On solid surfaces

R. Masel, Principles of Adsorption and Reaction on Solid Surfaces, Wiley-Interscience, New York, 1996. 

Tseng T T 1988 Experimental studies of the behaviour of single adsorbed atoms on solid surfaces Rep. Prog. Phys. 51 759... 

The diversity of approaches based on HF (section B3.2.3.4) is small at present compared to the diversity found for DFT. For solids, HF appears to yield results inferior to DFT due to the neglect of electron correlation, but being a genuine many-particle theory it offers the possibility for consistent corrections, in contrast to DFT. Finally, the QMC teclmiqiies (section B3.2.3.41 hold promise for genuine many-particle calculations, yet they are still far from able to offer the same quantities for the same range of materials and geometries as the theories mentioned before. With this wide range of methods now introduced, we will look at their application to chemisorption on solid surfaces. 

Sun F, Castner D G and Grainger D W Ultrathin 1993 Self-assembled polymeric films on solid-surfaces. 2. Formation of 11-(n-pentyldithio)undecanoate-bearing polyacrylate monolayers on gold Langmuirs 3200-7... 

Bound moisture in a solia is that hquid which exerts a vapor pressure less than that of the pure hquid at the given temperature. Liquid may become bound by retention in small capillaries, by solution in cell or fiber walls, by homogeneous solution throughout the sohd, and by chemical or physical adsorption on solid surfaces. 

Single-droplet breakup at very high velocicty (L/velocity) . This governs drop size in free fall as well as breakup when droplets impinge on solid surfaces. 

September 4-8,1988 edited by H.G. Karge and J. Weitkamp Volume 47 Photochemistry on Solid Surfaces edited by M. Anpo andT. Matsuura... 

Electronic structure studies of free molecules (gas phase), well-defined solid surfaces, and adsorbates on solid surfaces... 

J. G. Dash. Films on Solid Surfaces. New York Academic Press, 1974. 

Sec. Ill is concerned with the description of models with directional associative forces, introduced by Wertheim. Singlet and pair theories for these models are presented. However, the main part of this section describes the density functional methodology and shows its application in the studies of adsorption of associating fluids on partially permeable walls. In addition, the application of the density functional method in investigations of wettability of associating fluids on solid surfaces and of capillary condensation in slit-like pores is presented. 

V. P. Zhdanov, B. Kasemo. Kinetic phase transitions in simple reactions on solid surfaces. Surf Sci Rep 20 111-189, 1994. 

The effects of fluorination on solid-surface free energies parallel the liquid trends Perfluormated polymers have the lowest cntical surface tensions, which directly relate to their antistick properties [19], but substimtion of fluorine by hydrogen or by the more polarizable ehloiine atom markedly raises their surface free energy. 

Formation and transformation of heterocycles on solid surfaces 95MI9. 

Referring to the ionic effects, measuring of swelling in solutions which closely model real ones can provide reliable estimates. The papers [58, 132] can serve as examples of such an approach. In choosing a type of SAH suitable for some particular soil it is necessary to take into account the acid-base properties of the gel and the soil because otherwise collapse phenomena are likely to result from common counterions and the sorption on solid surfaces. 

Bruk MA, Pavlov SA (1990) Polymerization on solid surfaces (in Russian), Khimiya, Moscow, USSR... 

Among the important observations that have been made by studying the Raman spectra of molecules adsorbed on solid surfaces (Table X), the following may be noted. The list is not intended to be exhaustive. 

The identification of particles adsorbed on solid surfaces and recognition of their properties is one of the fundamental problems in research on adsorption and heterogeneous catalysis. Desorption of the adsorbed species from a surface and its subsequent analysis is an important method for solv-... 

The adsorption of gases on solid surfaces proceeds to such an extent that approximately 10 7 gr. is present per cm.2 in the equilibrium state. This is of the same order of magnitude as the strength of the limiting capillary layer of a liquid ( 184), hence it is not improbable, as suggested by Faraday (9) (1884), that the adsorbed gas is sometimes present in the liquid state. The adsorbed amount increases with the pressure and diminishes with rise of temperature. The first effect does not follow a law of simple proportionality, as in the case of the absorption of gases by liquids, rather the adsorbed amount does not increase so rapidly, and the equation ... 

In considering the adsorption of gases on solid surfaces we will suppose that m gr. adsorbent take up x c.c. gas, reduced to N.T.P. Then, since the solid adsorbent has a spongy structure,... 

Dussan EBV (1979) On the spreading of liquids on solid surfaces static and dynamic contact lines. Ann Rev Fluid Mech 11 371 00... 

Rate constants for a large number of atmospheric reactions have been tabulated by Baulch et al. (1982, 1984) and Atkinson and Lloyd (1984). Reactions for the atmosphere as a whole and for cases involving aquatic systems, soils, and surface systems are often parameterized by the methods of Chapter 4. That is, the rate is taken to be a linear function or a power of some limiting reactant - often the compound of interest. As an example, the global uptake of CO2 by photosynthesis is often represented in the empirical form d[C02]/df = —fc[C02] ". Rates of reactions on solid surfaces tend to be much more complicated than gas phase reactions, but have been examined in selected cases for solids suspended in air, water, or in sediments. 

Interactions in Solid-Surface Luminescence Temperature Variation. Solid-surface luminescence analysis, especially solid-surface RTF, is being used more extensively in organic trace analysis than in the past because of its simplicity, selectivity, and sensitivity (,1,2). However, the interactions needed for strong luminescence signals are not well understood. In order to understand some of the interactions in solid-surface luminescence we recently developed a method for the determination of room-temperature fluorescence and phosphorescence quantum yields for compounds adsorbed on solid surfaces (27). In addition, we have been investigating the RTF and RTF properties of the anion of p-aminobenzoic acid adsorbed on sodium acetate as a model system. Sodium acetate and the anion of p-aminobenzoic acid have essentially no luminescence impurities. Also, the overall system is somewhat easier to study than compounds adsorbed on other surfaces, such as filter paper, because sodium acetate is more simple chemically. 

The failure of TFL only means a loss of mobility here, but monolayers can stay on solid surfaces to separate the solid surfaces in relative motion, and subsequently sustain a feasible boundary lubrication state [10]. Because the film thickness of TFL is of the nano scale or molecular order, from a mechanical point of view, TFL is the last one of the lubrication regimes where the Reynolds equation can be applied. 

The process of adsorption of polyelectrolytes on solid surfaces has been intensively studied because of its importance in technology, including steric stabilization of colloid particles [3,4]. This process has attracted increasing attention because of the recently developed, sophisticated use of polyelectrolyte adsorption alternate layer-by-layer adsorption [7] and stabilization of surfactant monolayers at the air-water interface [26], Surface forces measurement has been performed to study the adsorption process of a negatively charged polymer, poly(styrene sulfonate) (PSS), on a cationic monolayer of fluorocarbon ammonium amphiphilic 1 (Fig. 7) [27],... 

A large number of potential applications for organized protein monolayers have recently motivated considerable research activity in this field (Boussaad et al. 1998, Kiselyova et al. 1999). Construction of specific interaction-directed, self-assembled protein films has been performed at the air-water interface. The Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) technique has been extensively used to order and immobilize natural proteins on solid surfaces (Tronin et... 

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