Scattering properties of gas molecules on self-assembled monolayers using molecular dynamics simulation

The scattering properties of argon gas molecules on the SAM (self-assembled monolayer) surface which consists of 1-propanethiol molecules chemically adsorbed on a gold surface have been investigated by using the molecular dynamics method. The trapping probability, the angular distribution and the angular scattering distribution for the gas molecule have been obtained for various incident energies and angles. It is shown that the trapping probability decreases with increasing the incident energy. The angular distribution for small incident angle is almost close to the cosine distribution. In addition, the partial accommodation coefficients of tangential momentum and energy for gas molecules are discussed.