Molecular electrochemistry dynamical 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. ... 

I. Benjamin, Molecular dynamics simulations in interfacial electrochemistry, in Modem Aspects of Electrochemistry, eds. J. O. M. Bockris, B. E. Conway, and R. E. White (Plenum Press, New York, 1997), pp. 115. 

Overview, (2) electrosynthesis, (3) redox properties (and relationships with structure and reactivity), (4) dynamics of electron-transfer, (5) polynuclear and supramdecuiar complexes, ( ) molecular electroactivation and eiectrocataiysis, (7) mechanistic studies, (8) spectroelectrochemistry, (9) experimental aspects, (10) electrochemistry in non-conventional conditions, and (11) conclusions and prospects. 

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