Spectroscopy In Catalysis. An Introduction, Second Edition

" Spectroscopy in Catalysis" describes the most important modern analytical techniques used to investigate catalytic surfaces. These techniques include electron spectroscopy (XPS, UPS, AES, EELS), ion spectroscopy (SIMS, SNMS, RBS, LEIS), vibrational spectroscopy (infrared, Raman, EELS, sum frequency generation), temperature-programmed techniques (TPR, TPO, TDS), diffraction (XRD, LEED, EXFAS), and microscopy (TEM, SEM, STEM, STM, PEEM, AFM, FEM, and FIM). Each chapter provides current applications to illustrate the type of information that the technique provides and evaluates its possibilities and limitations. A concise Appendix describes the most relevant aspects of the theory of surfaces and of chemisorption. The Second Edition includes significant new developments, e*g*, the scanning probe microscopies, imaging and vibrational techniques have been revised, case studies expanded with an example on polymerization catalysts, and all the other chapters updated with recent examples and relevant new literature. From reviews of the First Edition : "This is a truly valuable book... very useful for industrial practitioners who need to bc aware of the type of information that can bc obtained from modern surface spectroscopies... it has a superb pedagogic value..." Journal of Catalysis. " This is an excellent text on spectroscopies in catalysis and I highly recommend it for... introductory courses on heterogeneous catalysis or as a general introductory monograph." Journal of the American Chemical Society.