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Quantum Motion of Chemisorbed Hydrogen on Ni Surfaces

Risto M. NieminenJens K. NørskovBulbul ChakrabortyMartti J. PuskaS. HollowayM. Manninen

subject

nickel surfacesMaterials scienceSolid-state physicsHydrogenwave functionsGeneral Physics and Astronomychemistry.chemical_element02 engineering and technology01 natural sciencesCondensed Matter::Materials ScienceDelocalized electron0103 physical sciencesPhysics::Atomic and Molecular Clustersenergy levels010306 general physicsWave functionQuantumMechanical energyPhysicshydrogen atoms021001 nanoscience & nanotechnologychemistryChemisorptionExcited stateAtomic physics0210 nano-technology

description

Quantum mechanical energy levels and wave functions have been calculated for the motion of chemisorbed hydrogen atoms on Ni surfaces. The results show considerable quantum effects for the adatom in both the ground and the excited states. The description of the adparticles as being delocalized along the surface offers a novel interpretation of several phenomena, in particular the vibrational excitations. Peer reviewed

https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.51.1081