Surface Science: Foundations of Catalysis and Nanoscience, Third Edition

✍ Scribed by Kurt W. Kolasinski(auth.)

• Year: 2012
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 561
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Surface science has evolved from being a sub-field of chemistry or physics, and has now established itself as an interdisciplinary topic. Knowledge has developed sufficiently that we can now understand catalysis from a surface science perspective. No-where is the underpinning nature of surface science better illustrated than with nanoscience.

Now in its third edition, this successful textbook aims to provide students with an understanding of chemical transformations and the formation of structures at surfaces. The chapters build from simple to more advanced principles with each featuring exercises, which act not only to demonstrate concepts arising in the text but also to form an integral part of the book, with the last eight chapters featuring worked solutions.

This completely revised and expanded edition features:

• More than 100 new pages of extensive worked solutions
• New topics, including: Second harmonic generation (SHG), Sum Frequency Generation (SFG) at interfaces and capillary waves
• An expanded treatment of charge transfer and carbon-based materials including graphene
• Extended ‘Frontiers and Challenges’ sections at the end of each chapter.

This text is suitable for all students taking courses in surface science in Departments of Chemistry, Physics, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, as well as for researchers and professionals requiring an up-to-date review of the subject.

Content:
Chapter 1 Surface and Adsorbate Structure (pages 9–49):
Chapter 2 Experimental Probes and Techniques (pages 51–114):
Chapter 3 Chemisorption, Physisorption and Dynamics (pages 115–183):
Chapter 4 Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Adsorption and Desorption (pages 185–228):
Chapter 5 Liquid Interfaces (pages 229–266):
Chapter 6 Heterogeneous Catalysis (pages 267–303):
Chapter 7 Growth and Epitaxy (pages 305–352):
Chapter 8 Laser and Non?Thermal Chemistry: Photon and Electron Stimulated Chemistry and Atom Manipulation (pages 353–412):
Chapter 9 Answers to Exercises from Chapter 1. Surface and Adsorbate Structure (pages 413–426):
Chapter 10 Answers to Exercises from Chapter 2. Experimental Probes and Techniques (pages 427–443):
Chapter 11 Answers to Exercises from Chapter 3. Chemisorption, Physisorption and Dynamics (pages 445–464):
Chapter 12 Answers to Exercises from Chapter 4. Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Adsorption and Desorption (pages 465–486):
Chapter 13 Answers to Exercises from Chapter 5. Liquid Interfaces (pages 487–498):
Chapter 14 Answers to Exercises from Chapter 6. Heterogeneous Catalysis (pages 499–508):
Chapter 15 Answers to Exercises From Chapter 7. Growth and Epitaxy (pages 509–514):
Chapter 16 Answers to exercises from Chapter 8. Laser and Nonthermal Chemistry (pages 515–529):