Inelastic multiphonon helium scattering from a stepped Ni(977) surface
- 22 October 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by AIP Publishing in The Journal of Chemical Physics
- Vol. 109 (16), 6947-6955
- https://doi.org/10.1063/1.477262
Abstract
The multiphonon energy exchange between a neutral He atom and a stepped Ni(977) surface has been measured in order to examine how the presence of a regular array of atomic-scale steps on a surface modifies energy exchange in the classical multiphonon scattering regime. At elevated substrate temperatures, we compare the multiphonon scattering with the predictions of a classical theory that has previously been used by others for assessing energy exchange involving a smooth surface. There is a significant discrepancy between the theoretical predictions and our experimental data, which we attribute to differences between a smooth and stepped surface. Specifically, changes in the vibrational modes and associated surfacedensity of states due to the presence of extended surface defects have a fundamental impact on the details of the energy exchange mechanism.This publication has 60 references indexed in Scilit:
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