Leung Lydie, Timm Matthew J, Polanyi John C
Lash Miller Chemical Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University of Toronto, 80 St. George Street, Toronto, ON M5S 3H6, Canada.
Chem Commun (Camb). 2021 Nov 25;57(94):12647-12650. doi: 10.1039/d1cc05378g.
An F-atom with ∼1 eV translational energy was aimed at a line of fluorocarbon adsorbates on Cu(110). Sequential 'knock-on' of F-atom products was observed by STM to propagate along the 1D fluorocarbon line. Hot F-atoms travelling along the line in six successive '' cycles paralleled the rocking of a macroscopic Newton's cradle.
一个具有约1电子伏特平动能量的氟原子被对准铜(110)表面上的一排碳氟吸附质。通过扫描隧道显微镜(STM)观察到氟原子产物的连续“撞击”沿着一维碳氟链传播。热的氟原子在六个连续的“循环”中沿着该链移动,这类似于宏观牛顿摆的摆动。