Nave Sven, Jackson Bret
Department of Chemistry, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts 01003, USA.
Phys Rev Lett. 2007 Apr 27;98(17):173003. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.98.173003.
The effects of lattice motion and reconstruction on the dissociation of methane on Ni(111) are explored, using both electronic structure theory and quantum dynamical calculations. We show that during the reaction, the Ni lattice reconstructs, effectively lowering the barrier to reaction, in contrast with earlier models of this process.
