New oriented-molecular-beam machine for surface stereochemistry with X-ray photoemission spectroscopy

Okada, Michio*; Hashinokuchi, Michihiro*; Moritani, Kosuke*; Kasai, Toshio*; Teraoka, Yuden

An oriented-molecular-beam technique based on the Stark effect of a molecule in an inhomogeneous hexapole electrostatic field is a potential tool for stereochemical control of surface reactions. This technique allows us to select a specific rotational quantum state and also an orientation of a reagent molecule. We have developed a new UHV-compatible oriented-molecular-beam machine. This apparatus is equipped with components for X-ray photoemission spectroscopy (XPS) in order to detect surface-reaction products. In the dissociative adsorption of NO on an Si(111) surface, we found a steric effect in the reactivity by monitoring the products on the surface with the new machine. The N-end collision is more reactive than the O-end collision at an incident energy of 58 meV. To our knowledge, this is the first measurement of the steric effect appearing in the reaction products on the surface.