This book gives a representative survey of the state of the art of research on gas-surface interactions. It provides an overview of the current understanding of gas surface dynamics and, in particular, of the reactive and non-reactive processes of atoms and small molecules at surfaces. Leading scientists in the field, both from the theoretical and the experimental sides, write in this book about their most recent advances.
Surface science grew as an interdisciplinary research area over the last decades, mostly because of new experimental technologies (ultra-high vacuum, for instance), as well as because of a novel paradigm, the ‘surface science’ approach. The book describes the second transformation which is now taking place pushed by the availability of powerful quantum-mechanical theoretical methods implemented numerically. In the book, experiment and theory progress hand in hand with an unprecedented degree of accuracy and control. The book presents how modern surface science targets the atomic-level understanding of physical and chemical processes at surfaces, with particular emphasis on dynamical aspects. This book is a reference in the field.
Author(s): Luca Vattuone, Gianangelo Bracco, Marco Smerieri (auth.), Ricardo Díez Muiño, Heriberto Fabio Busnengo (eds.)
Series: Springer Series in Surface Sciences 50
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 2013
Language: English
Pages: 428
Tags: Surface and Interface Science, Thin Films;Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films;Physical Chemistry;Applied and Technical Physics;Atomic, Molecular, Optical and Plasma Physics
Front Matter....Pages i-xx
Supersonic Molecular Beams Studies of Surfaces....Pages 1-23
Potential Energy Surfaces for the Dynamics of Elementary Gas-Surface Processes....Pages 25-50
Thermal Energy Atomic and Molecular Beam Diffraction from Solid Surfaces....Pages 51-73
Using Molecular Reflectivity to Explore Reaction Dynamics at Metal Surfaces....Pages 75-100
Hydrogen Dissociation on Stepped Pt Surfaces....Pages 101-129
Dynamics of H 2 Interacting with Substitutional Bimetallic Surface Alloys....Pages 131-155
Hydrogen Recombination on Graphitic Surfaces....Pages 157-177
Quantum-State Resolved Gas/Surface Reaction Dynamics Experiments....Pages 179-212
The Effects of Lattice Motion on Gas-Surface Reactions....Pages 213-237
Reaction Dynamics of Molecular Hydrogen on Silicon Surfaces: Importance of Lattice Degrees of Freedom....Pages 239-265
Vibrational Energy Transfer at Surfaces: The Importance of Non-Adiabatic Electronic Effects....Pages 267-297
Non-adiabatic Effects at Surfaces Simulated with TDDFT Molecular Dynamics....Pages 299-321
Theory of Non-adiabatic Molecular Dynamics at Surfaces....Pages 323-348
Scattering of Hyperthermal Effusive N and N 2 Beams at Metal Surfaces....Pages 349-370
Energy Dissipation Channels in Reactive and Non-reactive Scattering at Surfaces....Pages 371-388
O 2 Adsorption Dynamics at Metal Surfaces: Non-adiabatic Effects, Dissociation and Dissipation....Pages 389-419
Back Matter....Pages 421-428
