eprintid: 91473 rev_number: 44 eprint_status: archive userid: 608 dir: disk0/00/09/14/73 datestamp: 2010-10-18 18:02:45 lastmod: 2021-11-29 00:13:33 status_changed: 2010-10-18 18:02:45 type: article metadata_visibility: show item_issues_count: 0 creators_name: Ranea, VA creators_name: Michaelides, A creators_name: Ramirez, R creators_name: de Andres, PL creators_name: Verges, JA creators_name: King, DA title: Water dimer diffusion on Pd{111} assisted by an H-bond donor-acceptor tunneling exchange ispublished: pub divisions: UCL divisions: B04 divisions: C06 divisions: F60 keywords: SURFACES, RU(0001) note: © 2004 The American Physical Society abstract: Based on the results of density functional theory calculations, a novel mechanism for the diffusion of water dimers on metal surfaces is proposed, which relies on the ability of H bonds to rearrange through quantum tunneling. The mechanism involves quasifree rotation of the dimer and exchange of H-bond donor and acceptor molecules. At appropriate temperatures, water dimers diffuse more rapidly than water monomers, thus providing a physical explanation for the experimentally measured high diffusivity of water dimers on Pd{111} [Mitsui et al., Science 297, 1850 (2002)]. date: 2004-04-02 publisher: AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOC official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.136104 vfaculties: VMPS oa_status: green language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green article_type_text: Article verified: verified_manual elements_source: Web of Science elements_id: 110046 doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.136104 language_elements: EN lyricists_name: Michaelides, Angelos lyricists_id: AMICH30 full_text_status: public publication: PHYS REV LETT volume: 92 number: 13 article_number: 136104 issn: 0031-9007 citation: Ranea, VA; Michaelides, A; Ramirez, R; de Andres, PL; Verges, JA; King, DA; (2004) Water dimer diffusion on Pd{111} assisted by an H-bond donor-acceptor tunneling exchange. PHYS REV LETT , 92 (13) , Article 136104. 10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.136104 <https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.92.136104>. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/91473/1/91473.pdf