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In this report, the advantages of applying transmission electron microscopy (TEM) in this field are demonstrated. For example, it allows us to observe directly the mesopore systems, to detect the local structures such as surface structures, local defects and the morphologies of the particles, to image directly ordered and partially ordered metal nanoparticles loaded inside the mesopores and to identify possible new phases in a multiphasic specimen. 

Much surface work is concerned with the local atomic structure associated with a single domain. Some surfaces are essentially bulk-temiinated, i.e. the atomic positions are basically unchanged from those of the bulk as if the atomic bonds in the crystal were simply cut. More coimnon, however, are deviations from the bulk atomic structure. These structural adjustments can be classified as either relaxations or reconstructions. To illustrate the various classifications of surface structures, figure A1.7.3(a ) shows a side-view of a bulk-temiinated surface, figure A1.7.3(b) shows an oscillatory relaxation and figure A1.7.3(c) shows a reconstructed surface. 

Heinz K 1994 Diffuse LEED and local surface structure Phys. Status. Solid A 146 195-204... 

ReflEXAES can be used for near-surface structural analysis of a wide variety of samples for which no other technique is appropriate. As with EXAES, ReflEXAES is particularly suited for studying the local atomic structure around particular atomic species in non-crystalline environments. It is, however, also widely used for the analysis of nanocrystalline materials and for studying the initial stages of crystallization at surfaces or interfaces. ReflEXAES was first proposed by Barchewitz [4.135], and after several papers in the early nineteen-eighties [4.136, 4.168-4.170] it became an established (although rather exotic) characterization technique. Most synchrotron radiation sources now have beam-lines dedicated to ReflEXAES experiments. 

Chlorides are often found as the salt aerosols of the atmosphere, and consequently may strongly influence the corrosion performance of structures and plant, particularly in marine or coastal situations. This influence on corrosivity reduces proportionately with distance from the seawater surface, though local environmental factors such as prevailing wind direction, level... 

Two working modes are used for the STM first, the constant height-mode, in which the recorded signal is the tunneling current versus the position of the tip over the sample, and the initial height of the STM tip with respect to the sample surface is kept constant (Fig. 22(a)). In the constant currentmode, a controller keeps the measured tunneling current constant. In order to do that, the distance between tip and sample must be adjusted to the surface structure and to the local electron density of the probed sample via a feedback loop (Fig. 22(b)). 

Local surface structure and coordination numbers of neighbouring atoms can be extracted from the analysis of extended X-ray absorption fine structures (EXAFS). The essential feature of the method22 is the excitation of a core-hole by monoenergetic photons modulation of the absorption cross-section with energy above the excitation threshold provides information on the distances between neighbouring atoms. A more surface-sensitive version (SEXAFS) monitors the photoemitted or Auger electrons, where the electron escape depth is small ( 1 nm) and discriminates in favour of surface atoms over those within the bulk solid. Model compounds, where bond distances and atomic environments are known, are required as standards. 

Subsequently, Mitchell s group in Vancouver, by means of a tensor-LEED study17 of the Cu (110)-(2 x 3)N surface structure, supported a reconstruction model in which the topmost layer is described as a pseudo-(100)-c(2 x 2)N overlayer with metal corrugation of about 0.52 A in the reconstructed layer. Each nitrogen adatom is almost coplanar with the local plane formed by the four neighbouring copper atoms. Of the four N atoms present in the unit mesh, three are also bonded to Cu atoms in the layer below and therefore are five coordinate. 

Figure 10.17 STM images of the changes in surface structure observed when meth-anethiol is adsorbed at a Cu(110) surface at room temperature, (a) Clean surface with terraces approximately lOnm wide separated by multiple steps, (b) After exposure to 2 L of methanethiol there has been considerable step-edge movement. On the terraces a local c(2 x 2) structure is evident, (c) After a further 7 L exposure, a view of a different area of the crystal shows rounded short terraces these still retain the c(2 x 2) local structure, (d) After 60 L gross changes to the surface are evident and the STM is unable to image at high resolution.

Chirality at surfaces can be manifested in a number of forms including the intrinsic chirality of the surface structure and even the induction of chirality via the adsorption of achiral molecules onto achiral surfaces. The ability of STM to probe surfaces on a local scale with atomic/molecular resolution has revolutionized the understanding of these phenomena. Surfaces that are globally chiral either due to their intrinsic structure or due to the adsorption of chiral molecules have been shown by STM to establish control over the adsorption behavior of prochiral species. This could have profound consequences for the understanding of the origin of homochirality in life on Earth and in the development of new generations of heterogeneous chiral catalysts that may, finally, make a substantial impact on the pharmaceutical industry. 

We refrain here from giving an extensive overview of studies on the surface structure of vanadium oxide nanolayers, as this has already been done for up to year 2003 in our recent review [97]. Instead, we would like to focus on prototypical examples, selected from the V-oxide-Rh(l 1 1) phase diagram, which demonstrate the power of STM measurements, when combined with state-of-the-art DFT calculations, to resolve complex oxide nanostructures. Other examples will highlight the usefulness of combining STM and STS data on a local scale, as well as data from STM measurements, and sample area-averaging spectroscopic techniques, such as XPS and NEXAFS, to derive as complete a picture as possible of the investigated system. 

Intense contact (compression or rubbing) Same as for light contact plus the following Preferential local heating (to cause ion migration or electron transfer) Rupture of chemical bonds (Asymmetry of either surface structure or nature of contact or both is necessary to achieve charging)... 

Quantum-chemical cluster models, 34 131-202 computer programs, 34 134 methods, 34 135-138 for chemisorption, 34 135 the local approach, 34 132 molecular orbital methods, 34 135 for surface structures, 34 135 valence bond method, 34 135 Quantum chemistry, heat of chemisorption determination, 37 151-154 Quantum conversion, in chloroplasts, 14 1 Quantum mechanical simulations bond activation, 42 2, 84—107 Quasi-elastic neutron scattering benzene... 

Manceau, A. Drits,V.A. (1993) Local structure of ferrihydrite and feroxyhite by EXAFS spectroscopy. Clay Min. 28 165-184 Manceau, A. Gates, W.P. (1997) Surface structural model for ferrihydrite. Clays Clay Min. 45 448-460... 

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