The Chemical Physics of Surfaces
Published on 6. December 2012
XVIII, 418 pages
978-1-4615-8007-2 (ISBN)
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* At the present stage of development of surface science, there has seemed to be a need for a book-length review spanning the disciplines of surface physics and surface chemistry-a review to summarize and show the con nection between the observations from each discipline. The various results and theories, derived on the one hand from studies of the physical, electronic, and optical properties of surfaces and on the other hand from studies of the chemical activity of surfaces, supplement each other in the search for a realistic model of the surface. The improved understanding possible with such an interdisciplinary approach has been confirmed by recent develop ments which cannot be classified as either surface chemistry or surface physics. Specifically, recent new experimental techniques and quantum mechanical models have provided a much more accurate picture of the nature of the electronic energy levels (bonding orbitals) present at a solid surface. With this more accurate picture we are now able to reconcile the various chemical and physical models that appeared in the early literature on surfaces. The objective of this work has therefore been to describe the results and current models of surface science spanning a broad gray area between surface physics and surface chemistry with some overlap into each of these disciplines. Relevant aspects of surface chemistry are discussed; we cover chemical interactions where bonding and electronic properties dominate, but stop short of specialized topics such as surfactants or liquid/liquid interfaces.
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The Chemical Physics of Surfaces
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1. Introduction.- 1.1. Surface States and Surface Sites.- 1.2. Bonding of Foreign Species to the Solid Surface.- 1.3. Surface Hydration on Ionic Solids.- 1.4. Surface Heterogeneity.- 2. Space Charge Effects.- 2.1. General.- 2.2. Space Charge Effects with Reactive Surface Species.- 2.3. Electron and Hole Transfer between the Solid and Its Surface.- 3. Experimental Methods.- 3.1. Surface Measurements Based on Electrical and Optical Techniques.- 3.2. The Surface Spectroscopies.- 3.3. Chemical Measurements.- 4. The Adsorbate-Free Surface.- 4.1. Introduction.- 4.2. Theoretical Models.- 4.3. Measurements on Adsorbate-Free Ionic Solids.- 4.4. Measurements on Adsorbate-Free Covalent or Metallic Solids.- 5. Bonding of Foreign Species at the Solid Surface.- 5.1. Reconstruction and Relocation in Bonding.- 5.2. The Semiclassical Model of Bonding: The Surface Molecule.- 5.3. Quantum Models of the Adsorbate/Solid Bond.- 5.4. Measurement of Adsorbate Surface States on Covalent or Metallic Solids.- 5.5. The Chemistry of Surface States.- 5.6. The Formation of Surface State Bands.- 6. Nonvolatile Foreign Additives on the Solid Surface.- 6.1. General.- 6.2. Dispersion of Additives.- 6.3. The Cluster, the Transition between a Molecule and a Solid.- 6.4. The Control of Surface Properties with Additives.- 6.5. The Real Surface.- 7. Adsorption.- 7.1. Adsorption Isotherms and Isobars.- 7.2. Ionosorption on Semiconductors.- 7.3. Adsorption with Local Bonding.- 8. The Solid/Liquid Interface.- 8.1. Introduction.- 8.2. Theory.- 8.3. Observations with Semiconductor Electrodes.- 8.4. Comparison of the Solid/Liquid with the Solid/Gas Interface.- 9. Photoeffects at Semiconductor Surfaces.- 9.1. General.- 9.2. Simple Hole/Electron Recombination.- 9.3. Photoadsorption and Photodesorption.- 9.4. Photocatalysis.- 9.5. Direct Excitation of Surface States by Photons.- 10. Surface Sites in Heterogeneous Catalysis.- 10.1. General Concepts.- 10.2. Surface Sites Associated with Steps and Other Geometrical Factors.- 10.3. The Role of Acid and Basic Sites in Catalytic Reactions.- 10.4. Covalent Bonding to Coordinatively Unsaturated Metal and Cationic Sites.- 10.5. Sites in Oxidation Catalysis.- 10.6. Examples of Oxidation Catalysis.- References.- Author Index.
