Chemical Dynamics at the Gas-Surface Interface – Probing and Controlling Surface Chemistry by Laser Radiation – Quantum State Resolved Surface Reactivity Measurements.
In our group, we study the elementary steps of chemical reactions between gas-phase molecules and solid surfaces such as the chemisorption of methane on a nickel catalyst. We use molecular beams and laser radiation to probe the reaction process at a molecular level by performing quantum state resolved reactivity measurements.
Journal Articles 2022 2021 Infrared Activities of Adsorbed Species on Metal Surfaces: The Puzzle of Adsorbed Methyl (CH3) X. Zhou ; H. Vejayan ; R. D. Beck ; H. Guo ; B. Jiang
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters . 2021-11-10. Vol. 12 , num. 45 , p. 11164-11169. DOI : 10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c03342. Highly Efficient Activation of HCl Dissociation on Au(111) via Rotational Preexcitation N. Gerrits ; J. Geweke ; D. J. Auerbach ; R. D. Beck ; G-J. Kroes
The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters . 2021-07-27. Vol. 12 , num. 30 , p. 7252-7260. DOI : 10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c02093. 2020 Quantum state and surface-site-resolved studies of methane chemisorption by vibrational spectroscopies A. Gutiérrez-González ; R. D. Beck
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics . 2020-07-29. Vol. 22 , num. 31 , p. 17448-17459. DOI : 10.1039/D0CP03134H. 2019 Unraveling the complexity of oxygen reactions on Pt surfaces A. Gutiérrez González ; R. D. Beck
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences . 2019-07-02. Vol. 116 , num. 28 , p. 13727-13728. DOI : 10.1073/pnas.1908295116. CHD3 Dissociation on the Kinked Pt(210) Surface: A Comparison of Experiment and Theory H. Chadwick ; A. Gutiérrez-González ; R. D. Beck ; G-J. Kroes
The Journal of Physical Chemistry C . 2019-05-22. Vol. 123 , num. 23 , p. 14530-14539. DOI : 10.1021/acs.jpcc.9b03051. Transferability of the SRP32-vdW specific reaction parameter functional to CHD3 dissociation on Pt(110)-(2 × 1) H. Chadwick ; A. Gutiérrez-González ; R. D. Beck ; G-J. Kroes
The Journal of Chemical Physics . 2019-03-25. Vol. 150 , num. 12 , p. 124702. DOI : 10.1063/1.5081005. 2018 Bond selective dissociation of methane (CH3D) on the steps and terraces of Pt(211) A. Gutiérrez González ; F. F. Crim ; R. D. Beck
Journal of Chemical Physics . 2018-08-16. Vol. 149 , p. 074701. DOI : 10.1063/1.5041349. Vibrational Energy Redistribution in a Gas-Surface Encounter: State-to-State Scattering of CH4 from Ni(111) J. Werdecker ; M. E. van Reijzen ; B-J. Chen ; R. D. Beck
Physical Review Letters . 2018-01-31. Vol. 120 , num. 5 , p. 053402. DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.053402. 2017 Quantum State–Resolved Studies of Chemisorption Reactions H. Chadwick ; R. D. Beck
Annual Review of Physical Chemistry . 2017. Vol. 68 , p. 39-61. DOI : 10.1146/annurev-physchem-052516-044910. Dynamics of methane dissociation on transition metals A. C. Luntz ; R. D. Beck
Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A . 2017. Vol. 35 , num. 5 , p. 05C201-05C206. DOI : 10.1116/1.4980145. 2016 Quantum state resolved gas–surface reaction dynamics experiments: a tutorial review H. J. Chadwick ; R. D. Beck
Chemical Society Reviews . 2016. Vol. 45 , num. 13 , p. 3576-3594. DOI : 10.1039/C5CS00476D. 2015 State-Resolved Methane Dissociation on Pt(111) Studied by Reflection Absorption Infrared Spectroscopy H. Ueta ; L. Chen ; R. D. Beck
Journal of the surface science society of Japan . 2015. Vol. 36 , num. 12 , p. 614-619. DOI : 10.1380/jsssj.36.614. The Negligible Role of C-H Stretch Excitation in the Physisorption of CH4 on Pt(111) L. Chen ; H. Ueta ; H. J. Chadwick ; R. D. Beck
Journal of Physical Chemistry C . 2015. Vol. 119 , num. 26 , p. 14499-14505. DOI : 10.1021/jp5064897. 2014 Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics Calculations versus Quantum-State- Resolved Experiments on CHD3 + Pt(111): New Insights into a Prototypical Gas−Surface Reaction F. Nattino ; H. Ueta ; H. J. Chadwick ; V. Reijzen ; M. Eduard et al.
Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters . 2014. Vol. 5 , p. 1294−1299. DOI : 10.1021/jz500233n. 2013 Quantum state-resolved CH4 dissociation on Pt(111): coverage dependent barrier heights from experiment and density functional theory H. Ueta ; L. Chen ; R. D. Beck ; I. Colon-Diaz ; B. Jackson
Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics . 2013. Vol. 15 , p. 20526-20535. DOI : 10.1039/c3cp52244j. Quantum state-resolved gas/surface reaction dynamics probed by reflection absorption infrared spectroscopy L. Chen ; H. Ueta ; R. Bisson ; R. D. Beck
Review of Scientific Instruments . 2013. Vol. 84 , p. 053902. DOI : 10.1063/1.4803933. 2012 The sticking probability of D2O-water on ice: Isotope effects and the influence of vibrational excitation P. M. Hundt ; R. Bisson ; R. D. Beck
Journal of Chemical Physics . 2012. Vol. 137 , p. 074701. DOI : 10.1063/1.4742914. Vibrationally bond-selected chemisorption of methane isotopologues on Pt(111) studied by reflection absorption infrared spectroscopy L. Chen ; H. Ueta ; R. Bisson ; R. D. Beck
Faraday Discussions- Royal Society of Chemistry . 2012. Vol. 157 , p. 285-295. DOI : 10.1039/C2FD20007D. 2011 Alignment dependent chemisorption of vibrationally excited CH4(3) on Ni(100), Ni(110), and Ni(111) B. Yoder ; R. Bisson ; P. M. Hundt ; R. D. Beck
Journal of Chemical Physics . 2011. Vol. 135 , p. 224703. DOI : 10.1063/1.3665136. 2010 Mode-specific reactivity of CH4 on Pt(110)-(1×2): The concerted role of stretch and bend excitation R. Bisson ; M. Sacchi ; R. D. Beck
Physical Review -Series B- . 2010. Vol. 82 , num. 12 , p. 121404(R). DOI : 10.1103/PhysRevB.82.121404. Steric Effects in the Chemisorption of Vibrationally Excited Methane on Ni(100) B. Yoder ; R. Bisson ; R. D. Beck
Science . 2010. Vol. 329 , p. 553. DOI : 10.1126/science.1191751. State-resolved reactivity of CH4 on Pt(110)-(1 x 2): The role of surface orientation and impact site R. Bisson ; M. Sacchi ; R. D. Beck
Journal of Chemical Physics . 2010. Vol. 132 , num. 9 , p. 094702. DOI : 10.1063/1.3328885. 2008 Vibrational Activation in Direct and Precursor-Mediated Chemisorption of SiH4 on Si(100) R. Bisson ; T. T. Dang ; M. Sacchi ; R. D. Beck
Journal of Chemical Physics . 2008. Vol. 129 , num. 8 , p. 081103. DOI : 10.1063/1.2976563. 2007 State-Resolved Reactivity of CH4(2ν3) on Pt(111) and Ni(111): Effects of Barrier Height and Transition State Location R. Bisson ; M. Sacchi ; T. T. Dang ; B. Yoder ; P. Maroni et al.
Journal of Physical Chemistry A . 2007. Vol. 111 , num. 49 , p. 12679-12683. DOI : 10.1021/jp076082w. Cavity ring-down spectroscopy of jet-cooled silane isotopologues in the Si-H stretch overtone region R. Bisson ; T. T. Dang ; M. Sacchi ; R. D. Beck
Journal of Chemical Physics . 2007. Vol. 127 , num. 24 , p. 244301. DOI : 10.1063/1.2819072. 2006 2005 2004 Quantum state resolved studies of gas/surface reaction dynamics R. D. Beck ; T. Rizzo
Chimia . 2004. Vol. 58 , num. 5 , p. 306-310. DOI : 10.2533/000942904777677867. 2003 Molecular-beam/surface-science apparatus for state-resolved chemisorption studies using pulsed-laser preparation M. P. Schmid ; P. Maroni ; R. D. Beck ; T. R. Rizzo
Review of Scientific Instruments . 2003. Vol. 74 , num. 9 , p. 4110-4120. DOI : 10.1063/1.1599064. 2002 Surface reactivity of highly vibrationally excited molecules prepared by pulsed laser excitation: CH4 (2 nu(3)) on Ni(100) M. Schmid ; P. Maroni ; R. D. Beck ; T. Rizzo
Journal of Chemical Physics . 2002. Vol. 117 , num. 19 , p. 8603-8606. DOI : 10.1063/1.1519860. Double-resonance overtone photofragment spectroscopy of trans-HONO. II. State- and time-resolved dissociation and OH-product state distributions F. Reiche ; B. Abel ; R. D. Beck ; T. Rizzo
Journal of Chemical Physics . 2002. Vol. 116 , num. 23 , p. 10267. DOI : 10.1063/1.1471236. 2000 Double-resonance overtone photofragment spectroscopy of trans-HONO. I. Spectroscopy and intramolecular dynamics F. Reiche ; B. Abel ; R. D. Beck ; T. R. Rizzo
Journal of Chemical Physics . 2000. Vol. 112 , num. 20 , p. 8885-8898. DOI : 10.1063/1.481502. Conference Papers 2019 Quantum state-resolved studies of gas/surface reaction dynamics by vibrational spectroscopies R. Beck
2019-03-31. National Meeting of the American-Chemical-Society (ACS), Orlando, FL, Mar 31-Apr 04, 2019. Theses 2023 Gas/Surface reactions probed by reflection absorption infrared spectroscopy H. Vejayan / R. Beck (Dir.)
Lausanne , EPFL , 2023. 2022 State-to-state surface scattering of methane studied by bolometric infrared laser tagging detection B-J. Chen / R. Beck (Dir.)
Lausanne , EPFL , 2022. 2019 2018 2016 2014 Quantum-state resolved gas/surface reaction dynamics of water and methane P. M. Hundt / R. D. Beck (Dir.)
Lausanne , EPFL , 2014. 2012 Vibrationally Bond-Selective Chemisorption of Methane Isotopologues on Pt(111) Studied by Reflection Absorption Infrared Spectroscopy L. Chen / R. D. Beck (Dir.)
Lausanne , EPFL , 2012. 2010 Steric Effects in the Chemisorption of Vibrationally Excited Methane on Nickel B. Yoder / R. D. Beck (Dir.)
Lausanne , EPFL , 2010. 2008 The effect of molecular vibrations and surface structure on the chemisorption of methane on platinum M. Sacchi / R. D. Beck (Dir.)
Lausanne , EPFL , 2008. 2007 Quantum state-resolved studies of direct and precursor-mediated dissociative chemisorption of silane on Si(100) T. T. Dang / R. D. Beck (Dir.)
Lausanne , EPFL , 2007. 2005 Bond- and mode-specific reactivity of methane on Ni(100) P. Maroni / R. D. Beck (Dir.)
Lausanne , EPFL , 2005. Book Chapters 2013 Quantum-State Resolved Gas/Surface Dynamics Experiments R. D. Beck ; A. L. Utz
Dynamics of Gas-Surface Interactions: Atomic-level Understanding of Scattering Processes at Surfaces ; Springer , 2013. p. 179-212.