Ozonolysis by microwave discharge of oxygen of naphthalene adsorbed on florisil

Microwave discharge of O₂ produces O(³P) atoms which form O₃ on florisil surface. Reaction with adsorbed naphthalene results in $\text{o}$-formylcinnamaldehydes as the main product.     

Rates of desorption from solid surfaces: Coverage dependence

The recently developed Classical Stochastic Diffusion Theory is applied to obtain the coverage dependence of desorption rates for Xe on W(111). Using the attractive Xe-Xe potential from gas phase experiments, we find a strong coverage dependence in the desorption rates and calculate Temperature Programmed Desorption Spectra (for a potential with reduced attractiveness) that are in excellent qualitative agreement with experimental results. We also investigated the effect of purely repulsive adsorbate-adsorbate interactions where we find, for some coverage ranges, that two different adsorption configurations can be stable (at different temperatures) leading to a marked change in the corresponding desorption rates and to distinct non-Arrhenius behavior.     

Evidence for the 1/rij mechanism. Inhomogeneous line broadening in the Rydberg spectrum of naphthalene

Theoretical discussion of the line shape of vibronic resonances in the Rydberg spectrum of naphthalene is presented. The spectrum provides strong evidence for the 1/r_ij mechanism recently proposed by the author. The results of this work are in disagreement with the work of Jortner and Morris.