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Manipulation and control of hydrogen bond dynamics in absorbed ice nanoclusters

Gawronski, H; Carrasco, J; Michaelides, A; Morgenstern, K; (2008) Manipulation and control of hydrogen bond dynamics in absorbed ice nanoclusters. PHYS REV LETT , 101 (13) , Article 136102. 10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.136102. Green open access

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Abstract

Inelastic electron tunneling is used to explore the dynamics of ice nanoclusters adsorbed on Ag(111). The diffusion of entire nanoclusters or internal hydrogen bond rearrangement can be selectively controlled by injecting electrons either directly into the clusters themselves or indirectly ("indirect inelastic electron tunneling'') into the substrate at distances of up to 20 nm from them; a reaction probability that oscillates with the tip-cluster lateral distance presents evidence that surface state electrons mediate the excitation. Density functional theory calculations reveal a strong sensitivity of the computed activation energies of the individual processes to the applied electrical field.

Type: Article
Title: Manipulation and control of hydrogen bond dynamics in absorbed ice nanoclusters
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.136102
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.101.136102
Language: English
Additional information: © 2008 The American Physical Society
Keywords: SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPE, SINGLE-MOLECULE CHEMISTRY, EXCITATION, SURFACE, SPECTROSCOPY, MODES
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL BEAMS > Faculty of Maths and Physical Sciences > Dept of Physics and Astronomy
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/168412
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