title: CO-NO and CO-O(2) interactions on Cu(100) between 25 and 200 K studied with infrared reflection absorption spectroscopy.
abstract: Infrared reflection absorption spectroscopy (IRAS) has been used to study CO-NO and CO-O(2) interactions on Cu(100) between 25 and 200 K. A strong repulsive interaction between CO and NO on Cu(100) at 25 K causes tilting of the CO molecules away from the surface normal and a blue-shift of the CO vibrational frequency. Upon warming and decomposition of the NO, the CO molecules return to a bonding position normal to the surface plane. The vibrational frequency of CO blue-shifts from 2087 to 2136 cm(-1) upon coadsorption with N and O atoms formed from NO decomposition. On the other hand, the interaction of CO with O(2) at 27 K on Cu(100) in the submonolayer regime induces a red-shift of the CO vibrational frequency. Atomic oxygen, formed on Cu(100) by dissociation of O(2) at 95 K, induces a blue-shift of the vibrational frequency of coadsorbed CO to 2116 cm(-1). The CO vibrational frequency shifts to 2091 cm(-1) when the surface is annealed to 140 K, implying a change in the adsorption geometry of the oxygen atoms on Cu(100).
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Texas A and M University, College Station, Texas 77842-3012, USA.
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: C-W
authors.initials: CW
authors.lastname: Yi
authors.forename: D W
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Goodman