Coupling to Dipole-Forbidden Modes: CO on Pt(111) Studied by Infrared Spectroscopy

Ulrika Engström, R. Ryberg

Physical Review Letters · 1997 · 33 citations · 15 references

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Abstract

The metal-molecule stretch vibrational mode of CO chemisorbed in the $c(4\ifmmode\times\else\texttimes\fi{}2)$ structure on a Pt(111) surface at 100 K has been studied using infrared spectroscopy. For the bridge-bonded molecules the infrared absorption spectra reveal a doublet structure, which is assigned to a Fermi-resonance between the stretch mode and a combination of parallel, dipole-forbidden vibrational modes. Furthermore, no so-called antiabsorption connected to the frustrated rotation is detected, in contrast to what is found on close-packed copper surfaces.

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