Strong Electric Field in Ultra High Vaccum

In surface chemistry area, many scientists studied the electrochemical reaction by changing work-function of metal; however, these methods had the weakness that it did not create the electric field. Unlike earlier studies, our capacitor-method makes a strong electric field in ice film. This electric field was induced by soft landing $Cs^+$ ions on ice film, and the strength was measured by the vibrational Stark shift of acetonitrile. In our system, the electric field strength is $10^9$ V/m and it is almost same in the electrochemical cell. This capacitor model provides new method to investigate the electrochemical reaction in vacuum system.