This book offers a broad overview of chemical bonding at surfaces, with discussions of how the underlying principles can be applied to a range of scientific problems in heterogeneous catalysis, environmental science, and other disciplines. The focus is on phenomena and concepts, rather than on experimental or theoretical techniques, thus providing the common basis for describing the interaction of atoms and molecules with surfaces over a broad range of science and technology.

From the Preface: “...The methods of surface science have been essential for the birth of nano-science and nano-technology, and more generally we are witnessing a rapid shift of the methods and concepts of surface science into a broad range of scientific disciplines where the interaction between a solid and the surrounding gas or liquid phase is an essential component...”

Target Audience: Students, researchers, and technologists concerned with surface science and related fields such as heterogeneous catalysis, electrochemistry, biomaterials, and semiconductor interface science.

Brief Table of Contents:

Surface Structure

Adsorbate Electronic Structure and Bonding on Metal Surfaces

The Dynamics of Making and Breaking Bonds at Surfaces

Heterogeneous Catalysis

Semiconductor Surface Chemistry

Surface Electrochemistry

Geochemistry of Mineral Surfaces and Factors Affecting Their Chemical Reactivity

Index