Dynamics

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• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2008
• eBook ISBN: 9780080931203
• Topic: Physical Sciences
• Subtopic: Physics
• Index: Physics

This volume of the Handbook of Surface Science covers all aspects of the dynamics of surface processes. Two dozen world leading experts in this field address the subjects of energy exchange in gas atoms, surface collisions, the rules governing dissociative adsorption on surfaces, the formation of nanostructures on surfaces by self-assembly, and the study of surface phenomena using ultra-fast lasers. The chapters are written for both newcomers to the field as well as researchers. - Covers all aspects of the dynamics of surface processes - Provides understanding of this unique field utilizing a multitude of accurate experiments and advanced microscopic theory that allows quantum-level comparisons - Presents the concepts and tools relevant beyond surface science for catalysis, nanotechnology, biology, medicine, and materials

Table of contents

• Cover image
• Title page
• Table of Contents
• Copyright page
• General Preface
• Preface to Volume 3
• Contributors to Volume 3
• Interviewing Nobel Prize Winner Gerhard Ertl
• Chapter 1 Fundamental Atomic-Scale Issues/Processes Pertinent to Dynamics at Surfaces
• Chapter 2 Basic Mechanisms in Atom–Surface Interactions
• Chapter 3 Energy Transfer to Phonons in Atom and Molecule Collisions with Surfaces
• Chapter 4 Physisorption Dynamics at Metal Surfaces
• Chapter 5 Intra-molecular Energy Flow in Gas–Surface Collisions
• Chapter 6 Inelastic Scattering of Heavy Molecules from Surfaces
• Chapter 7 Reaction Dynamics and Kinetics: TST, Non-equilibrium and Non-adiabatic Effects, Lateral Interactions, etc.
• Chapter 8 Understanding Heterogeneous Catalysis from the Fundamentals
• Chapter 9 Non-linear Dynamics in Catalytic Reactions
• Chapter 10 Electron Transfer and Nonadiabaticity
• Chapter 11 Dynamics of Electronic States at Metal Surfaces
• Chapter 12 Theory of Tunneling Currents and Induced Dynamics at Surfaces
• Chapter 13 Photon Driven Chemistry at Surfaces
• Chapter 14 STM Manipulation and Dynamics
• Chapter 15 Creating Metal Nanostructures at Metal Surfaces Using Growth Kinetics
• Chapter 16 Growth and Etching of Semiconductors
• Chapter 17 Sputtering and Laser Ablation
• Author index
• Subject index