Rainer D. Beck

rainer.beck@epfl.ch http://ggsd.epfl.ch/

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EPFL SB-DO
CH F0 494 (Bâtiment CH)
Station 6
1015 Lausanne

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EPFL SB-DO
CH F0 494 (Bâtiment CH)
Station 6
1015 Lausanne

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Expertise

Experimental studies of chemical reaction dynamics at the gas/solid interface. We combine laser, molecular beams, and ultra-high vacuum surface science to probe surface chemistry under highly controlled conditions at the molecular level.

Mission

In our laboratory, we study the elementary steps of chemical reactions between gas-phase molecules and solid surfaces such as for example the chemisorption of methane on a nickel catalyst. We use molecular beams and laser radiation to probe the reaction process at a molecular level by performing quantum state resolved reactivity measurements. The results of these experiments provide stringent tests for theoretical models of gas-surface chemistry which is of importance for many industrial and technological processes.

Biography Publications Teaching & PhD

Professor titulaire EPFL, 2006 Privat Docent EPFL, 1997 Habilitation and venia legendi, Universität Karlsruhe, 1996 Ph.D. in Physical Chemistry, Oregon State University, 1990 Degree in Physics, Universität Stuttgart, 1985

Teaching

I teach General Chemistry for first year medical students of the university of Lausanne.

Selected publications

State-resolved Gas-Surface Reactivity of Methane in the Symmetric C-H Stretch Vibration on Ni(100)

P. Maroni, D.C. Papageorgopoulos, M. Sacchi, T.T. Dang, R.D. Beck and T.R. Rizzo
Published in Phys. Rev. Lett. 94, 246104 (2005) in

Quantum State Resolved Studies of Gas/Surface Reaction Dynamics

Rainer D. Beck and Thomas R. Rizzo
Published in Chimia 5, 2004 in

Vibrational mode specific reaction of methane on a nickel surface

R.D. Beck, P. Maroni, .C. Papageorgopoulos, T.T Dang, M.P. Schmid, T.R Rizzo
Published in Science, 302, 2003 in

Surface reactivity of highly vibrationally excited methane prepared by pulsed laser excitation: CH4 on Ni(100)

M. Schmid, P. Maroni, R. D. Beck, T.R. Rizzo
Published in Journal of Chemical Physics, 117, 2002 in

Molecular beam apparatus for vibrationally controlled surface chemistry by pulsed laser radiation

M. Schmid, P. Maroni, R. D. Beck, T.R. Rizzo
Published in Review of Scientific Apparatus, 74, 2002 in

Surface Dynamics Group publications

Gas/Surface reactions probed by reflection absorption infrared spectroscopy

H. Vejayan / R. Beck (Dir.)

Lausanne, EPFL, 2023. DOI : 10.5075/epfl-thesis-9750.

Rainer D. Beck

Expertise

Mission

Teaching

Selected publications

State-resolved Gas-Surface Reactivity of Methane in the Symmetric C-H Stretch Vibration on Ni(100)

Quantum State Resolved Studies of Gas/Surface Reaction Dynamics

Vibrational mode specific reaction of methane on a nickel surface

Surface reactivity of highly vibrationally excited methane prepared by pulsed laser excitation: CH4 on Ni(100)

Molecular beam apparatus for vibrationally controlled surface chemistry by pulsed laser radiation

Surface Dynamics Group publications

Gas/Surface reactions probed by reflection absorption infrared spectroscopy

State-to-state surface scattering of methane studied by bolometric infrared laser tagging detection

Dissociative Sticking Probability of Methane on Pt(110)-(2×1)

State-to-state methane-surface scattering as a probe of catalytic activity

Quantum state and surface-site-resolved studies of methane chemisorption by vibrational spectroscopies

Unraveling the complexity of oxygen reactions on Pt surfaces

Site Selective Detection of Methane Dissociation on Stepped Pt Surfaces

Quantum state-resolved studies of gas/surface reaction dynamics by vibrational spectroscopies

CHD3 Dissociation on the Kinked Pt(210) Surface: A Comparison of Experiment and Theory

Bond-selective and surface-site-specific dissociation of methane on platinum

Transferability of the SRP32-vdW specific reaction parameter functional to CHD3 dissociation on Pt(110)-(2 × 1)

Incident Angle Dependence of CHD3 Dissociation on the Stepped Pt(211) Surface

Bond selective dissociation of methane (CH3D) on the steps and terraces of Pt(211)

Vibrationally and Rotationally Inelastic Scattering of Methane from Ni(111)

Vibrational Energy Redistribution in a Gas-Surface Encounter: State-to-State Scattering of CH4 from Ni(111)

Methane dissociation on the steps and terraces of Pt(211) resolved by quantum state and impact site

Surface Reaction Barriometry: Methane Dissociation on Flat and Stepped Transition-Metal Surfaces

Quantum State–Resolved Studies of Chemisorption Reactions

Dynamics of methane dissociation on transition metals

Quantum-state-resolved reactivity of overtone excited CH4 on Ni(111): Comparing experiment and theory

State-to-state scattering of CH₄ from Ni(111) and Gr/Ni(111)

Quantum state resolved molecular beam reflectivity measurements: CH4 dissociation on Pt(111)

Quantum state resolved gas–surface reaction dynamics experiments: a tutorial review

State-Resolved Methane Dissociation on Pt(111) Studied by Reflection Absorption Infrared Spectroscopy

Bond-Selective and Mode-Specific Dissociation of CH3D and CH2D2 on Pt(111)

The Negligible Role of C-H Stretch Excitation in the Physisorption of CH4 on Pt(111)

Vibrational Activation of Methane Chemisorption: The Role of Symmetry

Vibrationally Promoted Dissociation of Water on Ni(111)

Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics Calculations versus Quantum-State- Resolved Experiments on CHD3 + Pt(111): New Insights into a Prototypical Gas−Surface Reaction

Quantum state specific reactant preparation in a molecular beam by rapid adiabatic passage

Quantum-state resolved gas/surface reaction dynamics of water and methane

Quantum state-resolved CH4 dissociation on Pt(111): coverage dependent barrier heights from experiment and density functional theory

Quantum state-resolved gas/surface reaction dynamics probed by reflection absorption infrared spectroscopy

Quantum-State Resolved Gas/Surface Dynamics Experiments

The sticking probability of D2O-water on ice: Isotope effects and the inﬂuence of vibrational excitation

Vibrationally Bond-Selective Chemisorption of Methane Isotopologues on Pt(111) Studied by Reflection Absorption Infrared Spectroscopy

Vibrationally bond-selected chemisorption of methane isotopologues on Pt(111) studied by reflection absorption infrared spectroscopy

Alignment dependent chemisorption of vibrationally excited CH4(3) on Ni(100), Ni(110), and Ni(111)

Mode-specific reactivity of CH4 on Pt(110)-(1×2): The concerted role of stretch and bend excitation

Steric Effects in the Chemisorption of Vibrationally Excited Methane on Ni(100)

Steric Effects in the Chemisorption of Vibrationally Excited Methane on Nickel

State-resolved reactivity of CH4 on Pt(110)-(1 x 2): The role of surface orientation and impact site

Vibrational Activation in Direct and Precursor-Mediated Chemisorption of SiH4 on Si(100)

The effect of molecular vibrations and surface structure on the chemisorption of methane on platinum

State-Resolved Reactivity of CH4(2ν3) on Pt(111) and Ni(111): Effects of Barrier Height and Transition State Location

Cavity ring-down spectroscopy of jet-cooled silane isotopologues in the Si-H stretch overtone region

Quantum state-resolved studies of direct and precursor-mediated dissociative chemisorption of silane on Si(100)

Efficient Stimulated Raman Pumping for Quantum-State Resolved Surface Reactivity Measurements

Infrared spectroscopy of hydrated amino acids in the gas phase: protonated and lithiated valine

State-resolved gas-surface reactivity of methane in the symmetric C-H stretch vibration on Ni(100)

Bond- and mode-specific reactivity of methane on Ni(100)

Quantum state resolved studies of gas/surface reaction dynamics

Vibrational mode-specific reaction of methane on a nickel surface

Molecular-beam/surface-science apparatus for state-resolved chemisorption studies using pulsed-laser preparation

Surface reactivity of highly vibrationally excited molecules prepared by pulsed laser excitation: CH4 (2 nu(3)) on Ni(100)

Double-resonance overtone photofragment spectroscopy of trans-HONO. II. State- and time-resolved dissociation and OH-product state distributions

Double-resonance overtone photofragment spectroscopy of trans-HONO. I. Spectroscopy and intramolecular dynamics

Teaching & PhD

PhD Students

Past EPFL PhD Students

Past EPFL PhD Students as codirector

Courses

General chemistry I (For MED)