through gas-phase H radicals and surface-adsorbed H. This paper demonstrates the importance of accounting for the effects of electric field on surface reactions when investigating and optimizing the performance of plasma-catalytic processes.
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- Ketong Shao
- Department of Chemical & Biomolecular
Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemical & Biomolecular
Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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Tchakoua T, Powell AD, Gerrits N, Somers MF, Doblhoff-Dier K, Busnengo HF, Kroes GJ. Simulating Highly Activated Sticking of H 2 on Al(110): Quantum versus Quasi-Classical Dynamics. THE JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY. C, NANOMATERIALS AND INTERFACES 2023; 127:5395-5407. [PMID: 36998253 PMCID: PMC10041643 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c00426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/18/2023] [Revised: 02/28/2023] [Indexed: 06/19/2023]
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We evaluate the importance of quantum effects on the sticking of H2 on Al(110) for conditions that are close to those of molecular beam experiments that have been done on this system. Calculations with the quasi-classical trajectory (QCT) method and with quantum dynamics (QD) are performed using a model in which only motion in the six molecular degrees of freedom is allowed. The potential energy surface used has a minimum barrier height close to the value recently obtained with the quantum Monte Carlo method. Monte Carlo averaging over the initial rovibrational states allowed the QD calculations to be done with an order of magnitude smaller computational expense. The sticking probability curve computed with QD is shifted to lower energies relative to the QCT curve by 0.21 to 0.05 kcal/mol, with the highest shift obtained for the lowest incidence energy. Quantum effects are therefore expected to play a small role in calculations that would evaluate the accuracy of electronic structure methods for determining the minimum barrier height to dissociative chemisorption for H2 + Al(110) on the basis of the standard procedure for comparing results of theory with molecular beam experiments.
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- Theophile Tchakoua
- Leiden
Institute of Chemistry, Gorlaeus Laboratories, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9502, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Leiden
Institute of Chemistry, Gorlaeus Laboratories, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9502, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Leiden
Institute of Chemistry, Gorlaeus Laboratories, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9502, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Leiden
Institute of Chemistry, Gorlaeus Laboratories, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9502, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Leiden
Institute of Chemistry, Gorlaeus Laboratories, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9502, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Instituto
de Física Rosario (IFIR), CONICET-UNR, Bv. 27 de Febrero 210 bis, 2000 Rosario, Argentina
- Facultad
de Ciencias Exactas, Ingeniería y
Agrimensura, UNR, Av.
Pellegrini 250, 2000 Rosario, Argentina
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- Leiden
Institute of Chemistry, Gorlaeus Laboratories, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9502, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
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Mazza F, Thornquist O, Castellanos L, Butterworth T, Richard C, Boudon V, Bohlin A. The ro-vibrational ν 2 mode spectrum of methane investigated by ultrabroadband coherent Raman spectroscopy. J Chem Phys 2023; 158:094201. [PMID: 36889980 DOI: 10.1063/5.0138803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/06/2023] Open
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We present the first experimental application of coherent Raman spectroscopy (CRS) on the ro-vibrational ν2 mode spectrum of methane (CH4). Ultrabroadband femtosecond/picosecond (fs/ps) CRS is performed in the molecular fingerprint region from 1100 to 2000 cm-1, employing fs laser-induced filamentation as the supercontinuum generation mechanism to provide the ultrabroadband excitation pulses. We introduce a time-domain model of the CH4 ν2 CRS spectrum, including all five ro-vibrational branches allowed by the selection rules Δv = 1, ΔJ = 0, ±1, ±2; the model includes collisional linewidths, computed according to a modified exponential gap scaling law and validated experimentally. The use of ultrabroadband CRS for in situ monitoring of the CH4 chemistry is demonstrated in a laboratory CH4/air diffusion flame: CRS measurements in the fingerprint region, performed across the laminar flame front, allow the simultaneous detection of molecular oxygen (O2), carbon dioxide (CO2), and molecular hydrogen (H2), along with CH4. Fundamental physicochemical processes, such as H2 production via CH4 pyrolysis, are observed through the Raman spectra of these chemical species. In addition, we demonstrate ro-vibrational CH4 v2 CRS thermometry, and we validate it against CO2 CRS measurements. The present technique offers an interesting diagnostics approach to in situ measurement of CH4-rich environments, e.g., in plasma reactors for CH4 pyrolysis and H2 production.
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- Francesco Mazza
- Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Kluyverweg 1, 2629 HS Delft, The Netherlands
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- Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Kluyverweg 1, 2629 HS Delft, The Netherlands
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- Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Kluyverweg 1, 2629 HS Delft, The Netherlands
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- Faculty of Science and Engineering, Maastricht University, Paul Henri Spaaklaan 1, 6229 GS Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Carnot de Bourgogne, UMR 6303 CNRS-Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, 9 Avenue Alain Savary, BP 47 870, F-21078 Dijon Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Carnot de Bourgogne, UMR 6303 CNRS-Université Bourgogne Franche-Comté, 9 Avenue Alain Savary, BP 47 870, F-21078 Dijon Cedex, France
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- Faculty of Aerospace Engineering, Delft University of Technology, Kluyverweg 1, 2629 HS Delft, The Netherlands
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Anggara K, Ochner H, Szilagyi S, Malavolti L, Rauschenbach S, Kern K. Landing Proteins on Graphene Trampoline Preserves Their Gas-Phase Folding on the Surface. ACS CENTRAL SCIENCE 2023; 9:151-158. [PMID: 36844500 PMCID: PMC9951278 DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.2c00815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2022] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Molecule-surface collisions are known to initiate dynamics that lead to products inaccessible by thermal chemistry. These collision dynamics, however, have mostly been examined on bulk surfaces, leaving vast opportunities unexplored for molecular collisions on nanostructures, especially on those that exhibit mechanical properties radically different from those of their bulk counterparts. Probing energy-dependent dynamics on nanostructures, particularly for large molecules, has been challenging due to their fast time scales and high structural complexity. Here, by examining the dynamics of a protein impinging on a freestanding, single-atom-thick membrane, we discover molecule-on-trampoline dynamics that disperse the collision impact away from the incident protein within a few picoseconds. As a result, our experiments and ab initio calculations show that cytochrome c retains its gas-phase folded structure when it collides onto freestanding single-layer graphene at low energies (∼20 meV/atom). The molecule-on-trampoline dynamics, expected to be operative on many freestanding atomic membranes, enable reliable means to transfer gas-phase macromolecular structures onto freestanding surfaces for their single-molecule imaging, complementing many bioanalytical techniques.
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- Kelvin Anggara
- Max-Planck
Institute for Solid-State Research, Heisenbergstrasse 1, Stuttgart DE-70569, Germany
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- Max-Planck
Institute for Solid-State Research, Heisenbergstrasse 1, Stuttgart DE-70569, Germany
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- Max-Planck
Institute for Solid-State Research, Heisenbergstrasse 1, Stuttgart DE-70569, Germany
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- Max-Planck
Institute for Solid-State Research, Heisenbergstrasse 1, Stuttgart DE-70569, Germany
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- Max-Planck
Institute for Solid-State Research, Heisenbergstrasse 1, Stuttgart DE-70569, Germany
- Chemistry
Research Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford, 12 Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TA, United Kingdom
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- Max-Planck
Institute for Solid-State Research, Heisenbergstrasse 1, Stuttgart DE-70569, Germany
- Institut
de Physique, École Polytechnique
Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne CH-1015, Switzerland
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Liu T, Shi H, Fu B, Zhang DH. Quantum dynamics reveal different ligand effects by vibrational excitation in the dissociative chemisorption of HCl on the Au/Ag(111) surface. J Chem Phys 2022; 157:244702. [PMID: 36586991 DOI: 10.1063/5.0131503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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The reactivity and selectivity of bimetallic surfaces are of fundamental importance in industrial applications. Here, we report the first six-dimensional (6D) quantum dynamics study for the role of surface strain and ligand effects on the reactivity of HCl on a strained pseudomorphic monolayer of Au deposited onto a Ag(111) substrate, with the aid of accurate machine learning-based potential energy surfaces. The substitute of Au into Ag changes the location of the transition state; however, the static barrier height remains roughly the same as pure Au(111). The 6D quantum dynamics calculations reveal that the surface strain due to lattice expansion slightly enhances the reactivity. The ligand effect due to electronic structure interactions between Au and Ag substantially suppresses the reactivity of HCl in the ground vibrational state but promotes the reactivity via vibrational excitation at high kinetic energies. This finding can be attributed to more close interaction with Ag atoms at the transition state close to the fcc site, as well as the tight transition-state region, making the vibrational excitation highly efficient in enhancing the reactivity. Our study quantitatively unravels the dynamical origin of reactivity control by two metals, which will ultimately provide valuable insight into the selectivity of the catalyst.
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- Tianhui Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics and Center for Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics and Center for Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics and Center for Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics and Center for Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, People's Republic of China
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Tchakoua T, Gerrits N, Smeets EWF, Kroes GJ. SBH17: Benchmark Database of Barrier Heights for Dissociative Chemisorption on Transition Metal Surfaces. J Chem Theory Comput 2022; 19:245-270. [PMID: 36529979 PMCID: PMC9835835 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.2c00824] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Accurate barriers for rate controlling elementary reactions on metal surfaces are key to understanding, controlling, and predicting the rate of heterogeneously catalyzed processes. While barrier heights for gas phase reactions have been extensively benchmarked, dissociative chemisorption barriers for the reactions of molecules on metal surfaces have received much less attention. The first database called SBH10 and containing 10 entries was recently constructed based on the specific reaction parameter approach to density functional theory (SRP-DFT) and experimental results. We have now constructed a new and improved database (SBH17) containing 17 entries based on SRP-DFT and experiments. For this new SBH17 benchmark study, we have tested three algorithms (high, medium, and light) for calculating barrier heights for dissociative chemisorption on metals, which we have named for the amount of computational effort involved in their use. We test the performance of 14 density functionals at the GGA, GGA+vdW-DF, and meta-GGA rungs. Our results show that, in contrast with the previous SBH10 study where the BEEF-vdW-DF2 functional seemed to be most accurate, the workhorse functional PBE and the MS2 density functional are the most accurate of the GGA and meta-GGA functionals tested. Of the GGA+vdW functionals tested, the SRP32-vdW-DF1 functional is the most accurate. Additionally, we found that the medium algorithm is accurate enough for assessing the performance of the density functionals tested, while it avoids geometry optimizations of minimum barrier geometries for each density functional tested. The medium algorithm does require metal lattice constants and interlayer distances that are optimized separately for each functional. While these are avoided in the light algorithm, this algorithm is found not to give a reliable description of functional performance. The combination of relative ease of use and demonstrated reliability of the medium algorithm will likely pave the way for incorporation of the SBH17 database in larger databases used for testing new density functionals and electronic structure methods.
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- T. Tchakoua
- Leiden
Institute of Chemistry, Gorlaeus Laboratories, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9502, 2300 RALeiden, The Netherlands
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- Leiden
Institute of Chemistry, Gorlaeus Laboratories, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9502, 2300 RALeiden, The Netherlands,PLASMANT,
Department of Chemistry, University of Antwerp, BE-2610Antwerp, Belgium
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- Leiden
Institute of Chemistry, Gorlaeus Laboratories, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9502, 2300 RALeiden, The Netherlands,ALTEN
Nederland, Technology, Fascinatio Boulevard 582, 2909 VACapelle a/d IJssel, The Netherlands
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- Leiden
Institute of Chemistry, Gorlaeus Laboratories, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9502, 2300 RALeiden, The Netherlands,E-mail: . Phone: +31 71 527 4396
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Maitre PA, Bieniek MS, Kechagiopoulos PN. Plasma-Catalysis of Nonoxidative Methane Coupling: A Dynamic Investigation of Plasma and Surface Microkinetics over Ni(111). THE JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY. C, NANOMATERIALS AND INTERFACES 2022; 126:19987-20003. [PMID: 36483684 PMCID: PMC9720725 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c03503] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2022] [Revised: 10/13/2022] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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A heterogeneous catalytic microkinetic model is developed and implemented in a zero-dimensional (0D) plasma model for the dynamic study of methane nonoxidative coupling over Ni(111) at residence times and power densities consistent with experimental reactors. The microkinetic model is thermodynamically consistent and is parameterized based on the heats of chemisorption of surface species on Ni(111). The surface network explicitly accounts for the interactions of plasma species, namely, molecules, radicals, and vibrationally excited states, with the catalyst active sites via adsorption and Eley-Rideal reactions. The Fridman-Macheret model is used to describe the enhancement of the rate of the dissociative adsorption of vibrationally excited CH4, H2, and C2H6. In combination with a previously developed detailed kinetic scheme for nonthermal methane plasma, 0D simulation results bring insights into the complex dynamic interactions between the plasma phase and the catalyst during methane nonoxidative coupling. Differential turnover frequencies achieved by plasma-catalysis are higher than those of equivalent plasma-only and catalysis-only simulations combined; however, this performance can only be sustained momentarily. Hydrogen produced from dehydrogenation of ethane via electron collisions within the plasma is found to quickly saturate the surface and even promote the conversion of surface CH3* back to methane.
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Wagner J, Grabnic T, Sibener SJ. STM Visualization of N 2 Dissociative Chemisorption on Ru(0001) at High Impinging Kinetic Energies. THE JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY. C, NANOMATERIALS AND INTERFACES 2022; 126:18333-18342. [PMID: 36366757 PMCID: PMC9639351 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.2c05770] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2022] [Revised: 10/06/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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This paper examines the reactive surface dynamics of energy- and angle-selected N2 dissociation on a clean Ru(0001) surface. Presented herein are the first STM images of highly energetic N2 dissociation on terrace sites utilizing a novel UHV instrument that combines a supersonic molecular beam with an in situ STM that is in-line with the molecular beam. Atomically resolved visualization of individual N2 dissociation events elucidates the fundamental reactive dynamics of the N2/Ru(0001) system by providing a detailed understanding of the on-surface dissociation dynamics: the distance and angle between nitrogen atoms from the same dissociated N2 molecule, site specificity and coordination of binding on terrace sites, and the local evolution of surrounding nanoscopic areas. These properties are precisely measured over a range of impinging N2 kinetic energies and angles, revealing previously unattainable information about the energy dissipation channels that govern the reactivity of the system. The experimental results presented in this paper provide insight into the fundamental N2 dissociation mechanism that, in conjunction with ongoing theoretical modeling, will help determine the role of dynamical processes such as energy transfer to surface phonons and nonadiabatic excitation of electron-hole pairs (ehps). These results will not only help uncover the underlying chemistry and physics that give rise to the unique behavior of this activated dissociative chemisorption system but also represent an exciting approach to studying reaction dynamics by pairing the angstrom-level spatiotemporal resolution of an in situ STM with nonequilibrium fluxes of reactive gases generated in a supersonic molecular beam to access highly activated chemical dynamics and observe the results of individual reaction events.
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Different Radial Modification Profiles Observed on APPJ-Treated Polypropylene Surfaces according to the Distance between Plasma Outlet and Target. Polymers (Basel) 2022; 14:polym14214524. [PMID: 36365518 PMCID: PMC9656693 DOI: 10.3390/polym14214524] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2022] [Revised: 10/12/2022] [Accepted: 10/18/2022] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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The plasma jet transfer technique relies on a conductive wire at floating potential, which, upon entering in contact with a primary discharge, is capable of igniting a small plasma plume at the distal end of a long flexible plastic tube. In this work, two different long tube configurations were employed for the surface modification of polypropylene (PP) samples using argon as the working gas. One of the jet configurations has a thin copper (Cu) wire, which was installed inside the long tube. In the other configuration, the floating electrode is a metallic mesh placed between two plastic tubes in a coaxial arrangement. In the first case, the tip of the Cu wire is in direct contact with the working gas at the plasma outlet, whereas, in the second, the inner plastic tube provides an additional dielectric barrier that prevents the conductor from being in contact with the gas. Water contact angle (WCA) measurements on treated PP samples revealed that different surface modification radial profiles are formed when the distance (d) between the plasma outlet and target is changed. Moreover, it was found that the highest WCA reduction does not always occur at the point where the plasma impinges the surface of the material, especially when the d value is small. Through X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS) analysis, it was confirmed that the WCA values are directly linked to the oxygen-functional groups formed on the PP surfaces after the plasma treatment. An analysis of the WCA measurements along the surface, as well as their temporal evolution, together with the XPS data, suggest that, when the treatment is performed at small d values, the plasma jet removes some functional groups at the point where the plasma hits the surface, thus leading to peculiar WCA profiles.
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Zhang L, Ban H. Thermal Energy Transfer between Helium Gas and Graphene Surface According to Molecular Dynamics Simulations and the Monte Carlo Method. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 12:2855. [PMID: 36014719 PMCID: PMC9416252 DOI: 10.3390/nano12162855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2022] [Revised: 08/03/2022] [Accepted: 08/15/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The scattering of gases on solid surfaces plays a vital role in many advanced technologies. In this study, the scattering behavior of helium on graphene surfaces was investigated, including the thermal accommodation coefficient (TAC), outgoing zenith angle of helium, bounce number, and interaction time. First, we performed molecular dynamics simulations to describe the incident angle-resolved behaviors, and showed that the scattering is highly dependent on the zenith angle of incident helium but insensitive to the azimuthal angle. The contribution of the normal velocity component of the incident helium dominated the energy transfer. The nonlinear relationship of the parameters to the zenith angle of the incident helium could be suppressed by increasing the graphene temperature or decreasing the speed of the incident helium. Subsequently, the scattering performance considering all gas molecules in the hemispherical space was evaluated using the Monte Carlo method with angle-resolved results. The result showed that the TAC, its nominal components, and the zenith angle of the scattered helium increased with higher speeds of incident helium and lower temperatures of graphene. This study should provide a fundamental understanding of energy transfer between gas and two-dimensional materials and guidelines to tune the scattering behavior between them.
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- Lin Zhang
- Department of Engineering Mechanics, School of Civil Engineering, Shandong University, Jinan 250061, China
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA
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Zhou X, Meng G, Guo H, Jiang B. First-Principles Insights into Adiabatic and Nonadiabatic Vibrational Energy-Transfer Dynamics during Molecular Scattering from Metal Surfaces: The Importance of Surface Reactivity. J Phys Chem Lett 2022; 13:3450-3461. [PMID: 35412832 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.2c00593] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Energy transfer is ubiquitous during molecular collisions and reactions at gas-surface interfaces. Of particular importance is vibrational energy transfer because of its relevance to bond forming and breaking. In this Perspective, we review recent first-principles studies on vibrational energy-transfer dynamics during molecular scattering from metal surfaces at the state-to-state level. Taking several representative systems as examples, we highlight the intrinsic correlation between vibrational energy transfer in nonreactive scattering and surface reactivity and how it operates in both electronically adiabatic and nonadiabatic pathways. Adiabatically, the presence of a dissociation barrier softens a bond in the impinging molecule and increases its couplings with other molecular modes and surface phonons. In the meantime, the stronger interaction between the molecule and the surface also changes the electronic structure at the barrier, resulting in an increase of nonadiabatic effects. We further discuss future prospects toward a more quantitative understanding of this important surface dynamical process.
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- Xueyao Zhou
- Department of Chemical Physics, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Department of Chemical Physics, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, United States
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- Department of Chemical Physics, School of Chemistry and Materials Science, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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Roy S, Tiwari A. Mode Selective Chemistry for the Dissociation of Methane on Efficient Ni/Pt-Bimetallic Alloy Catalysts. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:16596-16610. [DOI: 10.1039/d2cp02030k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The mode selectivity of methane dissociation is studied on three different Ni/Pt-bimetallic alloy surfaces using a fully quantum approach based on reaction path Hamiltonian. Dissociative sticking probability depends on the...
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Wei F, Smeets EWF, Voss J, Kroes GJ, Lin S, Guo H. Assessing density functionals for describing methane dissociative chemisorption on Pt(110)-(2×1) surface. CHINESE J CHEM PHYS 2021. [DOI: 10.1063/1674-0068/cjcp2110207] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022]
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- Fenfei Wei
- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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- Leiden University, Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Einsteinweg 55, 2333 CC, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, 2575 Sand Hill Road, Menlo Park CA 94025, USA
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- Leiden University, Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Einsteinweg 55, 2333 CC, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- State Key Laboratory of Photocatalysis on Energy and Environment, College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350002, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, USA
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Yoo J, Lee D, Lee J, Kim T, Jin H, Yun GS. Catalytic effect of laser-combined atmospheric pressure plasma in lowering the reduction temperature of hematite. RSC Adv 2021; 11:35489-35493. [PMID: 35493145 PMCID: PMC9043150 DOI: 10.1039/d1ra06858j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2021] [Accepted: 10/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Atmospheric pressure plasma (APP) generates highly reactive species that are useful for surface activation. We demonstrate a fast regeneration of iron oxides, that are popular catalysts in various industrial processes, using microwave-driven argon APP under ambient conditions. The surface treatment of hematite powder by the APP with a small portion of hydrogen (0.5 vol%) lowers the oxide's reduction temperature. A near-infrared laser is used for localized heating to control the surface temperature. Controlled experiments without plasma confirm the catalytic effect of the plasma. Raman, XRD, SEM, and XPS analyses show that the plasma treatment changed the chemical state of the hematite to that of magnetite without sintering.
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- Jaemin Yoo
- Division of Advanced Nuclear Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology Pohang 37673 Republic of Korea
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology Pohang 37673 Republic of Korea
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- Division of Advanced Nuclear Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology Pohang 37673 Republic of Korea
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology Pohang 37673 Republic of Korea
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology Pohang 37673 Republic of Korea
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- Division of Advanced Nuclear Engineering, Pohang University of Science and Technology Pohang 37673 Republic of Korea
- Department of Physics, Pohang University of Science and Technology Pohang 37673 Republic of Korea
- Max Planck Center for Attosecond Science, Max Planck POSTECH/Korea Research Initiative Pohang 37673 Republic of Korea
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Shah YT, Verma J, Katti SS. Plasma activated catalysis for carbon dioxide dissociation: A review. J INDIAN CHEM SOC 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jics.2021.100152] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Gerrits N, Geweke J, Auerbach DJ, Beck RD, Kroes GJ. Highly Efficient Activation of HCl Dissociation on Au(111) via Rotational Preexcitation. J Phys Chem Lett 2021; 12:7252-7260. [PMID: 34313445 PMCID: PMC8350909 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c02093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2021] [Accepted: 07/23/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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The probability for dissociation of molecules on metal surfaces, which often controls the rate of industrially important catalytic processes, can depend strongly on how energy is partitioned in the incident molecule. There are many example systems where the addition of vibrational energy promotes reaction more effectively than the addition of translational energy, but for rotational pre-excitation similar examples have not yet been discovered. Here, we make an experimentally testable theoretical prediction that adding energy to the rotation of HCl can promote its dissociation on Au(111) 20 times more effectively than increasing its translational energy. In the underlying mechanism, the molecule's initial rotational motion allows it to pass through a critical region of the reaction path, where this path shows a strong and nonmonotonic dependence on the molecular orientation.
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- Nick Gerrits
- Gorlaeus
Laboratories, Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9502, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department
of Dynamics at Surfaces, Max Planck Institute
for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Am Fassberg 11, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
- Institute
for Physical Chemistry, University of Göttingen, Tammannstr. 6, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Department
of Dynamics at Surfaces, Max Planck Institute
for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Am Fassberg 11, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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- Laboratoire
de Chimie Physique Moléculaire, École
Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Gorlaeus
Laboratories, Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9502, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands
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Effects of O2 Addition on the Discharge Parameters and Production of Reactive Species of a Transferred Atmospheric Pressure Plasma Jet. APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL 2021. [DOI: 10.3390/app11146311] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The therapeutic effects of atmospheric pressure plasma jets (APPJs) have been associated with the presence of reactive species, mainly the reactive oxygen and nitrogen ones, generated in this kind of plasmas. Due to that, many studies attempting to enhance the production of reactive species in APPJs have been performed. The employment of gas admixtures, usually mixing a noble gas with oxygen (O2) or water vapor, is one of the most common methods to achieve such goal. This work presents a study of how the addition of small amounts of O2 affects the electrical parameters and the production of reactive species in a transferred APPJ produced at the tip of a long and flexible plastic tube. The study was carried out employing helium (He) as the working gas and applying a high voltage (HV) in the form of amplitude-modulated sine waveform (burst mode). With this configuration it was possible to verify that the O2 addition reduces the discharge power and effective current, as a result of late ignition and shorter discharge duration. It was also found that the addition of O2 to a certain content in the gas admixture makes the light emission from oxygen atoms increase, indicating an increment in oxygen related reactive species in the plasma jet. However, at the same time the light emitted from hydroxyl (OH) and nitric oxide (NO) exhibits the opposite behavior, i.e., decrease, indicating a reduction of such species in the APPJ. For these reasons, the addition of O2 to the working gas seems to be useful for increasing the effectiveness of the plasma treatment only when the target modification effect is directly dependent on the content of atomic oxygen.
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Kroes GJ. Computational approaches to dissociative chemisorption on metals: towards chemical accuracy. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:8962-9048. [PMID: 33885053 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp00044f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We review the state-of-the-art in the theory of dissociative chemisorption (DC) of small gas phase molecules on metal surfaces, which is important to modeling heterogeneous catalysis for practical reasons, and for achieving an understanding of the wealth of experimental information that exists for this topic, for fundamental reasons. We first give a quick overview of the experimental state of the field. Turning to the theory, we address the challenge that barrier heights (Eb, which are not observables) for DC on metals cannot yet be calculated with chemical accuracy, although embedded correlated wave function theory and diffusion Monte-Carlo are moving in this direction. For benchmarking, at present chemically accurate Eb can only be derived from dynamics calculations based on a semi-empirically derived density functional (DF), by computing a sticking curve and demonstrating that it is shifted from the curve measured in a supersonic beam experiment by no more than 1 kcal mol-1. The approach capable of delivering this accuracy is called the specific reaction parameter (SRP) approach to density functional theory (DFT). SRP-DFT relies on DFT and on dynamics calculations, which are most efficiently performed if a potential energy surface (PES) is available. We therefore present a brief review of the DFs that now exist, also considering their performance on databases for Eb for gas phase reactions and DC on metals, and for adsorption to metals. We also consider expressions for SRP-DFs and briefly discuss other electronic structure methods that have addressed the interaction of molecules with metal surfaces. An overview is presented of dynamical models, which make a distinction as to whether or not, and which dissipative channels are modeled, the dissipative channels being surface phonons and electronically non-adiabatic channels such as electron-hole pair excitation. We also discuss the dynamical methods that have been used, such as the quasi-classical trajectory method and quantum dynamical methods like the time-dependent wave packet method and the reaction path Hamiltonian method. Limits on the accuracy of these methods are discussed for DC of diatomic and polyatomic molecules on metal surfaces, paying particular attention to reduced dimensionality approximations that still have to be invoked in wave packet calculations on polyatomic molecules like CH4. We also address the accuracy of fitting methods, such as recent machine learning methods (like neural network methods) and the corrugation reducing procedure. In discussing the calculation of observables we emphasize the importance of modeling the properties of the supersonic beams in simulating the sticking probability curves measured in the associated experiments. We show that chemically accurate barrier heights have now been extracted for DC in 11 molecule-metal surface systems, some of which form the most accurate core of the only existing database of Eb for DC reactions on metal surfaces (SBH10). The SRP-DFs (or candidate SRP-DFs) that have been derived show transferability in many cases, i.e., they have been shown also to yield chemically accurate Eb for chemically related systems. This can in principle be exploited in simulating rates of catalyzed reactions on nano-particles containing facets and edges, as SRP-DFs may be transferable among systems in which a molecule dissociates on low index and stepped surfaces of the same metal. In many instances SRP-DFs have allowed important conclusions regarding the mechanisms underlying observed experimental trends. An important recent observation is that SRP-DFT based on semi-local exchange DFs has so far only been successful for systems for which the difference of the metal work function and the molecule's electron affinity exceeds 7 eV. A main challenge to SRP-DFT is to extend its applicability to the other systems, which involve a range of important DC reactions of e.g. O2, H2O, NH3, CO2, and CH3OH. Recent calculations employing a PES based on a screened hybrid exchange functional suggest that the road to success may be based on using exchange functionals of this category.
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- Geert-Jan Kroes
- Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Gorlaeus Laboratories, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9502, 2300 RA Leiden, The Netherlands.
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Al Taleb A, Miranda R, Farías D. Time-of-flight measurements of the low-energy scattering of CH 4 from Ir(111). Phys Chem Chem Phys 2021; 23:7830-7836. [PMID: 33196712 DOI: 10.1039/d0cp05416j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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We have measured high-resolution time-of-flight (TOF) spectra of methane scattered from an Ir(111) surface at an incident energy of 81 meV. The angular distributions of scattered CH4 reveal the presence of a sharp and intense specular peak in addition to sharp features corresponding to rotationally inelastic diffraction (RID) peaks along the two main symmetry directions of Ir(111). TOF spectra have been recorded at several RID positions for the two high-symmetry directions. The data show that the scattering dynamics of CH4 is more complex than the one reported for H2/D2, where energy losses in TOF correspond to the expected excitation/deexcitation RID energy transitions. For CH4, this is the case only for RID peaks showing up far from the specular peak, whereas those appearing close to the specular position present different behaviors, depending on the incident direction. The results are compared with Ne scattering TOF data, which allows to assess the relevance of multiphonon scattering in the energy-exchange process. Finally, we report experimental evidence of selective adsorption resonances detected with CH4 beams. This will allow characterizing the CH4-metal surface physisorption well by measuring angular distributions with CH4 beams.
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- Amjad Al Taleb
- Departamento de Física de la Materia Condensada, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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Krumbein L, Anggara K, Stella M, Michnowicz T, Ochner H, Abb S, Rinke G, Portz A, Dürr M, Schlickum U, Baldwin A, Floris A, Kern K, Rauschenbach S. Fast Molecular Compression by a Hyperthermal Collision Gives Bond-Selective Mechanochemistry. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2021; 126:056001. [PMID: 33605738 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.126.056001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2020] [Accepted: 12/07/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Using electrospray ion beam deposition, we collide the complex molecule Reichardt's dye (C_{41}H_{30}NO^{+}) at low, hyperthermal translational energy (2-50 eV) with a Cu(100) surface and image the outcome at single-molecule level by scanning tunneling microscopy. We observe bond-selective reaction induced by the translational kinetic energy. The collision impulse compresses the molecule and bends specific bonds, prompting them to react selectively. This dynamics drives the system to seek thermally inaccessible reactive pathways, since the compression timescale (subpicosecond) is much shorter than the thermalization timescale (nanosecond), thereby yielding reaction products that are unobtainable thermally.
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- Lukas Krumbein
- Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung, Heisenbergstrasse 1, DE-70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung, Heisenbergstrasse 1, DE-70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Department of Materials, Royal School of Mines, Imperial College London, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2A2, United Kingdom
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung, Heisenbergstrasse 1, DE-70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung, Heisenbergstrasse 1, DE-70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung, Heisenbergstrasse 1, DE-70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung, Heisenbergstrasse 1, DE-70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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- Institut für Angewandte Physik, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 16, DE-35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Institut für Angewandte Physik, Justus-Liebig-Universität Giessen, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 16, DE-35392 Giessen, Germany
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung, Heisenbergstrasse 1, DE-70569 Stuttgart, Germany
- Institut für Angewandte Physik, Technische Universität Braunschweig, Mendelssohnstrasse 2, DE-38106 Braunschweig, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry, Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford, 12 Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TA, United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry, University of Lincoln, Brayford Pool, Lincoln LN6 7TS, United Kingdom
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung, Heisenbergstrasse 1, DE-70569 Stuttgart, Germany
- Institut de Physique, École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Laussane CH-1015, Switzerland
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Festkörperforschung, Heisenbergstrasse 1, DE-70569 Stuttgart, Germany
- Department of Chemistry, Chemistry Research Laboratory, University of Oxford, 12 Mansfield Road, Oxford OX1 3TA, United Kingdom
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Zhang L, Jiang B. State-to-state quantum dynamics of H2O/HOD scattering from Cu(111): Mode- and bond-selective vibrational energy transfer. J Chem Phys 2020; 153:214702. [DOI: 10.1063/5.0030490] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Liang Zhang
- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Science at the Microscale, Department of Chemical Physics, Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Chemistry and Energy Catalysis of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Science at the Microscale, Department of Chemical Physics, Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Chemistry and Energy Catalysis of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230026, China
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Liu T, Fu B, Zhang DH. A comparison study of the six-dimensional quantum dynamics for the dissociative chemisorption of HCl on different facets of Ag. Chem Phys Lett 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2020.138078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Plasma catalysis has recently gained traction as an alternative to ammonia synthesis. The current research is mostly fundamental and little attention has been given to the technical and economic feasibility of plasma-catalytic ammonia synthesis. In this study, the feasibility of plasma-catalytic ammonia is assessed for small-scale ammonia synthesis. A brief summary of the state of the art of plasma catalysis is provided as well as a targets and potential avenues for improvement in the conversion to ammonia, ammonia separation and a higher energy efficiency. A best-case scenario is provided for plasma-catalytic ammonia synthesis and this is compared to the Haber-Bosch ammonia process operated with a synthesis loop. An ammonia outlet concentration of at least 1.0 mol. % is required to limit the recycle size and to allow for efficient product separation. From the analysis, it follows that plasma-catalytic ammonia synthesis cannot compete with the conventional process even in the best-case scenario. Plasma catalysis potentially has a fast response to intermittent renewable electricity, although low pressure absorbent-enhanced Haber-Bosch processes are also expected to have fast responses to load variations. Low-temperature thermochemical ammonia synthesis is expected to be a more feasible alternative to intermittent decentralized ammonia synthesis than plasma-catalytic ammonia synthesis due to its superior energy efficiency.
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Cole-Filipiak NC, Knepper R, Wood M, Ramasesha K. Sub-picosecond to Sub-nanosecond Vibrational Energy Transfer Dynamics in Pentaerythritol Tetranitrate. J Phys Chem Lett 2020; 11:6664-6669. [PMID: 32787226 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.0c01780] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The time scale associated with shock-induced detonation is a key property of energetic materials that remains poorly understood. Herein, we test aspects of one potential mechanism, the phonon up-pumping mechanism, where shock compression excites lattice phonon modes, transferring energy to intramolecular vibrations leading to chemical bond cleavage and reaction. Using ultrafast infrared pump-probe spectroscopy on pentaerythritol tetranitrate (PETN), we reveal sub-picosecond vibrational energy transfer (VET) from the photoexcited band at 1660 cm-1 into every other infrared-active mode in the probed frequency range 800-1800 cm-1. Energy transfer processes remain incomplete at 150 ps. Computational predictions from density functional theory are used in tandem to elucidate VET pathways in PETN.
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- Neil C Cole-Filipiak
- Combustion Research Facility, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, California 94551, United States
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- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185, United States
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- Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87185, United States
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- Combustion Research Facility, Sandia National Laboratories, Livermore, California 94551, United States
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Ollegott K, Wirth P, Oberste‐Beulmann C, Awakowicz P, Muhler M. Fundamental Properties and Applications of Dielectric Barrier Discharges in Plasma‐Catalytic Processes at Atmospheric Pressure. CHEM-ING-TECH 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/cite.202000075] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- Kevin Ollegott
- Ruhr University Bochum Laboratory of Industrial Chemistry Universitätsstraße 150 44780 Bochum Germany
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- Ruhr University Bochum Institute for Electrical Engineering and Plasma Technology (AEPT) Universitätsstraße 150 44780 Bochum Germany
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- Ruhr University Bochum Institute for Electrical Engineering and Plasma Technology (AEPT) Universitätsstraße 150 44780 Bochum Germany
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- Ruhr University Bochum Laboratory of Industrial Chemistry Universitätsstraße 150 44780 Bochum Germany
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Jackson B. Direct and trapping-mediated pathways to dissociative chemisorption: CH4 dissociation on Ir(111) with step defects. J Chem Phys 2020; 153:034704. [DOI: 10.1063/5.0012252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Bret Jackson
- Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA
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Roy S, K. J. N, Tiwari N, Tiwari AK. Energetics and dynamics of CH4 and H2O dissociation on metal surfaces. INT REV PHYS CHEM 2020. [DOI: 10.1080/0144235x.2020.1765598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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- Sudipta Roy
- Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, Mohanpur, India
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, Mohanpur, India
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, Mohanpur, India
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- Department of Chemical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, Mohanpur, India
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Setting benchmarks for modelling gas-surface interactions using coherent control of rotational orientation states. Nat Commun 2020; 11:3110. [PMID: 32561837 PMCID: PMC7305202 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-020-16930-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/06/2020] [Accepted: 06/02/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The coherent evolution of a molecular quantum state during a molecule-surface collision is a detailed descriptor of the interaction potential which was so far inaccessible to measurements. Here we use a magnetically controlled molecular beam technique to study the collision of rotationally oriented ground state hydrogen molecules with a lithium fluoride surface. The coherent control nature of the technique allows us to measure the changes in the complex amplitudes of the rotational projection quantum states, and express them using a scattering matrix formalism. The quantum state-to-state transition probabilities we extract reveal a strong dependency of the molecule-surface interaction on the rotational orientation of the molecules, and a remarkably high probability of the collision flipping the rotational orientation. The scattering matrix we obtain from the experimental data delivers an ultra-sensitive benchmark for theory to reproduce, guiding the development of accurate theoretical models for the interaction of H2 with a solid surface. A fundamental and predictive understanding of molecule-surface interactions is challenging to obtain. Here the authors report an experimental technique allowing direct measurement of the scattering matrix, which reports on the coherent evolution of quantum states of a molecule scattering from a surface.
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Ammonia is a critically important industrial chemical and is largely responsible for sustaining the growing global population. To provide ammonia to underdeveloped regions and/or regions far from industrial production hubs, modular systems have been targeted and often involve unconventional production methodologies. These novel approaches for ammonia production can tap renewable resources at smaller scales located at the point of use, while decreasing the CO2 footprint. Plasma-assisted catalysis and electrochemical ammonia synthesis have promise owing to their atmospheric pressure and low-temperature operation conditions and the ability to construct units at scales desired for modularization. Fundamental and applied studies are underway to assess these processes, although many unknowns remain. In this review, we discuss recent developments and opportunities for unconventional ammonia synthesis with a focus on plasma-stimulated systems.
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- Patrick M. Barboun
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA;,
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, USA;,
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Mehta P, Barboun PM, Engelmann Y, Go DB, Bogaerts A, Schneider WF, Hicks JC. Plasma-Catalytic Ammonia Synthesis beyond the Equilibrium Limit. ACS Catal 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c00684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Prateek Mehta
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Antwerp University, Campus Drie Eiken, Universiteitsplein 1, Wilrijk, Antwerp 2610, Belgium
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
- Department of Aerospace and Mechanical Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Antwerp University, Campus Drie Eiken, Universiteitsplein 1, Wilrijk, Antwerp 2610, Belgium
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556, United States
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Hülsey MJ, Lim CW, Yan N. Promoting heterogeneous catalysis beyond catalyst design. Chem Sci 2020; 11:1456-1468. [PMID: 32180922 PMCID: PMC7058091 DOI: 10.1039/c9sc05947d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2019] [Accepted: 01/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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Despite the indisputable success of conventional approaches to manipulate the performance of heterogeneous catalysts by tuning the composition and structure of active sites, future research on catalysis engineering will likely go beyond the catalyst itself. Recently, several auxiliary promotion methods, either promoting the activity of reagents or enabling optimized adsorbate-catalyst interactions, have been proven as viable strategies to enhance catalytic reactions. Those auxiliary promotion methods range from electric/magnetic fields and electric potentials to mechanic stress, significantly altering the properties of reagent molecules and/or the surface characteristics of nanostructured catalysts. Apart from static enhancement effects, they in principle also allow for spatially and temporally variable modifications of catalyst surfaces. While some of those methods have been demonstrated, some are only theoretically predicted, opening exciting avenues for future experimental advances. Besides fundamental descriptions and comparisons of each activation method, in this perspective we plan to provide examples for the applications of those techniques for a variety of catalytic reactions as diverse as N2 and CO2 hydrogenation as well as electrochemical water splitting. Finally, we provide a unifying view and guidelines for future research into the use of promotion methods, generating deeper understanding of the complex dynamics on the nanoparticle surface under auxiliary promotion and the expansion of auxiliary techniques to different sustainability-related reactions.
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- Max J Hülsey
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering , National University of Singapore , 4 Engineering Drive 4 , 117585 Singapore , Singapore .
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering , National University of Singapore , 4 Engineering Drive 4 , 117585 Singapore , Singapore .
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering , National University of Singapore , 4 Engineering Drive 4 , 117585 Singapore , Singapore .
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Liu S, Winter LR, Chen JG. Review of Plasma-Assisted Catalysis for Selective Generation of Oxygenates from CO2 and CH4. ACS Catal 2020. [DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.9b04811] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Shuang Liu
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Ocean University of China, Qingdao 266100, China
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Columbia University, New York, New York 10027, United States
- Chemistry Division, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, United States
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Bal KM, Bogaerts A, Neyts EC. Ensemble-Based Molecular Simulation of Chemical Reactions under Vibrational Nonequilibrium. J Phys Chem Lett 2020; 11:401-406. [PMID: 31865709 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b03356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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We present an approach to incorporate the effect of vibrational nonequilibrium in molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. A perturbed canonical ensemble, in which selected modes are excited to higher temperature while all others remain equilibrated at low temperature, is simulated by applying a specifically tailored bias potential. Our method can be readily applied to any (classical or quantum mechanical) MD setup at virtually no additional computational cost and allows the study of reactions of vibrationally excited molecules in nonequilibrium environments such as plasmas. In combination with enhanced sampling methods, the vibrational efficacy and mode selectivity of vibrationally stimulated reactions can then be quantified in terms of chemically relevant observables, such as reaction rates and apparent free energy barriers. We first validate our method for the prototypical hydrogen exchange reaction and then show how it can capture the effect of vibrational excitation on a symmetric SN2 reaction and radical addition on CO2.
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- Kristof M Bal
- Research Group PLASMANT, Department of Chemistry , University of Antwerp , Universiteitsplein 1 , 2610 Antwerp , Belgium
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- Research Group PLASMANT, Department of Chemistry , University of Antwerp , Universiteitsplein 1 , 2610 Antwerp , Belgium
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- Research Group PLASMANT, Department of Chemistry , University of Antwerp , Universiteitsplein 1 , 2610 Antwerp , Belgium
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Karmakar S, Keshavamurthy S. Intramolecular vibrational energy redistribution and the quantum ergodicity transition: a phase space perspective. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:11139-11173. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cp01413c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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The onset of facile intramolecular vibrational energy flow can be related to features in the connected network of anharmonic resonances in the classical phase space.
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- Sourav Karmakar
- Department of Chemistry
- Indian Institute of Technology
- Kanpur
- India
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Maitre PA, Bieniek MS, Kechagiopoulos PN. Plasma-enhanced catalysis for the upgrading of methane: a review of modelling and simulation methods. REACT CHEM ENG 2020. [DOI: 10.1039/d0re00024h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Modelling methods and simulation works on the upgrading of methane via plasma and plasma-enhanced catalysis reviewed.
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- Pierre-André Maitre
- Chemical and Materials Engineering Group
- School of Engineering
- University of Aberdeen
- Aberdeen
- UK
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- Chemical and Materials Engineering Group
- School of Engineering
- University of Aberdeen
- Aberdeen
- UK
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Gutiérrez-González A, Beck RD. Quantum state and surface-site-resolved studies of methane chemisorption by vibrational spectroscopies. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:17448-17459. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cp03134h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Infrared spectroscopic methods enable quantum-state-specific and surface-site-selective studies of methane chemisorption on stepped platinum surfaces.
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- Ana Gutiérrez-González
- Laboratoire de Chimie Physique Moléculaire (LCPM)
- École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
- CH-1015 Lausanne
- Switzerland
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- Laboratoire de Chimie Physique Moléculaire (LCPM)
- École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL)
- CH-1015 Lausanne
- Switzerland
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Gerrits N, Chadwick H, Kroes GJ. Dynamical Study of the Dissociative Chemisorption of CHD 3 on Pd(111). THE JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY. C, NANOMATERIALS AND INTERFACES 2019; 123:24013-24023. [PMID: 31602282 PMCID: PMC6778984 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b05757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2019] [Revised: 08/20/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The specific reaction parameter (SRP) approach to density functional theory has been shown to model reactions of polyatomic molecules with metal surfaces important for heterogeneous catalysis in the industry with chemical accuracy. However, transferability of the SRP functional among systems in which methane interacts with group 10 metals remains unclear for methane + Pd(111). Therefore, in this work, predictions have been made for the reaction of CHD3 on Pd(111) using Born-Oppenheimer molecular dynamics while also performing a rough comparison with experimental data for CH4 + Pd(111) obtained for lower incidence energies. Hopefully, future experiments can test the transferability of the SRP functional among group 10 metals also for Pd(111). We found that the reactivity of CHD3 on Pd(111) is intermediate between and similar to either Pt(111) or Ni(111), depending on the incidence energy and the initial vibrational state distribution. This is surprising because the barrier height and experiments performed at lower incidence energies than investigated here suggest that the reactivity of Pd(111) should be similar to that of Pt(111) only. The relative decrease in the reactivity of Pd(111) at high incidence energies is attributed to site specificity of the reaction and to dynamical effects such as the bobsled effect and energy transfer from methane to the surface.
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- Nick Gerrits
- Gorlaeus
Laboratories, Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9502, 2300 RA Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department
of Chemistry, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea SA2 8PP, U.K.
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- Gorlaeus
Laboratories, Leiden Institute of Chemistry, Leiden University, P.O. Box 9502, 2300 RA Leiden, the Netherlands
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Chawdhury P, Ray D, Vinodkumar T, Subrahmanyam C. Catalytic DBD plasma approach for methane partial oxidation to methanol under ambient conditions. Catal Today 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cattod.2019.03.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Park GB, Krüger BC, Borodin D, Kitsopoulos TN, Wodtke AM. Fundamental mechanisms for molecular energy conversion and chemical reactions at surfaces. REPORTS ON PROGRESS IN PHYSICS. PHYSICAL SOCIETY (GREAT BRITAIN) 2019; 82:096401. [PMID: 31304916 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6633/ab320e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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The dream of theoretical surface chemistry is to predict the outcome of reactions in order to find the ideal catalyst for a certain application. Having a working ab initio theory in hand would not only enable these predictions but also provide insights into the mechanisms of surface reactions. The development of theoretical models can be assisted by experimental studies providing benchmark data. Though for some reactions a quantitative agreement between experimental observations and theoretical calculations has been achieved, theoretical surface chemistry is in general still far away from gaining predictive power. Here we review recent experimental developments towards the understanding of surface reactions. It is demonstrated how quantum-state resolved scattering experiments on reactive and nonreactive systems can be used to test front-running theoretical approaches. Two challenges for describing dynamics at surfaces are addressed: nonadiabaticity in diatomic molecule surface scattering and the increasing system size when observing and describing the dynamics of polyatomic molecules at surfaces. Finally recent experimental studies on reactive systems are presented. It is shown how elementary steps in a complex surface reaction can be revealed experimentally.
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- G Barratt Park
- Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, Göttingen, Am Fassberg 11, 37077 Göttingen, Germany. Institute for Physical Chemistry, University of Goettingen, Tammannstr. 6, 37077 Göttingen, Germany
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Vibration-driven reaction of CO2 on Cu surfaces via Eley–Rideal-type mechanism. Nat Chem 2019; 11:722-729. [DOI: 10.1038/s41557-019-0282-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2018] [Accepted: 05/13/2019] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Jiang B, Guo H. Dynamics in reactions on metal surfaces: A theoretical perspective. J Chem Phys 2019; 150:180901. [PMID: 31091904 DOI: 10.1063/1.5096869] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Recent advances in theoretical characterization of reaction dynamics on metal surfaces are reviewed. It is shown that the widely available density functional theory of metals and their interactions with molecules have enabled first principles theoretical models for treating surface reaction dynamics. The new theoretical tools include methods to construct high-dimensional adiabatic potential energy surfaces, to characterize nonadiabatic processes within the electronic friction models, and to describe dynamics both quantum mechanically and classically. Three prototypical surface reactions, namely, dissociative chemisorption, Eley-Rideal reactions, and recombinative desorption, are surveyed with a focus on some representative examples. While principles governing gas phase reaction dynamics may still be applicable, the presence of the surface introduces a higher level of complexity due to strong interaction between the molecular species and metal substrate. Furthermore, most of these reactive processes are impacted by energy exchange with surface phonons and/or electron-hole pair excitations. These theoretical studies help to interpret and rationalize experimental observations and, in some cases, guide experimental explorations. Knowledge acquired in these fundamental studies is expected to impact many practical problems in a wide range of interfacial processes.
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- Bin Jiang
- Hefei National Laboratory for Physical Science at the Microscale, Department of Chemical Physics, Key Laboratory of Surface and Interface Chemistry and Energy Catalysis of Anhui Higher Education Institutes, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei 230026, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, USA
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Al Taleb A, Anemone G, Zhou L, Guo H, Farías D. Diffraction of CH 4 from a Metal Surface. J Phys Chem Lett 2019; 10:1574-1580. [PMID: 30855971 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.9b00158] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Diffraction with matter waves has been reported since the beginning of quantum mechanics. In free space, diffraction effects have been observed even with objects as large as C60 molecules. However, in scattering from a solid surface, pure elastic diffraction features have never been observed with molecules larger than D2. Here we report the observation of pure molecular diffraction for CH4 scattered off of an Ir(111) surface. These results prove that quantum coherence is preserved, despite the small separation between rotational levels and the interaction with surface phonons. Density functional theory calculations of the potential energy surface provide some clues to understand the larger corrugation sampled by CH4 molecules in comparison to Ne atoms. Our results show that isotope separation of polyatomic molecules may be possible using gas-surface diffraction.
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- Amjad Al Taleb
- Departamento de Física de la Materia Condensada , Universidad Autónoma de Madrid , 28049 Madrid , Spain
- Instituto Madrileño de Estudios Avanzados en Nanociencia (IMDEA-Nanociencia) , Cantoblanco, 28049 Madrid , Spain
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- Departamento de Física de la Materia Condensada , Universidad Autónoma de Madrid , 28049 Madrid , Spain
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology , University of New Mexico , Albuquerque , New Mexico 87131 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology , University of New Mexico , Albuquerque , New Mexico 87131 , United States
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- Departamento de Física de la Materia Condensada , Universidad Autónoma de Madrid , 28049 Madrid , Spain
- Instituto "Nicolás Cabrera" , Universidad Autónoma de Madrid , 28049 Madrid , Spain
- Condensed Matter Physics Center (IFIMAC) , Universidad Autónoma de Madrid , 28049 Madrid , Spain
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Chung WC, Mei DH, Tu X, Chang MB. Removal of VOCs from gas streams via plasma and catalysis. CATALYSIS REVIEWS-SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING 2018. [DOI: 10.1080/01614940.2018.1541814] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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- Wei-Chieh Chung
- Graduate Institute of Environmental Engineering, National Central University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Electronics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
- College of Electrical Engineering and Control Science, Nanjing Tech Technology, Nanjing, People’s Republic of China
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- Department of Electrical Engineering and Electronics, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK
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- Graduate Institute of Environmental Engineering, National Central University, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
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Liu T, Fu B, Zhang DH. Six-dimensional quantum dynamics for the dissociative chemisorption of HCl on rigid Ag(111) on three potential energy surfaces with different density functionals. J Chem Phys 2018; 149:174702. [DOI: 10.1063/1.5053827] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Tianhui Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics and Center for Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics and Center for Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, People’s Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Molecular Reaction Dynamics and Center for Theoretical and Computational Chemistry, Dalian Institute of Chemical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Dalian 116023, People’s Republic of China
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Nour Ghassemi E, Somers M, Kroes GJ. Test of the Transferability of the Specific Reaction Parameter Functional for H 2 + Cu(111) to D 2 + Ag(111). THE JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY. C, NANOMATERIALS AND INTERFACES 2018; 122:22939-22952. [PMID: 30344838 PMCID: PMC6189907 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b05658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/13/2018] [Revised: 09/04/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The accurate description of the dissociative chemisorption of a molecule on a metal surface requires a chemically accurate description of the molecule-surface interaction. Previously, it was shown that the specific reaction parameter approach to density functional theory (SRP-DFT) enables accurate descriptions of the reaction of dihydrogen with metal surfaces in, for instance, H2 + Pt(111), H2 + Cu(111), and H2 + Cu(100). SRP-DFT likewise allowed a chemically accurate description of dissociation of methane on Ni(111) and Pt(111), and the SRP functional for CH4 + Ni(111) was transferable to CH4 + Pt(111), where Ni and Pt belong to the same group. Here, we investigate whether the SRP density functional derived for H2 + Cu(111) also gives chemically accurate results for H2 + Ag(111), where Ag belongs to the same group as Cu. To do this, we have performed quasi-classical trajectory calculations using the six-dimensional potential energy surface of H2 + Ag(111) within the Born-Oppenheimer static surface approximation. The computed reaction probabilities are compared with both state-resolved associative desorption and molecular beam sticking experiments. Our results do not yet show transferability, as the computed sticking probabilities and initial-state selected reaction probabilities are shifted relative to experiment to higher energies by about 2-3 kcal/mol. The lack of transferability may be due to the different character of the SRP functionals for H2 + Cu and CH4 + group 10 metals, the latter containing a van der Waals correlation functional and the former not.
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