Exploring mechanochemical reactions at the nanoscale: theory versus experiment

Authors :: Nicholas Hopper
François Sidoroff
Resham Rana
Robert Bavisotto
Juliette Cayer-Barrioz
Denis Mazuyer
Wilfred T. Tysoe
Source :: Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics.
Publication Year :: 2023
Publisher :: Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC), 2023.
Abstract: Mechanochemical reaction kinetics which are calculated using the steepest-descent pathway yield results that agree well with experiment for the normal-stress-induced decomposition of methyl thiolate on Cu(100).