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The results in this thesis work demonstrate steric effects in the dissociative chemisorption of vibrationally excited methane on nickel for the first time. A linearly polarized excitation laser was used to prepare a molecular beam of methane in a specific quantum state while simultaneously aligning its angular momentum \( ( {\overrightarrow {J} } ) \) and vibrational transition dipole moment \( ( {\overrightarrow {\mu }_{21} } ) \).
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Yoder, B.L. (2012). Summary and Outlook. In: Steric Effects in the Chemisorption of Vibrationally Excited Methane on Nickel. Springer Theses. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-27679-8_6
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