Transmission and Trapping of Cold Electrons in Water Ice

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• 作者：Richard Balog ; Peter Cicman ; David Field ; Linda Feketeova虂 ; Kristin Hoydalsvik ; Nykola C. Jones ; Thomas A. Field ; Jean-Pierre Ziesel
• 刊名：Journal of Physical Chemistry A
• 出版年：2011
• 出版时间：June 30, 2011
• 年：2011
• 卷：115
• 期：25
• 页码：6820-6824
• 全文大小：785K
• 年卷期：v.115,no.25(June 30, 2011)
• ISSN：1520-5215

文摘

Experiments are reported which show that currents of low energy (鈥渃old鈥? electrons pass unattenuated through crystalline ice at 135 K for energies between zero and 650 meV, up to the maximum studied film thickness of 430 bilayers, indicating negligible apparent trapping. By contrast, both porous amorphous ice and compact crystalline ice at 40 K show efficient electron trapping. Ice at intermediate temperatures reveals metastable trapping that decays within a few hundred seconds at 110 K. Our results are the first to demonstrate full transmission of cold electrons in high temperature water ice and the phenomenon of temperature-dependent trapping.