Surface Science

by Kurt W. Kolasinski (Queen Mary, Univ. of London, UK)

• ISBN13: 9780471492450
• ISBN10: 0471492450
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-03-01
• Publisher: WILEY

Summary

Surface Chemistry is an essential and developing area of physical chemistry and one that has become increasingly multidisciplinary. Surface Science: Foundations of Catalysis and Nanoscience offers a comprehensive, modern introduction to the subject, taking a truly pedagogical approach. This text will provide the reader with a well-rounded understanding, not only of how chemistry works at surfaces, but also how to understand and probe the dynamics of surface reactions. Starting with an examination of the importance of heterogeneous reactions, it lays the foundations for an understanding of chemical reactions at surfaces through a detailed treatment of surface electronic and geometric structure. Reactivity on and with surfaces is clearly explained. Fundamental principles such as adsorption, desorption and reactions between adsorbates are examined, with extensive coverage of developments in the growth of epitaxial, and Langmuir-Blodgett films, as well as treatment of the etching of surfaces. Surface Science:Foundations of Catalysis and Nanoscience: * Features a modern molecular view of surfaces combined with a careful pedagogic approach to chemical reaction dynamics * Introduces both theoretical and experimental techniques including a detailed explanation of growth and etching. * Includes numerous examples of the relevance of surface chemistry to industrial processes combined with end of chapter problems and an extensive bibliography. Suitable for all students taking courses in surface chemistry in departments of chemistry, physics, chemical engineering and material science, as well as researchers and professionals needing an up to date review of the subject.

Table of Contents

Introduction

1. Surface Structure

Clean surface structure

Reconstruction and adsorbate structure

Band structure of solids

The vibration of solids

Summary of important concepts

2. Experimental probes of surface and adsorbate structure

Scanning probe techniques

Low-energy electron diffraction

Electron spectroscopy

Vibrational spectroscopy

Other surface analytical techniques

Summary of important concepts

3. Chemisorption, physisorption and dynamics

Types of interactions

Binding sites and diffusion

Physisorption

Nondissociative chemisorption

Dissociative chemisorption: H2 on a simple metal

What determines the reactivity of metals?

Atoms and molecules incident on a surface

Microscopic reversibility in ad/desorption phenomena

The influence of individual degrees of freedom on adsorption and desorption

Translations, corrugation and surface atom motions

Rotations and adsorption

Vibrations and adsorption

Competitive adsorption and collision-induced processes

Classification of reaction mechanisms

Measurment of sticking coefficients

Summary of important concepts

4. Thermodynamics and kinetics of surface processes

Thermodynamics of ad/desorption

Adsorption isotherms: thermodynamics approach

Lateral interactions

Rate of desorption

Kinetics of adsorption

Adsorption isotherms: kinetics approach

Temperature-programmed desorption

Summary of important concepts

5. Complex surface reactions: catalysis and etching

Measurement of surface kinetics and reaction mechanisms

Haber-Bosch process

From microscopic kinetics to catalysis

Fischer-Tropsch synthesis and related chemistry

The threeway automotive catalyst

Promoters

Poisons

Rate oscillations and spatiotemporal pattern formation

Etching

Summary of important concepts

6. Growth and epitaxy

Stress and strain

Types of interfaces

Surface energy and surface tension

Growth modes

Growth away from equilibrium

Techniques for growing layers

Langmuir films

Langmuir-Blodgett films

Self-assembled monolayers

Summary of important concepts

Appendices

Index