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Interaction of silicon cluster ions with ammonia: Annealing, equilibria, high temperature kinetics, and saturation studies

J. Chem. Phys. 94, 3607 (1991); doi:10.1063/1.459732

Issue Date: 1 March 1991

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Martin F. Jarrold, Yumi Ijiri, and Urmi Ray
AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey 07974
The results of extensive studies of the chemical reactions of size selected silicon cluster ions (containing up to 70 atoms) with ammonia are described. At room temperature all clusters react at close to the collision rate and collisional annealing of the clusters does not influence their reactivity. At temperatures slightly above room temperature (~400 K) it is possible to establish an equilibrium. Binding energies of ammonia to the silicon clusters of ~1 eV were determined from measurements of the equilibrium constants as a function of temperature. These small binding energies indicate that molecular adsorption occurs at close to room temperature. Saturation experiments reveal that ammonia only binds molecularly to a small number of sites on the clusters. In contrast, on bulk silicon surfaces at room temperature, rapid dissociative chemisorption occurs until all the surface dangling bonds are saturated. At temperatures above ~470 K another process, probably dissociative chemisorption, becomes important. Absolute rate constants were measured for clusters with 30–70 atoms at a temperature of 700 K where the dissociative chemisorption process dominates. The sticking probabilities at this temperature are between 10−3 and 10−5, two to four orders of magnitude smaller than on bulk silicon at 700 K. The Journal of Chemical Physics is copyrighted by The American Institute of Physics.
History: Received 10 September 1990; accepted 30 November 1990
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Keywords
PACS
  • 36.40.+d
    Studies of special atoms and molecules Atomic and molecular clusters
  • 82.30.Fi
    Physical chemistry Specific chemical reactions; reaction mechanisms Ionmolecule, ionion, and charge-transfer reactions
  • 82.65.My
    Physical chemistry Surface and interface chemistry Chemisorption
  • 82.20.Pm
    Physical chemistry Chemical kinetics Measurements of rate constants, reaction cross sections, and activation energies
  • YEAR: 1990-91

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