A new generation of experimental techniques quantifies the gas–surface reactivity of
polyatomic reactants prepared in a single quantum state. These experiments eliminate …

Chemical reactions at the gas–surface interface are ubiquitous in the chemical industry as
well as in nature. Investigating these processes at a microscopic, quantum state–resolved …

The dream of theoretical surface chemistry is to predict the outcome of reactions in order to
find the ideal catalyst for a certain application. Having a working ab initio theory in hand …

Industrial steam reformers use temperatures greater than 1000 K to activate methane
dissociation. At these temperatures, typical translational energies (E trans) are much lower …

Reflection absorption infrared spectroscopy (RAIRS) was used to probe for vibrational bond-
selectivity in the dissociative chemisorption of three partially deuterated methane …

Surface chemistry experiments can now quantify the reactivity of polyatomic reagents
prepared in select vibrational states. These studies of vibrationally mediated chemistry are …

Vibrational state resolved measurements of methane's dissociation on Ni (111) show a
strong surface temperature dependence near the translational energy threshold for reaction …

The dehydrogenation of alkane feedstock to produce alkenes is a significant and energy
intensive industrial process, generally occurring on metals and metal oxides. Here, we …

The chemisorption of CH4 on Pt {110}-(1× 2) has been studied by vibrational analysis of the
reaction pathway defined by the potential energy surface and, in time reversal, by first …

The reactivity of methane (CH 4) on Pt (110)-(1× 2) has been studied by quantum state-
resolved surface reactivity measurements. Ground state reaction probabilities, S 0 (v= 0)≅ S …