Abstract
The various phenomena associated with the desorption of neutral and ionic species from surfaces under bombardment by electrons, generally in the 10–300 eV range, are collectively known as ESD (electron-stimulated desorption) or EID (electron-impact desorption). Related effects, for instance, the rearrangement of adsorbates under electron impact or the ejection of weakly bound species by direct momentum transfer from electron des orbed atoms or molecules are also included. The excitation processes and the subsequent evolutions of the substrate-adsorbate systems on excited state potential hypersurfaces are of great intrinsic interest and can illuminate aspects of bonding at surfaces hard to study by other means. ESD also serves as a probe of different binding states, since desorption cross sections and products are sensitive to the details of adsorption. Finally ESD and the closely related photon stimulated desorption (PSD) are of technological importance, for instance in plasma-wall interactions in fusion reactors of the Tokamak type.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
References
R.H. Plumlee and L.P. Smith, J. App. Phys. 21, 811 (1950)
J.R. Young, J. App. Phys, 31, 921 (1960)
G.E. Moore, J. App. Phys. 32, 1241 (1961)
P.E. Redhead, Can. J. Phys. 42, 886 (1964)
D. Menzel and R. Gomer, J. Chem. Phys. 41, 3311 (1964)
J.J. Czyzewski, T.E. Madey and J.T. Yates, Phys. Rev. Lett. 32, 777 (1974)
P.J. Feibelman and M.L. Knotek, Phys. Rev. B18, 6531 (1978)
C. Leung, Ch. Steinbrüchel and R. Gomer, App. Phys. 14, 79 (1977)
Q.-J. Zhang and R. Gomer, to be published
C. Leung, M. Vass and R. Gomer, Surf. Sci. 66, 67 (1977)
T.E. Madey and J.T. Yates, J. Vac. Sci. Tech. 8, 525 (1971)
D.E. Ramaker, C.T. White and J.S. Murday, J. Vac. Sci. Tech. 18, 748 (1981)
P.J. Feibelman, Surf. Sci. 102, L51 (1981)
W. Brenig, this volume
K.F. Freed, to be published
P. Antoniewicz, Phys. Rev. B21, 3811 (1980)
Q.-J. Zhang and R. Gomer, Surf. Sci. 109, 567 (1981)
M.B. Webb, private communication
J. Kirschner, D. Menzel and P. Staib, Surf. Sci. 87, L267 (1979)
R. Franchy and D. Menzel, Phys. Rev. Lett. 43, 865 (1979)
I.G. Newsham and D.R. Sandstrom, J. Vac. Sci. Tech. 10, 39 (1973)
C. Kohrt and R. Gomer, J. Chem. Phys. 52, 3283 (1970)
T. Engel, H. Niehus and E. Bauer, Surf. Sci. 52, 237 (1975)
Q.-J. Zhang and R. Gomer, to be published
S.-L. Weng, Phys. Rev. B23, 1699 (1981). This author lists considerably lower values of onset ion kinetic energy than [24]; the values of [24] are used in Table 2
R. Opila and R. Gomer, unpublished, using an He resonance lamp and hv = 40.8 eV. There is a slight possibility that intensity at εF-20 eV is masked by He (I) generated photoelectrons
Ch. Park, M. Kramer and E. Bauer, Surf. Sci. 109, L533 (1981)
D.P. Woodruff, M. Traum, H.H. Farrel, N.V. Smith. P.D. Johnson, D.A. King, R.L. Benbow and Z. Huryeh, Phys. Rev. B21, 5642 (1980)
S.-L. Weng, Phys. Rev. B23, 3788 (1981)
E.W. Plummer, B.J. Waclawski, T.V. Vorburger and C.E. Kuyatt, Prog. Surf. Sci. 7, 149 (1976)
R. Opila and R. Gomer, to be published
Author information
Authors and Affiliations
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Rights and permissions
Copyright information
© 1983 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
About this paper
Cite this paper
Gomer, R. (1983). Mechanisms of Electron-Stimulated Desorption. In: Tolk, N.H., Traum, M.M., Tully, J.C., Madey, T.E. (eds) Desorption Induced by Electronic Transitions DIET I. Springer Series in Chemical Physics, vol 24. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-45550-6_5
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-45550-6_5
Publisher Name: Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg
Print ISBN: 978-3-642-45552-0
Online ISBN: 978-3-642-45550-6
eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive