Description Surface Alloys and Alloy Surfaces is concerned with the structural, compositional, electronic and chemical properties of the surfaces of solids in which the surface layers, at least are alloyed. Two different categories of system are covered - the surfaces of bulk alloys (alloy surfaces) and surface phases in which one or more outermost atomic layers are alloyed, while the underlying bulk involves no such intermixing (surface alloys). Importance of Topic The surfaces of bulk alloys have long been known to be of practical interest for their chemical properties. It has also long been known that the surface composition of such alloys commonly differs from that of the underlying bulk. However, our understanding of these chemical and physical phenomena is far from complete and the application of surface science methods to investigate these phenomena is a manifestation of a general trend to study the surfaces of increasing complexity. Surface alloy formation, as a much more recently recognized phenomenon deserves more attention. Why This Title This title is important as it provides new insights into a mixture of new and old problems. It is the first to cover the important mixture of material on surface alloys and alloy surfaces. Each chapter is written by experts in different areas of these two interrelated topics, covering theory and experiment, physics and chemistry, geometrical and electronic structure. The coverage of the surface alloy topic is especially novel as it is relatively newly-recognised as quite a common phenomenon.
Volume editor:
D. P. Woodruff (University of Warwick Warwick U.K.)
Imprint: Elsevier Science Ltd
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: v. 10
Dimensions:
Height: 240mm,
Width: 165mm,
Spine: 25mm
Weight: 1.370kg
ISBN: 9780444511522
ISBN 10: 0444511520
Series: The Chemical Physics of Solid Surfaces
Pages: 552
Publication Date: 21 August 2002
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Local equilibrium properties of metallic surface alloys, A.V. Ruban, et al.; atomistic modelling of surface alloys, G.Bozzolo and J.E. Garces; alloy surface segregation and ordering phenomena - recent progress, M.Polak and L. Rubinovich; segregation and surface chemical ordering - an experimental view on the atomic scale, M. Schmid and P. Varga; surface alloying and de-alloying of Pb on single-crystal Cu surfaces, G.L. Kellogg; surface alloys and alloy surfaces - the platinum-tin system, S. Speller and U. Bardi; alkali-aluminum surface alloys, D.L Adams and J.N. Andersen; the structure of surface alloy phases on metallic substrates, D.P. Woodruff and E. Vlieg; surface alloy formation on Cu{100}, C.J. Barnes; surface and sub-surface alloy formation connected with ordered superstructures, H. Niehus; surface structure and catalytic activity of palladium overlayers with 1,3-butadiene hydrogenation, J.C. Bertolini and Y. Jugnet; electronic and chemical properties of palladium in bimetallic systems - how much do we know about heteronuclear metal-metal bonding? J.A. Rodriguez; interaction of sulphur with bimetallic surfaces - effects of structural, electronic and chemical properties, J.A. Rodriguez and J. Hrbek; adsorbate induced segregation at bimetallic surfaces.
