Defects at Oxide Surfaces (Springer Series in Surface Sciences Book 58)

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 Oxides. Numerical Simulations Of Defective Structures Complete The Picture Developed. Defects On Planar Surfaces Form The Focus Of Much Of The Book, Although The Investigation Of Powder Samples Also Form An Important Part. The Experimental Study Of Planar Surfaces Opens The Possibility Of Applying The Large Armoury Of Techniques That Have Been Developed Over The Last Half-century To Study Surfaces In Ultra-high Vacuum. This Enables The Acquisition Of Atomic Level Data Under Well-controlled Conditions, Providing A Stringent Test Of Theoretical Methods. The Latter Can Then Be More Reliably Applied To Systems Such As Nanoparticles For Which Accurate Methods Of Characterization Of Structure And Electronic Properties Have Yet To Be Developed. The Book Gives Guidance To Tailor Oxide Surfaces By Controlling The Nature And Concentration Of Defects. The Importance Of Defects In The Physics And Chemistry Of Metal Oxide Surfaces Is Presented In This Book Together With The Prominent Role Of Oxides In Common Life. The Book Contains Contributions From Leaders In The Field. It Serves As A Reference For Experts And Beginners In The Field. 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. Edited By Jacques Jupille, Geoff Thornton. "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 oxides. Numerical simulations of defective structures complete the picture developed. Defects on planar surfaces form the focus of much of the book, although the investigation of powder samples also form an important part. The experimental study of planar surfaces opens the possibility of applying the large armoury of techniques that have been developed over the last half-century to study surfaces in ultra-high vacuum. This enables the acquisition of atomic level data under well-controlled conditions, providing a stringent test of theoretical methods. The latter can then be more reliably applied to systems such as nanoparticles for which accurate methods of characterization of structure and electronic properties have yet to be developed. The book gives guidance to tailor oxide surfaces by controlling the nature and concentration of defects. The importance of defects in the physics and chemistry of metal oxide surfaces is presented in this book together with the prominent role of oxides in common life. The book contains contributions from leaders in the field. It serves as a reference for experts and beginners in the field."-- Provided by publisher Front Matter....Pages i-xvi Numerical Simulations of Defective Structures: The Nature of Oxygen Vacancy in Non-reducible (MgO, SiO 2 , ZrO 2 ) and Reducible (TiO 2 , NiO, WO 3 ) Oxides....Pages 1-28 Atomic Scale Characterization of Defects on Oxide Surfaces....Pages 29-80 Defects on TiO 2 —Key Pathways to Important Surface Processes....Pages 81-121 Excess Electrons at Oxide Surfaces....Pages 123-147 Oxygen Defects at Reducible Oxide Surfaces: The Example of Ceria and Vanadia....Pages 149-190 The Structure and Properties of Clean Steps at Oxide Surfaces....Pages 191-214 Defects on Bulk MgO(001) Imaged by nc-AFM....Pages 215-239 Noncontact AFM Imaging of Atomic Defects on the Rutile TiO 2 (110) Surface....Pages 241-272 Defects in Metal Oxide Nanoparticle Powders....Pages 273-301 Point Defects in Electron Paramagnetic Resonance....Pages 303-326 Defects on Strontium Titanate....Pages 327-349 Dopant and Defect Induced Electronic States at In 2 O 3 Surfaces....Pages 351-400 Resistive Switching in Oxides....Pages 401-428 Photon-, Electron-, and Scanning Tunneling Microscopy-Induced Defects on Oxide Surfaces....Pages 429-451 Back Matter....Pages 453-462