Publications
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS OF GIANFRANCO VIDALI - updated to September 2005
- Astrophysics/Astrochemistry
- Growth and ordering of ultra-thin films on metals
- Computer simulations of surface phenomena
- Growth of metal films on semiconductor surfaces
- Structure (geometric and electronic) and dynamics of ultra-thin films
- The atom-surface interaction / physisorption
- Thermodynamics of adsorbed films
Laboratory astrophysics
See also the linked list of publications in astrophsyics at NASA Astrophysics Data Service
H.B.Perets, O.Biham, G.Manico', V.Pirronello, J.Roser, S.
Swords, and G.Vidali: "Molecular Hydrogen Formation on Ice Under
Interstellar Conditions", Astrophys.J., 627, 850 (2005).
G.Vidali, J.E.Roser, G.Manico', V.Pirronello, H.B.Perets, and
O.Biham: "Formation of Molecular Hydrogen on Analogues of
Interstellar Dust Grains: Experiments and Modelling" invited review in: Journal of
Physics: Conference Series 6, 36 (2005).
G.Vidali, J.E.Roser, G.Manico', and V.Pirronello: "Laboratory Studies of Formation of Molecules on Dust Grain Analogues under ISM Conditions", J. Geophysics Res. 109, E07S14 (2004).
G.Pirronello, G.Manico', J.E.Roser, G.Vidali: "Dust Chemistry in the Laboratory" in The Dense Interstellar Medium in Galaxies, Ed. by S. Pfalzner et al. (Springer-Verlag, Berlin) (2004) p. 525
G.Vidali, J.Roser, V.Pirronello, G.Manico': "Experimental Studies of the Formation of Molecular Hydrogen and Carbon Dioxide on Dust Grain Analogues", solicited paper for Advances in Space Reviews, 33, 6 (2004).
V.Pirronello, G.Manico', J.E.Roser and G.Vidali: H_2 Formation
on Dust Grains'', invited review in Astrophysics of Dust,
ed. by A.Witt et al. (2003)p.529
J.E.Roser, S.Swords, G.Vidali, G.Manico', and V.Pirronello:
"Measurement of the kinetic energy of hydrogen molecules desorbing
from amorphous water ice", Astrophysical Journal, (2003)
595, L55.
J.E.Roser, G.Vidali, G.Manico', and V.Pirronello: "Formation of
Molecular Hydrogen on Amorphous Water Ice" Conference Proceedings of
Chemistry as Diagnosis of Star Formation", Ed. by C.L.Curry and M.Fich (2003) p.32
O.Biham, V.Pirronello, and G.Vidali: "Chemical Reactions on Solid
Surfaces of Astrophysical Interest", invited review paper, Proceeding
of the Ettore Majorana Summer School on Solid State Astrochemistry
(Kluwer), Ed. by V.Pirronello et al., (Kluwer Academic Publishers), (2003) p.211
L.Colangeli, G.Vidali, and others: The role of laboratory experiments
in the characterization of silicon-based , material", invited review,
Astronomy and Astrophysics Reviews 11, 97 (2003).
J.Roser, G.Manico', V.Pirronello, and G.Vidali: "Formation of
Molecular Hydrogen on Amorphous Water Ice: Influence of Morphology and
Ultraviolet Exposure" Astrophys.J. 581, 276 (2002).
G.Vidali , J. Roser , G. Manico', and V. Pirronello: Proceedings of
the NASA Laboratory Astrophysics Workshop (2002).
J. Roser, G.Vidali, G. Manico', and V. Pirronello:. "Formation of
Carbon Dioxide by Surface Reactions on Ices in the Interstellar
Medium" Astrophys.J. 555, L61 (2001).
O. Biham, I., Furman, V. Pirronello, and G. Vidali: "Master Equation
for Hydrogen Recombination on Grain Surfaces", Astrophys.J. 553, 595
(2001).
G. Manico', G. Raguni', V. Pirronello, J.E. Roser, and G. Vidali:
"Laboratory Measurements of Molecular Hydrogen Formation on Amorphous
Water", Astrophys.J 548 L253 (2001).
V.Pirronello, O.Biham, G.Manico', J.Roser, and G.Vidali: "Laboratory Studies of Molecular Hydrogen Formation on Surfaces of Astrophysical Interest", invited review, in Proceeding of the Workshop "Molecular Hydrogen in Space", Ed. F.Combe and G. Pineau de Forets(Cambridge University Pres, New York) (2000) p.71.
N.Katz, I.Furman, O.Biham, V.Pirronello, and G.Vidali : "Molecular
Hydrogen Formation on Astrophysically Relevant Surfaces",
Astrophys.J., 522, 305 (1999).
V.Pirronello, C.Liu, J.Roser, and G.Vidali:"Measurement of Molecular
Hydrogen Formation on Carbonaceous Grains", 1999,
Astron.&Astrophys. 344, 681.
V.Pirronello, O.Biham, and G.Vidali: "Moelcular Hydrogen Formation on
Dust at Early Epochs: Laboratory Simualtions", 1998, Mem. S.A.It., 69,
353.
G.Vidali, V.Pirronello, C.Liu, and L.Shen: "Experimental Studies of
Chemical Reactions on Surfaces of Astrophysical Interest",
Astrophys.Lett. and Communications 35, 423 (1998).
O.Biham, I.Furman, N.Katz, V.Pirronello, and G.Vidali: "H2
Formation on Interstellar Grains in Different Physical Regimes",
MNRAS, 296, 869 (1998).
V.Pirronello, O.Biham, C.Liu, L.Shen, and G.Vidali:"Formation of
Molecular Hydrogen: The Mother of All Molecules", 1998, in
"Ecobiology: Matter, Energy, and Information in the Origin and
Evolution of Life in the Universe", J.Chela-Flores and F.Raudin,
Eds.(Kluwer Academic Publishers), p. 287.
V.Pirronello, O.Biham, C.Liu, L.Shen, and G.Vidali: "Efficiency of
Molecular Hydrogen Formation on Silicates", Astropys. J. 483, L131
(1997).
V.Pirronello, C.Liu, L.Shen, and G.Vidali: "Laboratory Synthesis of
Molecular Hydrogen on Surfaces of Astrophysical Interest",
Astrophys. J. 475, L69 (1997)
G.Vidali, C.Liu, and L.Shen: "Investigations of Desorption of Hydrogen
from Low Temperature Surfaces of Silicates", in "Surface Diffusion:
Atomistic and Collective Processes", Ed. by M.Tringides, Plenum Press,
p.685 (1997).
Jingsu Lin and G.Vidali: ''Laboratory Investigation of Hydrogen
Recombination Reactions on Interstellar Dust Grain Analogues'',
Proceedings of the 1994 Erice Summer School: ``The Cosmic Dust
Connection'', Ed.by M.Greenberg (Kluwer Academic Press) p.323
(1996)
Growth and ordering of ultra-thin films
on metals
G.VIdali: "Experiments and Computer Simulations of Thin Film Growth", 1999, Bulgarian Chemical Communications, 29, 526.
G.Vidali: "Island and Multilayer Growth of Metals on Metals: Experiments and Computer Simulations", Surface Review and Letters, 4, 709 (1997).
G.Vidali: ''Epitaxial Growth of Nanoparticles:
Mechanistic Comparisons of Physical and Chemical Processes'', NATO Workshop
on ''Nanoparticles in Solids and Solutions'' - Szeged (Hungary, 1996),
Ed. by J.Fendler and I.Dekany (Kluwer Academic Press) p17.
Hong Zeng, G.Vidali: ''Measurement of Growth Kinetics in a Heteroepitaxial
System: Pb on Cu(001)'', Physical Review Letters 74, 582 (1995)
G.Vidali and Hong Zeng: ``Recent Advances in Island and Multilayer Growth
of Metals on Metals far from Equilibrium'', invited paper part of the Proceedings
of the 7th International Conference on Solid Films and Surfaces, Appl.Surf.Sci.
92, 11 (1996).
Hong Zeng, G.Vidali:''The Influence of a Heteroepitaxial Interface with
Large Lattice Mismatch on the Low Temperature Growth of a Film'', J.Vacuum
Sci. and Technol., A13, 282 (1995).
Hong Zeng, G.Vidali, and Ofer Biham:" Transition from Stranski-Krastanov
Growth to Quasi Layer-by-Layer Growth in Pb deposition on Cu(001)",
J.Vacuum Sci. and Technology A 12, 2058 (1994).
G.Vidali, O.Biham, H.Zeng, J.-S. Lin, and Wei Li: "Scaling in the
Growth of Pb Islands on Cu(001)", in: "The Structure of Surfaces
IV", Ed. S.Y.Tong and X.Xide, World Scientific.
Wei Li, G.Vidali, and O.Biham: "Scaling of Island Growth in Pb Overlayers
on Cu(001)", Phys.Rev.B 48, 8336 (1993).
Wei Li and G.Vidali: "Growth of Metastable High-Order Commensurate
overlayers of Pb on Cu(001)", Surf.Sci.287/8, 955 (1993).
W.Li, J.-S.Lin, M.Karimi, C.Moses, and G.Vidali: "Growth and Structural
Characterization of a Lead Overlayer on Cu(001)", Journal of Vacuum
Science and Technology, A9, 1707 (1991).
G.Vidali, W.Li, J.-S. Lin, and C.Moses: "Use of Atom Beam Scattering
to Study Structures of and Phase Transitions in Ultra-Thin Films",
Mat.Res.Soc.Symp.Proc.,208, 99 (1991).
P.A.Dowben, Y.J.Kime, C.Hutchings, W.Li, and G.Vidali, "The Energetics
of Mercury Adsorption on Cu(001)", Surface Science 230, 113 (1990).
C.W.Hutchings, P.A.Dowben, Y.J.Kime, W.Li, M.Karimi, C.Moses, and G.Vidali,
"Ordering and Energetics of Hg Overlayers on Cu(001)", Mat.Res.Soc.Symp.Proc.
159, 133 (1990).
Computer simulations of surface phenomena
O.Biham, I.Furman, M.Karimi, G.vidali, R.Kennett, H.Zeng: ''Models for Diffusion and Island Growth in Metal Monolayers", Surf.Sci. 400, 29 (1998).
M.Karimi, T.Tomkowsky, G.Vidali, and O.Biham:
``Diffusion of Cu on Cu surfaces'', Phys.Rev.B 52, 5364 (1995).
G.Barkema, O.Biham, M.Breeman, D.O.Boerma, and G.Vidali: "Characterization
of Island Growth of Cu on Cu(001)", Surface Science Letters, 306,
L569-L574 (1994).
M.Karimi, G.Vidal}, and I.Dalins: "Energetics of Formation and Migration
of Defects in Pb(110)", Phys.Rev.B. 48, 8986 (1993).
P.Tibbits, M.Karimi, D.Ila, I.Dalins, and G.Vidali: "Surface Disordering
of Pb(110)", Journal Vacuum Science and Technology A9, 1937 (1991)
Growth of metal films on semiconductor
surfaces
Donqi Li, Jingsu Lin, Wei Li, Sunwoo
Lee, G.Vidali, and P.A.Dowben: "Strong Chemisorption of Mercury at
the Hg-Si(111) Interface", Surf.Sci.280, 71 (1993)
Structure (geometric and electronic)
and dynamics of ultra-thin films
J.Zhang, D.N. McIlroy, P.A.Dowben,
H.Zeng, G.Vidali, D.Heskett, and M.Onellion: ``Electronic Structure of
Molecular Icosahedra Films'', J.Phys.: Cond.Matter 7, 7185 (1995).
D.Byun, S-D Hwang, J.Zhang, H.Seng, F.K.Perkins, G.Vidali, and P.A.Dowben:
``Synchrotron Radiation Induced Decomposition of Closo-1,2-dicabadodecaborane'',
Jpn.J.Appl.Phys. 34, L941 (1995).
H.Zeng, D.Byun, J.Zhang, G.Vidali, M.Onellion, and P.A.Dowben:"Adsorption
and Bonding of Molecular Icosahedron on Cu(001)", Surface Science
313, 239 (1994)
Wei Li and G.Vidali: "Metal Adatom Induced Corrugation of Cu(001)",
Surf.Sci. 287/8, 336 (1993).
Ofer Biham, Lee-Wen Chem, and G.Vidali: "Models of Monolayers Adsorbed
on a Square Substrate", Surf.Sci. 287/8, 815 (1993)
Wei Li and {\bf G.Vidali}: "Corrugation Enhancement of Cu(001) Induced
by Low Coverage Pb and Bi Adsorption", Phys.Rev.B 46, 4356 (1992)
(Rapid Communication)
Wei Li, Jing-Su Lin, M.Karimi, P.A.Dowben, and G.Vidali:"Three-dimensional
Structure of the Ordered Phases of Hg on Cu(001)", Physical Review
B45, 3798 (1992)
C.Moses, H.Zeng, J.-S. Lin, W.Li, M.Karimi, and G.Vidali: "Dispersionless
Vibrational Modes of a Chemisorbed Adsorbate Observed with Inelastic Helium
Beam Scattering: Hg on Cu(001)", J.Vacuum Sci. and Technol. A10, 2377
(1992)
P.A.Dowben, D.Lagraffe, D.Li, G.Vidali, L.Zhang, L.Dottl, and M.Onellion:
"Probing the Metal-nonmetal Transition in Thin Metal Overlayers Using
Resonant Photoemission" Phys.Rev.B43, 10677 (1991).
W.Li, J.-S.Lin, M.Karimi, C.Moses, and G.Vidali: "Structural Characterization
of Ultra-Thin Metal Overlayers on Cu(001) by Atom Beam Scattering, Appl.
Surface Science 48-49, 160 (1991).
W.Li, J.-S.Lin, M.Karimi, C.Moses, P.A.Dowben, and G.Vidali: "Structural
Studies of Mercury Overlayers on Cu(001) Studied by Atom Beam Scattering
and LEED", in: The Structure of Surfaces, eds. S.Y.Tong, M.A. van
Hove, X.Xide, and K.Takayanagi, Springer-Verlag Berlin (1991), p.350.
G.Vidali, W.Li, P.A.Dowben, M.Karimi, C.W.Hutchings, J.-S.Lin, C.Moses,
D.Ila, and I.Dalins: "Structural and Electronic Changes in the Growth
of Mercury Overlayers on Cu(001): a Helium Beam Scattering, LEED and ARPES
Study" Mat.Res.Soc.Symp.Proc. 187, 243 (1990).
The atom-surface interaction / physisorption
G.S.Leatherman, R.D.Diehl, M.Karimi, and G.Vidali:''Epitaxial Rotaion of Two-Dimensional Rare-Gas Lattice on Ag(111)'', Phys.Rev.B.56, 6970 (1997).
G.Vidali and M.W.Cole: ``Helium Adsorption
on Hydrogen-Plated Graphite'' Journal of Low Temp. Physics 501, 101 (1995)
G.Vidali, G.Ihm, Y-J.Kim, and M.W.Cole: "Potentials of Physical Adsorption",
review article in: Surface Science Reports 12, 133 (1991).
M.Karimi, D.Ila, I.Dalins, and G.Vidali: "Interaction of Heavy Rare
Gas Atoms with Metal Surfaces: a Model Based on Effective Medium Theory",
in: The Structure of Surfaces, eds. S.Y.Tong, M.A. van Hove, X.Xide, and
K.Takayanagi, Springer-Verlag Berlin (1991), p.60.
C.Schwartz, M.Karimi, J.Zhang and G.Vidali: "The Interaction Potential
and Derived Scattering and Thermodynamic Quantities of H2 with the MgO
(001) Surface", Surface Science 247, 51 (1991).
M.Karimi, D.Ila, I.Dalins and G.Vidali: "Interaction of H2 with Simple
Metal Surfaces: a Model Based on the Anisotropic Effective Medium Theory",
Surface Science 239, L505 (1990).
Thermodynamics of adsorbed films
A.D.Migone, M.T.Alkhafaji, G.Vidali, and M.Karimi:"Thermodynamic
Study of Argon Films Adsorbed on Boron Nitride", Phys.Rev.B 47, 6685
(1993)
G.Vidali, C.W.Hutchings, P.A.Dowben, M.Karimi, C.Moses and M.Foresti: "Ordering
of Metal Overlayers on Metal Surfaces Studied by Atom Beam Scattering",
J.Vac.Sci.Technol. A8, 3043 (1990).