The absorption of photons by an adsorbate/substrate complex may induce a wide range of
physical and chemical processes, such as desorption, dissociation and reactions. Although …

We studied the surface femtochemistry of CO/O 2/Pt (111) induced with 0.3 ps laser pulses
over a wide range of wavelength and fluence. Below 10 μ J/mm 2, the yields depend linearly …

The nature of interaction and the rate of energy flow between an adsorbate and a solid
surface constitutes key issues in surface dynamics. Despite considerable experimental and …

Desorption induced by single and multiple electronic transitions is described by a reduced
density matrix formulation in a discrete energy representation. The discrete energy basis is …

Dissociation of individual cyclopentene molecules on the Si (100) surface is induced and
investigated using cryogenic ultrahigh vacuum scanning tunneling microscopy (STM). Using …

We investigate the recombinative desorption of hydrogen and deuterium from a Ru (0001)
surface initiated by femtosecond laser pulses. We adopt a quantum mechanical two‐state …

The role of the excited state potential in photodesorption dynamics is examined theoretically
within the framework of the generalized Menzel–Gomer–Redhead model, in which the …

This dissertation discusses two sets of experiments. The first set of experiments investigates
the interaction of femtosecond laser pulses with silicon in the environment of a halogen …

This paper describes analytical and numerical results from a model Hamiltonian method
applied to electron transfer (ET) from a quasicontinuum (QC) of states to a set of discrete …

The photon/electron-stimulated desorption dynamics of ammonia from the Cu111 and
Cu100 surfaces is investigated using a three-dimensional two-state quantum model, which …