Many‐electron effects in the photoelectron spectra of condensed nitric oxide

Autor: R. P. Messmer, C. M. Kao, T. C. Caves
Rok vydání: 1984
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Zdroj: Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A: Vacuum, Surfaces, and Films. 2:922-926
ISSN: 1520-8559
0734-2101
DOI: 10.1116/1.572549
Popis: The valence and core level photoelectron spectra of NO condensed on various substrates as obtained by Tonner et al. can be successfully explained using an NO dimer model in which the two NO molecules form a weak N–N bond via the 2π orbitals of the monomers, resulting in a nearly square geometry. In both the O(1s) and N(1s) regions of the x‐ray spectrum there are two intense peaks separated by 3.4 eV. From generalized‐valence‐bond calculations we find for the N(1s) case, that the peak with the smaller electron binding energy arises from an intermolecular charge transfer from one NO monomer to the other, while the second peak arises from intramolecular screening. The first two peaks in the valence region, which have the smallest binding energies and are separated by 2.6 eV, arise from final states which have 2A1 and 2B2 symmetries, respectively. The 2π orbitals of the monomers combine in‐phase and out‐of‐phase to form a1 and b2 orbitals of the dimer. The resulting two final states of the dimer depend upon w...
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