Physics – Chemical Physics
Scientific paper
2008-10-15
Phys. Rev. B. 79 035403 (2009)
Physics
Chemical Physics
Typos corrected. Comment on thermal ensemble Green function added in appendix B
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevB.79.035403
We present a model for Desorption Induce by (Multiple) Electronic Transitions (DIET/DIMET) based on potential energy surfaces calculated with the Delta Self-Consistent Field extension of Density Functional Theory. We calculate potential energy surfaces of CO and NO molecules adsorbed on various transition metal surfaces, and show that classical nuclear dynamics does not suffice for propagation in the excited state. We present a simple Hamiltonian describing the system, with parameters obtained from the excited state potential energy surface, and show that this model can describe desorption dynamics in both the DIET and DIMET regime, and reproduce the power law behavior observed experimentally. We observe that the internal stretch degree of freedom in the molecules is crucial for the energy transfer between the hot electrons and the molecule when the coupling to the surface is strong.
Gavnholt Jeppe
Olsen Thomas
Schiøtz Jakob
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