1 Electron collisions with a radical: NO ·
2 Electron – Driven Chemistry - Outer space - Ionosphere: northern light etc. - Industrial plasmas - semiconductor manufacture - flat displays - plasma displays - LCD display manufacture - back-lighting: Xe excimer - surface modification - hydrophilic - hydrophobic - shrink-proof wool - milk packaging - … - waste disposal - satellite engines
3 Radicals in plasmas: CF 4 + e – CF 3 · + F · + e – Prototype radical: NO · spin – orbit coupling
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6 Differential cross sections in N 2 O Marinković B, Szmytkowski C, Pejčev V, Filipović D and Vuškoviš L, J. Phys. B (1986) Johnstone W M and Newell W R, J. Phys. B (1993) Kitajima M, Sakamoto Y, Gulley R J, Hoshino M, Gibson J C, Tanaka H and Buckman S J, J. Phys. B (2000)
7 Electron energy loss spectrum: states of the neutral molecule
8 Excitation function: RESONANCES (states of the negative ion) Phys. Rev. Lett. 2004, 93,
9 NO: Potential Curves initial NOfinal NONO – resonance
10 Comparison of NO and O 2 NOO2O2
11 Conclusions NO · :transitions between electronic fine structure states - small cross section for direct (nonresonant) excitation - gigantic cross section for resonant excitation, elastic - resonance parentage - energetic relation (- elastic cross sections not equal?)
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