Radicals on Surfaces

Lund, Anders & Christopher Rhodes

ISBN 10: 0792331087 / ISBN 13: 9780792331087

Published by Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, the Netherlands, 1995

Dark blue board binding rubbed and bumped at extremities; leaf edges lightly smudged; small chip to front cover, else clean. ; Many b&w graphics.; Topics In Molecular Organization And Engineering, 13 Series; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 317 pages. Seller Inventory # 55739

Synopsis:

Studies of free radicals on surfaces are of interest for several reasons: the spontaneous or stimulated formation of radicals from adsorbed molecules may represent one possible mechanism for heterogeneous catalysis. In some cases the radicals are ionic, indicating that primary oxidation and reduction reactions occur. Radicals can also be used as probes to investigate diffusion processes on catalytic surfaces. The first direct observations were made more than 30 years ago, but detailed studies of structure, reactions and mobility have only recently become feasible with the advent of powerful spectroscopic techniques, to a great extent developed and used by the contributors to this volume.
This comprehensive review describes new trends in the field. Leading experts write about the nature of surface active sites, methods to identify them, and the radicals formed from adsorbed molecules interacting with the surface. The emphasis is on the fundamentals covering thermal, photostimulated and radiation induced reactions as well as diffusion processes. This provides the necessary background for technological applications.
This book will be useful to those who are interested in surface chemistry, heterogeneous catalysis as well as those who want to study reactive intermediates in chemical reactions. It is also of interest to scientists in photo and radiation physics and chemistry.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Radicals on Surfaces
Publisher: Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, the Netherlands
Publication Date: 1995
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Very Good