The effect of molecular oxygen electron spin on the surface oxidation reaction
Wednesday, March 25, 2015 - 06:00
in Physics & Chemistry
Mitsunori Kurahashi, a Chief Researcher of the Nano Characterization Unit, National Institute for Materials Science and Yasushi Yamauchi, a Group Leader in the same unit, presented the first spin-controlled O2 adsorption experiment indicating that the rate of surface oxidation is strongly affected by the electron spin of O2.