Catalytic chemistry, surface science approach

This book examines the science of heterogeneous catalysis through the eyes of a physical chemist. We follow two main threads of thought throughout our discourse. They include a reductionist approach in which we follow the chemistry in terms of the elementary molecular events that occur on the catalyst surface, and in addition, an integrative approach in which we consider the emergence of kinetic phenomena within the complex catalytic system as interactive networks comprised of their atomic and molecular constituents. 

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