Quantum and classical dynamics of reactive scattering of H 2 from metal surfaces

GJ Kroes, C Díaz - Chemical Society Reviews, 2016 - pubs.rsc.org
We review the state-of-the art in dynamics calculations on the reactive scattering of H2 from
metal surfaces, which is an important model system of an elementary reaction that is …

Grazing incidence fast atom and molecule diffraction: theoretical challenges

C Díaz, MS Gravielle - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
This perspective article reviews the state-of-the-art of grazing incidence fast atom and
molecule diffraction (GIFAD and GIFMD) simulations and addresses the main challenges …

Lateral line profiles in fast-atom diffraction at surfaces

P Pan, C Kanitz, M Debiossac, A Le-Guen, JN Rad… - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
Grazing incidence fast-atom diffraction (GIFAD) uses keV atoms to probe the topmost layer
of crystalline surfaces. The atoms are scattered by the potential energy landscape of the …

Grazing incidence fast atom diffraction, similarities and differences with thermal energy atom scattering (TEAS)

M Debiossac, P Pan, P Roncin - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2021 - pubs.rsc.org
Grazing incidence fast atom diffraction (GIFAD) at surfaces has made rapid progress and
has established itself as a surface analysis tool where effective energy E⊥ of the motion …

Polar inelastic profiles in fast-atom diffraction at surfaces

P Pan, M Debiossac, P Roncin - Physical Review B, 2021 - APS
Elastic diffraction of fast atoms at crystal surfaces under grazing incidence θ≈ 1° has strong
similarities with atomic diffraction at thermal energies discovered almost hundred years ago …

Dynamical effects as a window into van der Waals interactions in grazing-incidence fast He-atom diffraction from KCl (001)

GA Bocan, H Breiss, S Szilasi, A Momeni… - Physical Review B, 2021 - APS
In this paper we address, both experimentally and theoretically, the very grazing scattering
of He atoms off KCl (001) with incidence along the〈 100〉 channel. Our theoretical model …

Temperature dependence in fast-atom diffraction at surfaces

P Pan, M Debiossac, P Roncin - Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Grazing incidence fast atom diffraction at crystal surfaces (GIFAD or FAD) has demonstrated
coherent diffraction both at effective energies close to one eV (λ⊥≈ 14 pm for He) and at …

Elastic and inelastic diffraction of fast atoms, Debye-Waller factor, and Mössbauer-Lamb-Dicke regime

P Roncin, M Debiossac - Physical Review B, 2017 - APS
The diffraction of fast atoms at crystal surfaces is ideal for a detailed investigation of the
surface electronic density. However, instead of sharp diffraction spots, most experiments …

Refraction of fast Ne atoms in the attractive well of a LiF (001) surface

M Debiossac, P Roncin, AG Borisov - The Journal of Physical …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Ne atoms with energies of≤ 3 keV are diffracted under grazing angles of incidence from a
LiF (001) surface. For a small momentum component of the incident beam perpendicular to …

Anomalous KCl (001) surface corrugation from fast He diffraction at very grazing incidence

GA Bocan, H Breiss, S Szilasi, A Momeni… - Physical Review Letters, 2020 - APS
We present theoretical and experimental evidence of an anomalous surface corrugation
behavior in He-KCl (001) for incidence along⟨ 110⟩. When the He normal energy …