Abstract
Molecular steering effects have been shown already in a number of cases to constitute an effective mechanism to avoid barriers and enhance sticking at low incidence energies. We present a study of the adsorption process of CO on the surface, where a similar mechanism leads to trapping of some of the molecules in less favorable surface sites. The electronic charge transfers and redistributions connected with this process are analyzed in detail.
- Received 5 December 1997
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.57.10110
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