The effect of initial rotational energy on the adsorption of CO to the (0001) face of crystalline ice I(sub h) at hyperthermal energies

The influence of initial rotational energy on the adsorption of CO to the (0001) crystalline ice I(sub h) surface is predicted using molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. At low incidence energies (viz. 24.1 and 48.2 kJ mol(super -1), there is an approximately exponential decrease in the trapping probability with increased initial rotation.