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Self-assembled monolayers of thiolates on metals as a form of nanotechnology.

Fundamentals of Plasmonics.- Electromagnetics of Metals.- Surface Plasmon Polaritons at Metal / Insulator Interfaces.- Excitation of Surface Plasmon Polaritons at Planar Interfaces.- Imaging Surface Plasmon Polariton Propagation.- Localized Surface Plasmons.- Electromagnetic Surface Modes at Low Frequencies.- Applications.- Plasmon Waveguides.- Transmission of Radiation Through Apertures and Films.- Enhancement of Emissive Processes and Nonlinearities.- Spectroscopy and Sensing.- Metamaterials and Imaging with Surface Plasmon Polaritons.- Concluding Remarks.

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Plasmonics: Fundamentals and Applications

The surface science of titanium dioxide

Self-assembly is the autonomous organization of components into patterns or structures without human intervention. Self-assembling processes are common throughout nature and technology. They involve components from the molecular (crystals) to the planetary (weather systems) scale and many different kinds of interactions. The concept of self-assembly is used increasingly in many disciplines, with a different flavor and emphasis in each.

http://science.sciencemag.org/content/sci/295/5564/2418.full.pdf

Self-assembly at all scales.

Recent developments have greatly improved the sensitivity of optical sensors based on metal nanoparticle arrays and single nanoparticles. We introduce the localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) sensor and describe how its exquisite sensitivity to size, shape and environment can be harnessed to detect molecular binding events and changes in molecular conformation. We then describe recent progress in three areas representing the most significant challenges: pushing sensitivity towards the single-molecule detection limit, combining LSPR with complementary molecular identification techniques such as surface-enhanced Raman spectroscopy, and practical development of sensors and instrumentation for routine use and high-throughput detection. This review highlights several exceptionally promising research directions and discusses how diverse applications of plasmonic nanoparticles can be integrated in the near future.

Biosensing with plasmonic nanosensors

Preparation of Solid Catalysts. Characterization of Solid Catalysts. Model Systems. Elementary Steps and Mechanisms. Kinetics and Transport Processes. Deactivation and Regeneration. Special Catalytic Systems. Laboratory Reactors. Reaction Engineering. Environmental Catalysis. Inorganic Reactions. Energy-related Catalysis. Organic Reactions.

Handbook of Heterogeneous Catalysis

Keywords: Surface Electronic and Atomic Structure ; Spectroscopy ; Spin-Polarized STM Reference LNS-ARTICLE-1990-002doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.42.9307 Record created on 2009-04-14, modified on 2017-05-12

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Scanning tunneling microscopy observations on the reconstructed Au(111) surface: Atomic structure, long-range superstructure, rotational domains, and surface defects

Reactions at surfaces: from atoms to complexity (Nobel Lecture).

Practically by definition, heterogeneous catalytic reactions represent systems far from thermodynamic equilibrium, and therefore one can observe in such systems rate oscillations, spatiotemporal patterns and chaos--a group of phenomena which has been denoted ``dissipative structures`` by Prigogine. Although oscillatory kinetics in a heterogeneous chemical reaction system had been discovered quite early, it was only about 25 years ago that such phenomena were also found in heterogeneous catalysis by the group of Wicke, who observed rate oscillations in catalytic CO oxidation. Since then, oscillatory surface reactions have developed into a field of very active research. The purpose of the present paper is not to give a full account of all the experimental and theoretical work on oscillatory surface reactions, but to demonstrate the main lines in the development of the whole field. The paper is organized such that first the phenomenology and the mechanisms which give rise to oscillations are presented before the more complicated aspects of spatiotemporal self-organization and chaotic dynamics are discussed. 360 refs.

Oscillatory Kinetics in Heterogeneous Catalysis

Basic Concepts Auger Electron Spectroscopy X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS) Ultraviolet Photoelectron Spectroscopy (UPS) Electron Spectroscopy with Noble Gas Ions and Metastable Atoms Appearance Potential Spectroscopy Inverse Photoemission (IPE, BIS) Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy (ELS, EELS) Low Energy Electron Diffraction (LEED) X-Ray Absorption Fine Structure (EXAFS) Vibrational Spectroscopy (HREELS, EELS) Electron and Photon Stimulated Desorption Appendix: Fundamental Constants Properties of Selected Elements Line Positions in XPS Using Al-Kd Radiation XPS Atomic Sensitivity Factors Kinetic Energies of Auger Electrons Relative Auger Sensitivity Factors Character Tables Characteristic Group Frequencies Abbreviations and Acronyms.

Gerhard Ertl

Papers

Handbook of Heterogeneous Catalysis

Scanning tunneling microscopy observations on the reconstructed Au(111) surface: Atomic structure, long-range superstructure, rotational domains, and surface defects

Reactions at surfaces: from atoms to complexity (Nobel Lecture).

Oscillatory Kinetics in Heterogeneous Catalysis

Low Energy Electrons and Surface Chemistry