Working with Ted Madey in the Early Years at NBS – A Formative Time for a Life long Friendship

1. Working with Ted Madey in the Early Years at NBS – A Formative Time for a Life long Friendship John T. Yates, Jr. Department of Chemistry University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA 22904 Symposium to honor Theodore E. Madey AVS Meeting, Boston Thursday Oct. 23, 2008

2. Historical Events in Ted Madey’s Life Prior to NBS Born - Oct. 24, 1937 Wilmington, Delaware Jesuit Schools – “A” student Loyola College Baltimore BS - 1959

4. Historical Events in Ted Madey’s Life Prior to NBS Born-Oct. 24, 1937 Wilmington, Delaware Jesuit Schools – “A” student Loyola College Baltimore BS - 1959 Jane ( School Play) 1961 – Leaves Nuclear Physics and enters Surface Physics Notre Dame University Ph D - Physics 1963 Thesis: “Field Electron Microscopy- Sr Diffusion on W”

5. NBS NRC Postdoc 1963 Madey and Yates Team Up at NBS 1964

6. C  O O  C CO CO First Paper UHV Apparatus for CO Isotopic Mixing on W Isotope Mixing 12C18O + 13C16O →12C16O + 13C18O Later, many studies showed that CO dissociation occurs above 800 K on W.

7. Early Temperature Programmed Desorption – Single Crystal W Theodore. E. Madey and John T. Yates, Jr., Chemisorption on Single Crystals: H2 on (100) Tungsten “Structure et Proprietes des Surfaces des Solides,” Paris 7-11 July 1969 Tube for Flash Desorption from Single Crystal Flash Desorption of Hydrogen from W(100) & W(111) Little did we know at the time that 1st and 2nd order H2 desorption kinetics were a sign of surface reconstruction effects in W(100). The work agreed almost exactly with similar studies by Lanny Schmidt, et al. published at the same time.

8. An Amazing Scientific Adventure in Jolly Olde England (Reprinted from Nature, vol. 243, no. 5407, pp 422 - 424, June 15, 1973 J. T. Yates, Jr., T. E. Madey, H. L. Rook) James de Hoveston, Blickling Church, Norfolk (c. 1360) Typical rubbing and associated control following sampling for neutron activation analysis Basic Result: ~ 1ML of Cu removed/rubbing. 3 times a day for 100 years = 0.0054 cm wear

9. London Times Article

10.  Brass Rubbing became illegal in Britain. ~ 1975  One now rubs only on plastic replicas of monumental brasses

11. Dick Kelley, John Yates and Ted Madey – Early UHV - Catalytic Apparatus in Glass

12. Electron Stimulated Desorption (ESD) • First interest sparked by D. Menzel and R. Gomer and by P. A. Redhead • – MGR Mechanism • D. Menzel and R. Gomer JCP 41, 3311 (1964); 41, 3329 (1964) • P. A. Redhead, Can. J. Physics 42, 886 (1964) Schematic Potential Energy Diagram for Interaction between Adsorbate A and a Surface M From: D. Menzel, in: Topics in Applied Physics, Vol. 4, Ed. R. Gomer (Springer Verlag, Berlin 1975) p. 101.

13. First ESD Apparatus Apparatus for Study of Desorption by Electronic Impact Threshold Voltage for Positive Ions – CO/W

14. FIRST ESDIAD (Electron Stimulated Ion Angular Distribution) Experiments 1974 Photo of first NBS ESDIAD System O+ ESD from O/W(100) Basic Idea Ions desorb closely along the bond direction inside the molecules or along the bond between the adsorbate and surface atoms.

15. The acronym “ESDIAD” and PRL

16. First Review Article T. E. Madey and J. T. Yates, Jr. “ Electron-Stimulated Desorption as a Tool for Studies of Chemisorption: A Review ” J. Vac. Sci. Technol. 8, 525 (1971) This review became a “Citation Classic”. Ted later commented to Paul Redhead “ If we had known it was to be a classic, we would have written it in Latin.”

17. First Use of ESCA (XPS) to Study Adsorbed Molecules on Atomically Clean Surfaces Oxygen (1s) ESCA Spectra for CO and Oxygen on W

18. Joint Receipt of the Samuel Wesley Stratton Award-NBS-1978

19. “ Yadey & Mates” Donna Bacale “ Madey and what’s his name” Homer Hagstrum Bell Laboratories 1975 Tim, Maureen, Doretta and Dan Madey have all arrived 8 years of research together producing a total of 62 joint papers. Some coauthors: D. W. Goodman, D. A. King, A. M. Bradshaw, R. Klein, R. D. Kelley, J. J. Czyzewski, N. E. Erickson, S. D. Worley, G. B. Fisher, …… John Yates leaves NBS 1982 University of Pittsburgh Department of Chemistry and Physics

20. Ted Madey leaves NBS 1988 Rutgers University Department of Physics and Chemistry • Some Memorable Quotations from Ted • “What is the real difference between a hydrocarbon and a carbohydrate ? ” ~ 1965 • His knowledge of chemistry improved significantly. • “I’ve got lots of chemist friends, but I wouldn’t want one of my daughters to marry one of them.” ~ 1975 I always believed he was joking about this. • Note Bene “The abbreviation is not NB, it is N. B.” 2007

21. Last Visit – Rutgers – February 2008

22. Summary  Ted and I participated in the early days of the development of surface science as focused on chemisorption, spanning the period between UHV studies of polycrystalline W and single crystals of many metals and semiconductors.  This period also witnessed the fusion of physics and chemistry on surfaces.  Ted’s influence on me was profound and remains so today. - example - teaching at UVa  Ted was an extraordinary human being, a brilliant and imaginative scientist, an always-generous colleague, a warm friend through 44 years, and a first-rate raconteur.  Ted’s scientific and personal impact will remain embedded in our lives and in those of our students for years to come. I miss him every day.