Heterogeneous Catalysis by Single Crystalline Group VIII Transition Metal Surfaces: Structure, Bonding and Dynamics

本基金资助分析和表面化学的一般领域以及分子束表面动力学的子领域。加州大学圣巴巴拉分校的W. Henry Weinberg教授将把傅里叶变换红外光谱仪连接到分子束表面散射实验室内。该装置将用于研究表征良好的金属表面上简单反应的速率和机理。这项研究的结果将有助于解释涉及碳氧化的催化反应中金属表面化学的细节。在这个项目中，反射吸收红外测量将补充正在进行的光谱和解吸研究，研究乙烯和一氧化碳在铱（110）、钌（001）和铂（110）表面的反应。

This grant is in the general field of analytical and surface chemistry and the subfield of molecular beam surface dynamics. Professor W. Henry Weinberg of the University of California at Santa Barbara will interface a Fourier Transform Infrared Spectrometer to a molecular beam surface scattering experimental chamber. This device will be used to study the rates and mechanisms of simple reactions on well characterized surfaces of metals. The results of this research will serve to explain the details of metal surface chemistry in catalytic reactions involving oxidation of carbon. In this program the reflection absorption infrared measurement will complement ongoing spectroscopy and desorption studies of the reactions of ethylene and carbon monoxide on iridium (110), ruthenium (001) and platinum (110) surfaces.