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Six-dimensional quantum dynamics of dissociative 1
chemisorption of Hz on metal surfaces
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1. Introduction......................................................................................... 92
I.I. Surface superstructures and two-dimensional electron systems. ................ 92
1.2. Surface-state bands .......................................................................... 94
1.2.1. Si(l I l)-7 x 7 and -(SQRT)3 x(SQRT)3-Ag superstructures ................ 94
1.2.2. Electronic structures ............................................................................. 98

Electrical conduction at semiconductor surfaces. ............................................... 102

Fundamentals of electronic transport ................................................................. 102
Free electron model. ..........................................................................................102
Semiconductor statistics.......................................................................................105

Near semiconductor surfaces ................................................................................106
Conduction through surface space-charge layers ................................................... 107
Conduction through surface-state bands .............................................................. 114
Conduction through grown atomic layers .............................................................. 119

Experimental methods ...........................................................................................121

Atomic-structure analysis.......................................................................................121
RHEED................................................................................................................121
SEM ................................................................................................................... 124
STM ...................................................................................................................127

Electronic-state analysis ........................................................................................129
ARUPS ................................................................................................................129
XPS.....................................................................................................................135

Electronic transport measurements .......................................................................137
Four- or six-probe method. ................................................................................ 140
Probe contacts ................................................................................................... 140
Surface conductance ............................................................................................141

Silver adsorption ....................................................................................................142

Ag-induced surface superstructures .......................................................................142
At elevated temperatures ..................................................................................... 142
At lower temperatures ..........................................................................................148

Growth of Ag atomic layers. ..................................................................................153
At elevated temperatures ......................................................................................153
At room temperature............................................................ ................................155
At lower temperatures ..........................................................................................159

Electronic transport................................................................................................161
Surface conductances............................................................................................161
Conductance changes during Ag deposition. ......................................................... 163
On the Si(l 11)-7 x 7 surface ..................................................................................165
On the Si(l 1 1)(SQRT)3 x(SQRT)3-Ag surface ....................................................173

Summary ...............................................................................................................189

Monovalent-atorn adsorptions on Si(lll)-(SQRT)3 x(SQRT)3Ag surface... .............. 189
Noble-metal adsorptions ........................................................................................191
Au adsorption ....................................................................................................... 191
Cu adsorption.........................................................................................................201
Alkali-metal adsorptions ..................................................................................... .. 204
Summary .............................................................................................................. 208

Gold adsorption ................................................................................................... 209
Au-induced surface superstructures. ...................................................................... 209
Phase diagram .......................................................................................................209
x 2-Au superstructure .............................................................................................209


(SQRT)3 x(SQRT)3-Au superstructure ............................. 213
6x 6-Au superstructure ..................................................... 216
Electronic structures ..........................................................217
Valence bands....................................................................217
Band bending ....................................................................219
Electrical conductance ...................................................... 220
On the 7 x 7 clean substrate ..............................................221
On the 5 x 2-Au substrate ..................................................223
On the other substrates ..................................................... 225
Summary .......................................................................... 227

Indium adsorption. ........................................................... 227
In-induced surFace superstructures .................................. 227
On the 7 x 7 clean substrate ..............................................231
Atomic structural evolutions ...............................................231
Electronic-state evolutions ................................................ 237
Electrical conduction ......................................................... 240
On the ^/3 x ^/3-ln substrate ..............................................242
Atomic structural evolutions ................................................ 242
Electrical conduction .......................................................... 245
On the other substrates ........................................................251
Summary ..............................................................................251

Concluding remarks .............................................................251
Acknowledgements............................................................... 252
References............................................................................. 253

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Laser-induced desorption from STM-selected semiconductor 1
sites
NORIAKI ITOH, JUN'ICHI KANASAKI and JUN XU

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Memoriam 21
STANISLAW OLSZEWSKI

Interaction of slow, very highly charged ions with surfaces 23
T. SCHENKEL, A. V. HAMZA, A. V. BARNES and D.H. SCHNEIDER

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1. Introduction............................................................................................. 86

2. General model of metal ............................................................................. 88

3. Quest for stabilization ............................................................................... 94
3.1. Structureless pseudopotential model stabilized jellium ............................. 94
3.2. Ideal metal ........................................................................................ 98
3.3. Structure-averaged jellium ..................................................................... 98

4. Half-space stabilized jellium ...................................................................... 99


4.1. Surface energy....................................................................................101
4.2. Work function ....................................................................................102
4.3. Surface stress ................................................................................. . 103
4.4. Image-plane position ..........................................................................104

5. Sum rules for flat surface of stabilized jellium ......................................... 106
5.1. Hellmann-Feynman sum rules ............................................................ 106
5.2. Stress sum rules. ............................................................................... 108

6. Effect of atomic corrugations .................................................................110

7. Adhesion of two identical metal surfaces. ..............................................114

8. Response of metal surface to external electric field ............................... 116
8.1. Linear response--surface plasrnon dispersion in simple metals.. ......... 118
8.2. Nonlinear response .......................................................................... 120

9. Conclusions ......................................................................................... 122
Acknowledgements................................................................................... 122
References................................................................................................ 123

 

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Metal deposits on well-ordered oxide films 127
MARCUS BAUMER and HAIMS-JOACHIM FREUIMD

1. Introduction.................................................. 129

2. Experimental details ............................................ 133

2.1. Profile analysis of low energy electron difTraction spots ...... 133

2.2. Scanning tunneling microscopy. ............................... 135

2.3. Transmission electron microscopy. ............................. 140

2.4. Photoelectron spectroscopy .................................. 141

2.5. Infrared spectroscopy ...................................... 143

M. Baumer, H.-J. Freundi Progress in Surface Science 61 (1999) 127-19S 129

3. Substrate: AI^/NiAld 10) ....................................... 144

3.1. Electronic and geometric structure .............. .. ............ 144

3.2. Defects. .............. ................. 149

4. Metal particles: structure and morphology. ...................... 151
4.1. Nucleation and growth at different temperatures............. 151

4.1.1. Rhodium ......................................... 156

4.1.2. Palladium......................................... 159

4.1.3. Cobalt........................................... 162

4.1.4. Platinum ......................................... 165

4.1.5. Vanadium......................................... 167

4.1.6. Comparison and overview ............................. 168

4.2. Thermal stability.......................................... 170

4.3. Growth in ambient gas atmospheres ............................ 172

5. Metal particles: electronic structure. ................................. 174

5.1. Particle size effects. ........................................ 174

5.2. Metal-support interaction ................................... 177

6. Metal particles: adsorption behaviour ................................ 179

6.1. CO adsorption ........................................... 180

6.1.1. Platinum ......................................... 180

6.1.2. Palladium. ...................... 181

6.2. CO dissociation. .......................................... 188

7. Concluding remarks ............................................ 191

Acknowledgements.................................................. 192

References........................................................ 192



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1. Introduction................................................... 5


2. Morphology of retinal protein-containing membranes ..................... 9

2.1. Purple membrane .......................................... 9

2.2. Visual photoreceptor membranes .............................. 10


3. Structures of retinal proteins ...................................... 11

4. Photochemical reactions of retinal proteins ............................ 15

4.1. Rhodopsin.............................................. 15

4.2. Bacteriorhodopsin......................................... 17

5. Photoelectric effects in pigment-containing membranes. ................... 18

5.1. Light-induced rapid charge displacement. ........................ 18

5.2. Definition of photoelectric effects .............................. 20

5.3. Fast photoelectric signal in reconstituted bR membranes ............. 21

5.4. pH dependence of early receptor potential: apparent paradox? ......... 23

5.5. Mainstream approach ...................................... 28

5.6. Necessity for alternative approach ............................. 28

6. Methods of membrane reconstitution ................................ 31

6.1. Black lipid membranes. ..................................... 32

6.2. Phospholipid vesicles (liposomes) .............................. 35

6.3. Nucleopore-supported films or Collodion films .................... 35

6.4. Immobilized gel technique ................................... 36

6.5. Langmuir-Blodgett technique. ................................ 36

6.6. Takagi-Montal method ..................................... 38

6.7. Trissl-Montal method ...................................... 38

6.8. Multi-layered thin film method................................ 39

7. Electrical measurements of AC photoelectric signals. ..................... 40

7.1. Open-circuit measurement (current clamp method). ................. 40

7.2. Short-circuit measurement (voltage clamp method) ................. 41

7.3. Tunable voltage clamp method. ............................... 41


8. Mechanisms of AC photoelectric effect ............................... 43

8.1. Gouy-Chapman analysis of interfacial proton transfer meclianism . . . . . . 43

8.1.1. Electrostatic calculation. .............................. 47

8.1.2. Kinetic calculation .................................. 52

8.2. Gouy-Chapman analysis of oriented dipole mechanism .............. 53

8.3. Concept of chemical capacitance. .............................. 55

8.4. More refined molecular models. ............................... 56

9. Equivalent circuit analysis of AC photoelectric signals .................... 56

9.1. Strictly short-circuit measurement. ............................. 57

9.2. Measurements under conditions in between short-circuit and open-circuit . 61

9.3. Open-circuit measurement ................................... 63

9.4. Optimizing measurement by tuning access impedance. ............... 66


10. Analysis of AC photoelectric signal from bacteriorhodopsin ................ 66

10.1. Search for method to separate B1 and B2 ........................ 66

10.2. Method for isolating pure B1 signal ............................ 67

10.3. Effect of varying access impedance and thickness of Teflon thin film . . . . . 69

10.4. Temperature effect. ........................................ 72

10.5. Effect of varying aqueous pH and proton-deuterium exchange ......... 75

10.6. Effect of chemical modification. ................................ 78

10.7. Effect of point mutation. .................................... 80

10.8. Chloride ion effect......................................... 82

10.9. Divalent cation effect. ...................................... 86

10.10. Assignment of molecular mechanisms to B1 and B2 components. ....... 89

10.1 1. Q-tip experiment: rationale behind ML method .................... 92

10.12. Method for isolating B2 component ............................ 96

10.13. Evidence of hypothetical B2' component. ........................ 101

10.13.1. Coupled interfacial proton-transfer reactions. ............. 102

10.13.2. Concept of local reaction conditions. ..................... 104

10.13.3. 'Differential' experiment: evidence for existence of B2' ......... 104

10.13.4. Interpretation ofpH dependence of B2 and B2' ............. 106


11. Why is chemical capacitance physically distinct from membrane capacitance?. . . . 108

11.1. Experimental evidence in support of existence of series capacitance ...... 110

1 1.2. Relationship between photovoltage and photocurrent. ............... 114

1 1.2.1. Condition I (open-circuit) ............................. 115

11.2.2. Condition 2 (short-circuit) ............................. 116

1 1.2.3. Interpretation ofTrissVs first-derivative relationship. .......... 116

1 1.3. Additional evidence. ....................................... 117

11.4. Reconciling data reported by other laboratories. ................... 120


12. Analysis of DC photoelectric signal from bacteriorhodopsin. ............... 121

12.1. Equivalent circuit for DC photoelectric effect ..................... 123

12.2. Null current method ....................................... 125

12.3. Null-current analysis of DC photoelectric data .................... 129

12.4. Interpretation of DC photoelectric data ......................... 133

12.4.1. Step-function photoswitching of proton-translocating channel. . . . 133

12.4.2. Interpretation of voltage dependence of photocurrent. ......... 134

12.4.3. Interpretation of spike-like waveform of photocurrent ......... 135

12.5. I-V analysis ............................................. 136

12.6. Effect of ionophores ....................................... 140

12.7. Evaluation of membrane reconstitution methods ................... 140

12.7.1. Orientation of bR molecules ........................... 144

12.7.2. Is bR completely incorporated in a reconstituted membrane? . ... 144

12.8. Mechanism of ionophore action ............................... 149

13. AC photoelectric signal from other pigments ........................... 151

13.1. Early receptor potential ..................................... 152

13.1.1. Direct measurement ofERP in reconstituted membranes ....... 152

13.1.2. Direct assay ofprotonation and deprotonation .............. 154


13.2. AC photoelectric signal from halorhodopsin ...................... 156

13.3. AC photoelectric signals from photosynthetic reaction centers. ......... 157



14. Comparison ofbacteriorhodopsin and pholosynthetic reaction centers. ........ 159

14.1. Photosynthetic reaction center of Rhudopseudomonus viridis ........... 161

14.2. Structurally different systems with similar functional design ........... 162

15. Comparison ofbacteriorhodopsin and rhodopsin. ....................... 166

15.1. Molecular processes of visual transduction ....................... 166

15.2. Why is ERP not necessarily an epiphenomenon? ................... 168

15.3. Effect of surface potential ................................... 170

15.4. Trigger mechanism of visual transduction ........................ 172

15.5. Visual photoreceptor membrane as field-effect transistor. ............. 172

16. Comparison ofbacteriorhodopsin and halorhodopsin. .................... 175


17. Correlation between electrical and optical responses. ..................... 179

18. Retinal protein research and artificial solar-energy conversion. .............. 184

19. Retinal protein research and molecular electronics ....................... 187

19.1. Bacteriorhodopsin as advanced material ......................... 188

19.2. Concept of intelligent materials ............................... 188

19.3. Molecular devices based on photoelectric effect of bR. ............... 191

19.4. Reverse engineering and biomimetic science. ...................... 195

20. Philosophical digression .......................................... 197

20.1. Experimental data, mathematical models and physical models. ......... 198

20.2. Critique on concept of chemical capacitance ...................... 201

20.3. Tentative nature of physical models ............................ 204

20.4. Ockham's razor and Bayesian analysis .......................... 205

20.5. Postdiction, prediction and parsimony .......................... 207

21. Concluding remarks ............................................ 214

Acknowledgements.................................................. 218

Appendix A....................................................... 219

References........................................................ 225

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Contents
Introduction 241

Physical models and concepts 244

Pholodissociation and surface-aligned photoreactions on insulators 244

Photochemistry on metals and semiconductors 245

MenzelGomer-Redhead model and its variants 246

Multiple electronic transitions 249

STM induced processes 251

Theoretical methods 252

Classical trajectory methods 252

Time-dependent wavepacket methods 254

Time-dependent Schrodinger equation and its solution 254

Application to photodissociation on insulator surfaces 257

Application to DIET: sudden transition approach 258

Application to DIET: multilevel wavepacket methods 259

Density-matrix methods 260

Liouville-von Neumann equation for reduced denshy operator 261

Solution of Liouville-von Neumann equation 263

Application to DIET problems 265

Application to DIMET problems 267

Time-independent quantum mechanical methods 268

Applications 273

Photodissociation on insulator surlaces 273

DIET dynamics on metal and semiconductor surfaces 275

STM-induced DIET or H (D) From Si 275

DIET of NO 281

DIET of NH(3) 286

DIMET dynamics on metal and semiconductor surfaces 291

Control of DIET and DIMET processes 292

Temperature effects 293

Lifetime variation 294

Pulse parameters 294

Initial state selection 294

Conclusion 295

Acknowledgements 297

References 297


 

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