Abstract
Experimental results, obtained using a molecular beam reflectivity method, for the probability of molecular physical adsorption of ethane on the Ir(110)-(1×2) surface are presented. We analyze these results using Monte Carlo simulations and show that molecular adsorption can occur either ‘‘directly’’ or through a precursor state in which an ethane molecule is trapped in a second layer of molecularly adsorbed ethane with subsequent migration to a vacant site. From the Monte Carlo simulations, we are able to establish that the energy barrier for the desorption of an ethane molecule from the precursor state is approximately 4.5 kcal/mol. We also find that the energy barrier for diffusion of an ethane molecule on top of a monolayer of ethane molecularly adsorbed on the Ir(110)-(1×2) surface is approximately 3.7 kcal/mol.
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