Electronically induced surface reactions: Evolution, concepts, and perspectives

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Abstract

This is a personal account of the development of the title subject which is the broader field encompassing surface photochemistry. It describes the early times when the main interest centered on desorption induced by slow electrons, follows its evolution in experiment (use of synchrotron radiation and connections to electron spectroscopies; use of lasers) and mechanisms, and briefly mentions the many different subfields that have evolved. It discusses some practically important aspects and applications and ends with an account of an evolving new subfield, the application to photochemistry on nanoparticles.

Original languageEnglish
Article number091702
JournalJournal of Chemical Physics
Volume137
Issue number9
DOIs
StatePublished - 7 Sep 2012

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