Liquid metals unique aspects

In all of these systems, certain aspects of the reactions can be uniquely related to the properties of a surface. Surface properties may include those representative of the bulk material, ones unique to the interface because of the abrupt change in density of the material, or properties arising from the two-dimensional nature of the surface. In this article, the structural, thermodynamic, electrical, optical, and dynamic properties of solid surfaces are discussed in instances where properties are different from those of the bulk material. Predominantly, this discussion focuses on metal surfaces and their interaction with gas-phase atoms and molecules. The majority of fundamental knowledge of molecular-level surface properties has been derived from such low surface area systems. The solid-gas interface of high surface area materials has received much attention in the context of separation science, however, will not be discussed in detail here. The solid-liquid interface has primarily been treated from an electrochemical perspective and is discussed elsewhere see Electrochemistry Applications in Inorganic Chemistry). The surface properties of liquids (liquid-gas interface) are largely unexplored on the molecular level experimental techniques for their study have begun only recently to be developed. The information presented here is a summary of concepts a more complete description can be found in one of several texts which discuss surface properties in more detail. ... 

Ionic liquids are quite unique media for the synthesis of nanoparticles. This perception has rapidly developed over the last three years and Section 6.3 of this book is devoted to the synthetic aspects of particle preparation in ionic liquids. Thus ionic liquids represent both innovative liquid support materials and stabilizers for catalytic reactions using transition metal nanoparticles. 

The metal electrodeposition is a complex phenomenon, which spans over different fields of chemistry and thermodynamics, mechanics, metallurgy, and material science. It takes place at the solid/liquid interface which makes the process somewhat unique and very attractive. Over the years, our knowledge in electrodeposition has significantly improved leading to better definition of the governing phenomena and development of new methods for electrodeposition. The general description of the most important aspects and methods of electrodeposition is presented in this chapter. 

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