Cover Image   Surface Science: Foundations of Catalysis & Nanoscience
          By Kurt W Kolasinski
          ISBN 0-470-03304 5 (Hardback)
          0-470-03308 8 (Paperback)
    Expanded Second Edition.

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From the back cover

Proclaimed a "classic of its time" the first edition of Surface Science met with wide success. This second edition features a greatly expanded end of chapter exercises, substantial updating and revision of material previously covered in the first edition and the incorporation of two new chapters – one on liquid interfaces and a second on laser, light, electron and scanning probe tip induced processes.

The text continues to portray the excitement of the fields of surface chemistry and surface physics and how they underpin advances in heterogeneous catalysis and nanoscience. Presented from a rigorous physical perspective, a comprehensive, modern introduction to the multidisciplinary world of surface science is delivered. The text will provide the reader with a well-rounded understanding, not only of how chemistry works at surfaces, but also how to understand and probe the dynamics of surface reactions.

Opening with an examination of the importance of heterogeneous reactions, it lays the foundations for an understanding of chemical reactions at surface through a detailed treatment of surface electronic and geometric structure. Reactivity on and with surfaces is clearly explained for thermal processes as well as reactivity stimulated by electrons and photons. Fundamental principles such as adsorption, desorption and reactions between adsorbates are examined, with extensive coverage of developments in the growth of epitaxial and Langmuir-Blodgett films, as well as treatment of the etching of surfaces.

Surface Science: Foundations of Catalysis and Nanoscience:
  • Features a modern molecular view of surface delivered with a careful pedagogical approach to chemical reaction dynamics.

  • Introduces both theoretical and experimental techniques, with an extensive bibliography.

  • Includes a greatly expanded array of exercises, many drawn from the literature, to highlight problem solving skills relevant to frontier research and industrially relevant processes.

  • New chapters on liquids and stimulated chemistry as well as special sections on frontiers of surface science.

  • Suitable for all students taking courses in surface chemistry in departments of chemistry, physics, chemical engineering and materials science, as well as for researchers and professionals requiring an up to date review of the subject.

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Table of Contents

Introduction
    Supplemental material
    Figures		 1. Bulk & Surface Structure
    Supplemental material
    Figures
2. Experimental Probes & Techniques
    Supplemental material
    Figures		     3. Chemisorption, Physisorption and Dynamics
    Supplemental material
    Figures
4. Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Adsorption & Desorption
    Supplemental material
    Figures		 5. Liquid Interfaces
    Supplemental material
    Figures
6. Heterogeneous Catalysis
    Supplemental material
    Figures		 7. Growth & Epitaxy
    Supplemental material
    Figures
8. Laser and Nonthermal Chemistry:Photon & Electron
    Stimulated Chemistry & Atom Manipulation
    Supplemental material
    Figures		 Appendix A: Fundamental Constants & Conversion Factors
Appendix B: Abbreviations.
Appendix C: Symbols.
Appendix D: Useful Mathematical Expressions.
Index.

Figures for Downloading

Links to the figures of the second edition are found in the table below (Or will be available as soon as I upload the files. That may take a day or two).

Introduction
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 Chapter 1
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 Chapter 2
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 Chapter 3
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 Chapter 4
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 Chapter 5
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 Chapter 6
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 Chapter 7
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 Chapter 8
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The figures to the first edition can be found here