“…An increase in the peak intensity and a peak shift to higher frequency were seen as the NO exposure was increased to 4 L, at which point the peak had shifted to 1,606 cm -1 . At exposures above 5 L, the peak intensity gradually decreased with increasing NO exposure; and at 5 L, a new peak appeared at 1,813 cm -1 , and the peak increased in intensity with increasing NO exposure up to 12-16 L. A third peak was observed at 1,495 cm -1 above 16 L. The intensities of the three NO adsorption peaks at 1,495, 1,606, and 1,813 cm -1 became constant above 48 L. From the literature data [16,49], the peaks at 1495, 1606, and 1,813 cm -1 were assigned to NO adsorbed on hcp, fcc, and atop sites, respectively. In the NO adsorption process, the fcc-NO peak shifted continuously from 1,477 to 1,606 cm -1 with increasing NO exposure between 0.2 and 4 L; note that the peak shift is due to a change in the intermolecular interactions that accompany the increased NO coverage.…”