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Phys. Rev. Lett. 87, 166102 (2001) [4 pages]

Oxidation of a Single Carbon Monoxide Molecule Manipulated and Induced with a Scanning Tunneling Microscope

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J. R. Hahn* and W. Ho†
Department of Physics and Astronomy and Department of Chemistry, University of California, Irvine, California 92697-4575

Received 15 May 2001; published 28 September 2001

A carbon monoxide molecule (CO) was positioned with a scanning tunneling microscope (STM) at various distances from an oxygen atom (O) on the Ag(110) surface at 13 K. At the closest separation, carbon dioxide ( CO2) production was induced by tunneling electrons. Direct reaction of a CO desorbed from the STM tip with an O atom on Ag(110) illustrates another catalytic oxidation mechanism. Inelastic electron tunneling spectroscopy with the STM was used to monitor the vibrations of CO in its different environment.

© 2001 The American Physical Society

URL:
http://link.aps.org/doi/10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.166102
DOI:
10.1103/PhysRevLett.87.166102
PACS:
68.37.Ef, 07.79.Cz, 82.30.-b, 82.65.+r

*Present address: School of Chemistry, Seoul National University, Seoul 151-742, Korea.

†To whom correspondence should be addressed. Email address: wilsonho@uci.edu.

 
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