Steric Effects in the Chemisorption of Vibrationally Excited Methane on Nickel

• Main Author: Yoder, Bruce L. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012.
• Series: Springer Theses
• Subjects: Chemistry.; Physical chemistry.; Chemistry, Physical and theoretical.; Catalysis.; Physical Chemistry.; Theoretical and Computational Chemistry.

Bruce Yoder’s thesis outlines his investigation of the dissociative chemisorption of methane (CH4) on a nickel single crystal. In this work Bruce uses a molecular beam and infrared laser techniques to prepare methane in excited rovibrational states. The excited methane molecules are aligned relative...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Experimental Setup
• State specific preparation and alignment of gas-phase reagents
• State-resolved steric effects in methane chemisorption on Ni(100)
• State-resolved steric effects in CH4(v3) dissociation on Ni(110)
• Summary and Outlook.