Chemisorption of simple molecules

Another technologically important reaction is the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis, with iron oxide being one of the components of some catalysts. A detailed understanding of the complex mechanism of this reaction can be obtained by studying the chemisorption of simple molecules on well-characterized surfaces by means of advanced surface-sensitive spectroscopic techniques. A few investigations of the interaction of small molecules (such as CO, CO2, H2O, O2, H2, and NO) (520-522) and organic molecules on iron oxide surfaces (523-527) have been carried out. 

Low energy electron diffraction experiments show that chemisorption of simple molecules such as O2 (or CO, Ng, etc.) on a single crystal metal surface can produce many different adsorbed structures that are dependent on coverage and thermal history. These structures have usually... 

Chemisorption of simple molecules on gold, G. C. Bond, C. Louis, and D. T. Thompson, Catalysis by Gold, 2006, 126-127. London Imperial College Press. 

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