Hexapole Focusing of Optically-Pumped Molecules: Vibrational Promotion of Electron Emission

在这个由化学系实验物理化学计划资助的奖项中，Alec M.加州-圣巴巴拉大学的Wodtke和他的博士后和研究生将研究当金属表面被振动激发的分子轰击时电子从金属表面的喷射。 这些实验的目的是更好地理解分子和表面相互作用的方式。 这项工作可能有助于科学家开发更好的多相催化模型-一个工业和经济上重要的过程。除了拟议研究的更广泛的科学影响外，从事这一项目的年轻科学家将获得一些复杂科学技术的专门知识，包括激光光谱学、微真空和分子束方法。

In this award, funded by the Experimental Physical Chemistry Program of the Chemistry Division, Prof. Alec M. Wodtke of the University of California - Santa Barbara and his post-doctoral and graduate research students will investigate electron ejection from metal surfaces when they are bombarded with vibrationally excited molecules. The goal of these experiments is to develop a better understanding of the ways in which molecules and surfaces interact. The work may help scientists to develop better models for heterogeneous catalysis - an industrially and economically important process. Besides the broader scientific impacts of the proposed studies, the young scientists working on this project will gain expertise in a number of sophisticated scientific techniques, including laser spectroscopy, ultrahigh vacuum and molecular beam methods.