Heterogeneous catalysis Mossbauer spectroscopy

W. M. H. Sachtler and R. A. van Santen Mossbauer Spectroscopy Applications to Heterogeneous Catalysis James A. Dumesic and Henrik Tops0e Compensation Effect in Heterogeneous Catalysis... 

Mossbauer Spectroscopy Applications to Heterogeneous Catalysis James A. Dumesic and Henrik... 

Application of the Mossbauer effect, which is essentially a bulk phenomenon, to the study of surfaces has received significant attention in recent years. The usefulness of this technique lies in its ability to determine the electronic environment and symmetry of the surface nucleus, and it offers a method of investigation that is clearly complementary to other physical methods for the characterization of solid surfaces. Mossbauer spectroscopy has the attractive advantage that it may be used at a variety of pressures and can be applied to the study of heterogeneous catalysis and adsorption processes to probe the nature of the solid surface and its electronic modification when holding adsorbed species. 

There are many other fields of application of Mossbauer spectroscopy in chemistry, including coordination chemistry, catalysis (heterogeneous). 

---