Effects of the vibrational and rotational excitation of reagent on the stereodynamics of the reaction S（3P） + H2→ SH + H

Quasiclassical trajectory （QCT） calculations are first carried out to study the stereodynamics of the S （3p） ＋ H2 → SH ＋ H reaction based on the ab initio 13Atr potential energy surface （PES） （Lii etal. 2012 J. Chem. Phys. 136 094308）. The QCT-calculated reaction probabilities and cross sections for the S ＋ H2 （v = 0, j = 0） reaction are in good agreement with the previous quantum mechanics （QM） results. The vector properties including the alignment, orientation, and polarization- dependent differential cross sections （PDDCSs） of the product SH are presented at a collision energy of 1.8 eV. The effects of the vibrational and rotational excitations of reagent on the stereodynamics are also investigated and discussed in the present work. The calculated QCT results indicate that the vibrational and rotational excitations of reagent play an important role in determining the stereodynamic properties of the title reaction.     

The characteristics of O＋HD （v = 0, j = 0） reaction dynamics

The analytical potential energy function of HDO is constructed at first using the many-body expansion method.The reaction dynamics of O+HD(v = 0,j = 0) in five product channels are all studied by quasi-classical trajectory(QCT) method.The results show that the long-lived complex compound HDO is the dominant product at low collision energy.With increasing collision energy,O+HD → OH+D and O+HD → OD+H exchange reactions will occur with remarkable characteristics,such as near threshold energies,different reaction probabilities,and different reaction cross sections,implying the isotopic effect between H and D.With further increasing collision energy(e.g.,up to 502.08 kJ/mol),O+HD → O+H+D will occur and induce the complete dissociation into single O,H,and D atoms.     

Effect of Reagent Vibrational and Rotational Excitation on the F＋H2 Reaction： Theoretical Study of the Stereodynamics Using Quasi-Classical Trajectory Method

The vector correlations in the reaction F＋H2 （v =0-3, j =0-3）→ HF（v＇, j＇）＋H are investigated using the quasi- classical trajectory method on the Stark-Werner potential energy surface at a collision energy of 1.0eV. The potential distribution P（θr） to angles between k and j＇, the distribution P（Фr） to dihedral angles, denoting k - k＇ - j＇ correlation and the polarization-dependent generalized differential cross sections, are calculated. The effect of reagent vibrational and rotational excitation on the F＋H2 reaction is discussed in detail The results suggest that the different vibrational and rotational quantum states of H2 have different influences on the product polarization.     

Quasi-classical trajectory study of H+LiH(v=0,1,2,j=0)→Li+H_2 reaction on a new global potential energy surface

Quasi-classical trajectory(QCT) calculations are reported for the H+LiH(v = 0–2, j = 0)→Li+H_2 reaction on a new ground electronic state global potential energy surface(PES) of the LiH_2 system. Reaction probability and integral cross sections(ICSs) are calculated for collision energies in the range of 0 eV–0.5 eV. Reasonable agreement is found in the comparison between present results and previous available theoretical results. We carried out statistical analyses with all the trajectories and found two main distinct reaction mechanisms in the collision process, in which the stripping mechanism(i.e., without roaming process) is dominated over the collision energy range. The polarization dependent differential cross sections(PDDCSs) indicate that forward scattering dominates the reaction due to the dominated mechanism. Furthermore,the reactant vibration leads to a reduction of the reactivity because of the barrierless and attractive features of PES and mass combination of the system.     

First Principles Study of Adsorption and Reaction of CO on SrTiO3 （100） Surface： the Role of Surface Oxygen Vacancies

The adsorption and reaction of CO on SrTiO3 （100） surface with and without surface oxygen vacancy are investigated by the first-principles calculation based on the density functional theory. The calculated results reveal that the oxygen vacancy site prefers to the activation of the C-O bond. The adsorption energies increase to 1.0855 and 0.3245eV for defect-CO and defect-OC orientations, respectively. Particularly the C-O bond is elongated by about 0.1285 ？ in the defect-OC orientation compared with that in the Ti-OC one without surface oxygen vacancies. There is predominantly a chemisorption mechanism between the CO molecule and the surface in the defect-CO orientation.     

Stereodynamics study of the H′（^2S） ＋ NH（X^3∑-） 〉 N（4S） ＋ H2 reaction

The stereodynamics and reaction mechanism of the H′（^2S） ＋ NH （X^3∑^-） → N（^4S） ＋ H2 reaction are thoroughly studied at collision energies in the 0.1 eV-1.0 eV range using the quasiclassical trajectory （QCT） on the ground 4A″ potential energy surface （PES）. The distributions of vector correlations between products and reagents P（φr）, P（φr） and P（φr,φr） are presented and discussed. The results indicate that product rotational angular momentum j′ is not only aligned, but also oriented along the direction perpendicular to the scattering plane; further, the product H2 presents different rotational polarization behaviors for different collision energies. Furthermore, four polarization-dependent differential cross sections （PDDCSs） of the product He are also calculated at different collision energies. The reaction mechanism is analyzed based on the stereodynamics properties. It is found that the abstraction mechanism is appropriate for the title reaction.     

Initial Processes of Hydrogen Adsorption on Si（100） Surface

The adsorption of one monolayer H atoms on an ideal Si(100) surface is studied by using the self-consistent tight binding linear muffin-tin orbital method. Energies of adsorption systems of H atoms on different sites are calculated.It is found that the adsorbed H atoms are more favorable on B1 site (bridge site) with a distance 0.056 nm above the Si surface. There does not exist reaction barrier at the Si surface. The layer projected density states are calculated and compared with those of the clean surface. The charge transfers are also investigated.     

Stereodynamics of the He ＋ D2^＋ → HeD^＋ ＋ D Reaction on the PALMIERI Surface

Using the quasi-classical trajectory method, the product rotational polarization of the ion-molecule reaction He^＋D2^＋ has been calculated at different collision energies on the PALMIERI potential energy surface [Palmieri et al. Mol. Phys. 98 （2000） 1835]. The distribution angle between k and j′, P（Or）, the distribution of the dihedral angle P（Фr）, and the angular distribution of product rotational vectors in the form of polar plots in θr and Фr are calculated. In addition, four polarization-dependent differential cross sections are also presented in the center-of-mass frame, respectively. The results indicate that the rotational polarization of the product HeD^＋ presents different characters for different collision energies. These discrepancies may be ascribed to the different collision energies and constructions of the potential energy surface.     

First-Principle Study of H2 Adsorption on Mg3N2（ll0） Surface

The adsorption of H2 on two kinds of Mg3N2（110） crystal surface is studied by first principles. Adsorption sites, adsorption energy, and the electronic structure of the Mg3N2（110）/H2 systems are calculated separately. It is found that H2 is mainly adsorbed as chemical adsorption, on these sites the 1-12 molecules are dissociated and the H atoms tend to the top of two N, respectively, forming two NH, or the H atoms tend to the same N forming one NH2. There are also some physicM adsorption sites. One of the bridge sites of Mg3N2 （110） surface is more favorable than the other sites. On this site, H atoms tend to the top of two N, forming two NH. This process belongs to strong chemical adsorption. The interaction between 1-12 molecule and Mg3N2（110） surface is mainly due to the overlap-hybridization among Hls, N 2s, and N 2p states, covalent bonds are formed between the N and H atoms.     

Effects of collision energy and rotational quantum number on stereodynamics of the reactions:H(~2S)+NH(v=0,j=0,2,5,10)→N(~4S)+H_2

The stereodynamical properties of H(~2S) + NH(v = 0,j = 0,2,5,10)→N(~4S) + H_2 reactions are studied in this paper by using the quasi-classical trajectory(QCT) method with different collision energies on the double many-body expansion(DMBE) potential energy surface(PES)(Poveda L A and Varandas A J C 2005 Phys.Chem.Chem.Phys.7 2867).In a range of collision energy from 2 to 20 kcal/mol,the vibrational rotational quantum numbers of the NH molecules are specifically investigated on v = 0 and j = 0,2,5,10 respectively.The distributions of P(θ_r),P(φ_r),P(θ_r,φ_r),(2π/σ)(dσ_(00)/dω_t)differential cross-section(DCSs) and integral cross-sections(ICSs) are calculated.The ICSs,computed for collision energies from 2 kcal/mol to 20 kcal/mol,for the ground state are in good agreement with the cited data.The results show that the reagent rotational quantum number and initial collision energy both have a significant effect on the distributions of the k-j',the k-k'-j',and the k-k' correlations.In addition,the DCS is found to be susceptible to collision energy,but it is not significantly affected by the rotational excitation of reagent.     

Coverage Dependence of Growth Mode in Heteroepitaxy of Ni on Cu（100） Surface

A realistic kinetic Monte Carlo （KMC） simulation model with physical parameters is developed, which well reproduces the heteroepitaxial growth of multilayered Ni thin film on Cu（100） surfaces at room temperature. The effects of mass transport between interlayers and edge diffusion of atoms along the islands are included in the simulation model, and the surface roughness and the layer distribution versus total coverage are calculated. Speeially, the simulation model reveals the transition of growth mode with coverage and the difference between the Ni heteroepitaxy on Cu（100） and the Ni homoepitaxy on Ni（100）. Through comparison of KMC simulation with the real scanning tunneling microscopy （STM） experiments, the Ehrlich-Schwoebel （ES） barrier Ees is estimated to be 0.18±0.02 eV for Ni/Cu（100） system while 0.28 eV for Ni/Ni（100）. The simulation also shows that the growth mode depends strongly on the thickness of thin film and the surface temperature, and the critical thickness of growth mode transition is dependent on the growth condition such as surface temperature and deposition flux as well.     

Nitrogen Adatom Diffusion on a Ga－Rich GaN （0001） Surface

The diffusion of N adatoms on a Ga-rich GaN(O001) surface has been studied using density-functional theory.The configuration of Ga adatoms on a Ga-rich GaN surface has been identified. The first adlayer Ga adatoms are on top of the terminating substrate Ga atoms, and the outmost adlayer Ga adatoms exist randomly at the T4 or H3 sites. A very different diffusivity of N adatoms on a Ga-rich GaN(0001) surface has been found. The excess Ga adatoms on a GaN(0001) surface reduce the diffusion barrier by 0.75eV and influence the migration path. It seems that bilayer Ga adatoms are helpful for N atom diffusion.     

Vector correlations study of the reaction N(~2D) + H_2(X~1Σ_g~+) →NH(a~1?) + H(~2S) with different collision energies and reagent vibration excitations

Vector correlations of the reaction N(2D)+ H2(X1Σ+g) → NH(a1?)+ H(2S) are studied based on a recent DMBESEC PES for the first excited state of NH2[J. Phys. Chem. A 114 9644(2010)] by using a quasi-classical trajectory method.The effects of collision energy and the reagent initial vibrational excitation on cross section and product polarization are investigated for v = 0–5 and j = 0 states in a wide collision energy range(10–50 kcal/mol). The integral cross section could be increased by H2 vibration excitation remarkably based on the DMBE-SEC PES. The different phenomena of differential cross sections with different collision energies and reagent vibration excitations are explained. Particularly,the NH molecules are scattered mainly in the backward hemisphere at low vibration quantum number and evolve from backward to forward direction with increasing vibration quantum number, which could be explained by the fact that the vibrational excitation enlarges the H–H distance in the entrance channel, thus enhancing the probability of collision between N atom and H atom. A further study on product polarization demonstrates that the collision energy and vibrational excitation of the reagent remarkably influence the distributions of P(θr), P(φr), and P(θr, φr).     

Quasiclassical trajectory theoretical study on the chemical stereodynamics of the O(~1D)+H_2→OH+H reaction and its isotopic variants (HD,D_2)

The quasiclassical trajectory (QCT) method is used to study stereodynamic information about the reaction O ( 1 D) + H 2 →OH + H on the DK (Dobbyn and Knowles) (1 1 A' ) ab initio potential energy surface (PES). A wide scale of collision energy (E c ) from 0.05 eV to 0.5 eV is considered in the dynamic calculations. To reveal the rovibrational excitation effect, calculations at a collision energy of 0.52 eV are carried out for the v = 0 ～ 5, j = 0 and v = 0, j = 0 ～ 15 initial states. The two popularly used polarization-dependent differential cross sections (PDDCSs), dσ 00 /dω t (0, 0) and dσ 20 /dω t (2, 0), and two angular distributions, P(θ r ) and P( r ) are calculated to obtain an insight into the alignment and the orientation of the product molecules. From the calculations, we can obtain that the alignment of the OH product is weaker at high collision energy and becomes stronger with the increase of initial vibrational level, and it is almost insensitive to the initially rotational excitation. Influences of the mass values of isotopes (HD, D 2 ) on the stereodynamics are also shown and discussed. Comparisons between available theoretical results and experimental results are made and discussed.     

First-principle study of Mg adsorption on Si（111） surfaces

We have carried out first-principle calculations of Mg adsorption on Si(111) surfaces. Different adsorption sites and coverage effects have been considered. We found that the threefold hollow adsorption is energy-favoured in each coverage considered, while for the clean Si(111) surface of metallic feature, we found that 0.25 and 0.5 ML Mg adsorption leads to a semiconducting surface. The results for the electronic behaviour suggest a polarized covalent bonding between the Mg adatom and Si(111) surface.     

xF （or y）-Dependence of Nuclear Absorption and Energy Loss Effects on J/ψ Production

By means of the nuclear parton distribution studied only with lepton deep-inelastic scattering experimental data, the J/ψ ＂normal nuclear absorption＂ and energy loss effects are studied in a GIauber formalism at HERA and RHIC energies. Assuming that the absorption cross section σabs increases with the charmonium-nucleon center of mass energy, the results reveal a significant dependence of the aabs on rapidity g at RHIC energies. The initial-state energy loss effect, which is found important only at HERA energies, is also considered, and its influence should be eliminated when we studied the absorption effect at low collision energies. Finally, we also present the theoretical prediction for LHC.     

Initial Processes of Sulfur Adsorption on Si（100） Surface

The adsorption of one monolayer S atoms on ideal Si（100） surface is studied by using the self-consistent tight binding linear muffon-tin orbital method. Energies of adsorption systems ors atoms on different sites are calculated. It is found that the adsorbed S atoms are more favorable on B1 site （bridge site） with a distance 0.131 nm above the Si surface. The .S, Si mixed layer might exist at S/Si（100） interface. The layer projected density of states are calculated and compared with that of the clean surface. The charge transfers are also investigated.     

The effect of collision energy on the stereodynamics of the reaction H(~2S)+NH(X~3∑~-,v = 0,j = 0)→ N(~4S)+H_2

The quasi-classical trajectory(QCT) is calculated to study the stereodynamics properties of the title reaction H(2S)+NH(X3∑-) →N(4S)+H2 on the ground state 4A' potential energy surface(PES) constructed by Zhai and Han [2011 J.Chem.Phys.135 104314].The calculated QCT reaction probabilities and cross sections are in good agreement with the previous theoretical results.The effects of the collision energy on the k-k' distribution and the product polarization of H2 are studied in detail.It is found that the scattering direction of the product is strongly dependent on the collision energy.With the increase in the collision energy,the scattering directions of the products change from backward scattering to forward scattering.The distribution of P(θr) is strongly dependent on the collision energy below the lower collision energy(about 11.53 kcal/mol).In addition,the P(φr) distribution dramatically changes as the collision energy increases.The calculated QCT results indicate that the collision energy plays an important role in determining the stereodynamics of the title reaction.     

Ar adsorptions on Al （111） and Ir （111） surfaces： a first-principles study

We investigate the adsorptions of Ar on Al (111) and Ir (111) surfaces at the four high symmetry sites,i.e.,top,bridge,fcc-and hcp-hollow sites at the coverage of 0.25 monolayer (ML) using the density functional theory within the generalized gradient approximation of Perdew,Burke and Ernzerhof functions.The geometric structures,the binding energies,the electronic properties of argon atoms adsorbed on Al (111) and Ir (111) surfaces,the difference in electron density between on the Al (111) surface and on the Ir (111) surface and the total density of states are calculated.Our studies indicate that the most stable adsorption site of Ar on the Al (111) surface is found to be the fcc-hollow site for the (2 × 2) structure.The corresponding binding energy of an argon atom at this site is 0.538 eV/Ar atom at a coverage of 0.25 ML.For the Ar adsorption on Ir (111) surface at the same coverage,the most favourable site is the hcp-hollow site,with a corresponding binding energy of 0.493 eV.The total density of states (TDOS) is analysed for Ar adsorption on Al (111) surface and it is concluded that the adsorption behaviour is dominated by the interaction between 3s,3p orbits of Ar atom and the 3p orbit of the base Al metal and the formation of sp hybrid orbital.For Ar adsorption on Ir (111) surface,the conclusion is that the main interaction in the process of Ar adsorption on Ir (111) surface comes from the 3s and 3p orbits of argon atom and 5d orbit of Ir atom.     

Effect of ro-vibrational excitation of NeH~+ on the stereodynamics for the reactions H+NeH~+(v=1-3,j=1,3,5) →H_2~++Ne

The stereodynamics of the abstraction reaction H + NeH+(v = 1-3,j = 1,3,5) → H2+ + Ne is studied theoretically with a quasi-classical trajectory method on a new ab initio potential energy surface [ S J,Zhang P Y,Han K L and He G Z 2012 J.Chem.Phys.132 014303].The effects of vibrational and rotational excitation of reagent molecules on the polarization of the product are investigated.The reaction cross sections,the distributions of P(θr),P(φr),and polarizationdependent differential cross sections(PDDCSs) are calculated.The obtained cross sections indicate that the title reaction is a typical barrierless atom(ion)-ion(molecule) reaction.The initial vibrational excitation and rotational excitation of reagent molecules have distinctly different influences on stereodynamics of the title reaction,and the possible reasons for the differences are presented.