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We compare the electron dynamics at monocrystalline Cu(111), Au(100) andPd(111) precursor substrates with vicinal nanosteps. The unoccupied bands of asurface superlattice are populated \textit{via} the resonant charge transfer(RCT) between the surface and a H$^-$ ion that flies by at grazing angles. Aquantum mechanical wave packet propagation approach is utilized to simulate themotion of the active electron where time-evolved wave packet densities are usedto visualize the dynamics through the superlattice. The survived ion fractionin the reflected beam generally exhibits modulations as a function of thevicinal terrace size and shows peaks at those energies that access the imagestate subband dispersions. However, differences in magnitudes of theion-survival as a function of the particular substrate selection as well as theion-surface interaction time based on the choice of two ion-trajectories areexamined. A square well model producing standing waves between the steps on thesurface explains well the energies of the maxima in the ion survivalprobability for all the metals considered, indicating that the primary processof confinement induced subband formation is rather robust. The work maymotivate measurements and applications of shallow-angle ion-scatteringspectroscopy to access electronic substructures in periodically nanostructuredsurfaces.

Resonant charge-transfer in grazing collisions of H$^-$ with vicinal nanosurfaces on Cu(111), Au(100) and Pd(111) substrates: A comparative study