Effects of Band Structure on Electron Attachment to Adsorbed Molecules: Cross Section Enhancements via Coupling to Image States
- 28 December 1998
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 81 (26) , 5892-5895
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.81.5892
Abstract
Near-zero-energy electrons at the surface of glassy -hexane are strongly trapped by adsorbed molecules, with a cross section larger than those on the solid Kr surface. This enhancement is attributed to the difference in the band structures of solid and Kr near the vacuum level.
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