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Condensed Phase Chemical Physics of Low Temperature Amorphous Solids and Gas Surface Interactions (Kay's BES-Surface Kinetics, PNNL Scope #16248)


EMSL Project ID
6500

Abstract

We are investigating the thermodynamic behavior of amorphous solids and amorphous solid water. In addition, we are studying the dynamics of gas surface interactions.

Project Details

Project type
Exploratory Research
Start Date
2003-12-10
End Date
2006-12-17
Status
Closed

Team

Principal Investigator

Bruce Kay
Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Team Members

Tykhon Zubkov
Institution
Ball State University

Zdenek Dohnalek
Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

R. Smith
Institution
Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Related Publications

Dohnalek Z, J Kim, and BD Kay. 2006. "Growth of Epitaxial Thin Pd(111) Films on Pt(111) and Oxygen-Terminated FeO(111) Surfaces ." Surface Science 600(17):3461-3471.
Kim J, Z Dohnalek, and BD Kay. 2005. "Cryogenic CO2 Formation on Oxidized Gold Clusters Synthesized via Reactive Layer Assisted Deposition." Journal of the American Chemical Society 127(42):14592-93.
Kimmel GA, NG Petrik, Z Dohnalek, and BD Kay. 2005. "Crystalline Ice Growth on Pt(111): Observation of a Hydrophobic Water Monolayer." Physical Review Letters 95(16):166102.
Kimmel GA, NG Petrik, Z Dohnalek, and BD Kay. 2006. "Layer-by-Layer Growth of Thin Amorphous Solid Water Films on Pt(111) and Pd(111)." Journal of Chemical Physics 125(4):044713-1 - 044713-12.
Smith RS, T Zubkov, and BD Kay. 2006. "The Effect of the Incident Collision Energy on the Phase and Crystallization Kinetics of Vapor Deposited Water Films." Journal of Chemical Physics 124(11):114710 (7 pages).
Tait SL, Z Dohnalek, C Campbell, and BD Kay. 2005. "Methane Adsorption and Dissociation and Oxygen Adsorption and Reaction with CO on Pd Nanoparticles on MgO(100) and on Pd(111)." Surface Science 591(1-3):90-107.