A new generation of experimental techniques quantifies the gas–surface reactivity of
polyatomic reactants prepared in a single quantum state. These experiments eliminate …

An overview of gaseous ion/surface collisions is presented, with special emphasis on the
behavior of polyatomic projectile ions at hyperthermal collision energies (1–100 eV) and the …

State-resolved gas-surface reactivity measurements revealed that vibrational excitation of ν3
(the antisymmetric CH stretch) activates methane dissociation more efficiently than does …

A consistent, up-to-date description of the extremely manifold and varied experimental
techniques which nowadays enable work with neutral particles. Th book lays the physical …

Energy redistribution, including the many phonon-assisted and electronically assisted
energy-exchange processes at a gas-metal interface, can hamper vibrationally mediated …

Experimental studies of the chemical reaction dynamics of vibrationally excited molecules
reveal the ability of different vibrations to control the course of a reaction. This Perspective …

Although important to heterogeneous catalysis, the ability to accurately model reactions of
polyatomic molecules with metal surfaces has not kept pace with developments in gas …

Chemical reactions at the gas–surface interface are ubiquitous in the chemical industry as
well as in nature. Investigating these processes at a microscopic, quantum state–resolved …

State-resolved measurements on clean Ni (100) and Ni (111) surfaces quantify the reactivity
of CH 4 excited to v= 3 of the ν 4 bend vibration. A comparison with prior data reveals that 3 …

Industrial steam reformers use temperatures greater than 1000 K to activate methane
dissociation. At these temperatures, typical translational energies (E trans) are much lower …