Metal clusters and surfaces

✍ Scribed by E. Borello

• Publisher: John Wiley and Sons
• Year: 1981
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 754 KB
• Volume: 19
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0020-7608
• DOI: 10.1002/qua.560190616

✦ Synopsis

Abstract

The point of view of a physical chemist interested in metal clusters because of their connection with heterogeneous catalysis is illustrated. The analogies and differences between clusters and surfaces are given special attention. After a review of experimental techniques and of types of clusters studied, very important questions of theory are briefly considered, with special reference to Lauher's rules for predicting the stoichiometry of clusters. The relevance of clusters to surface studies is discussed also with reference to fluxionality and reactivity.