Defects at Oxide Surfaces

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Jupille, Jacques (Editor), Thornton, Geoff (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: Springer Series in Surface Sciences, 58
• Subjects: Physics.; Physical chemistry.; Surfaces (Physics).; Interfaces (Physical sciences).; Thin films.; Optical materials.; Electronic materials.; Materials > Surfaces.; Surface and Interface Science, Thin Films.; Optical and Electronic Materials.; Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films.; Physical Chemistry.

This book presents the basics and characterization of defects at oxide surfaces. It provides a state-of-the-art review of the field, containing information to the various types of surface defects, describes analytical methods to study defects, their chemical activity and the catalytic reactivity of...

Table of Contents:

• From the Contents: Numerical simulations of defective structures
• Modeling oxygen vacancies
• Role of surface defects in photocatalysis
• Chemical activity of defects
• Nature of defects as determined by scanning probe tip-surface interactions.