LEED devices are often combined with other ultra high vacuum (UHV)
surface science techniques, notably Auger electron spectroscopy.
Canada's 17th Conference on
Surface Science was a huge success.
Coverage includes an overview of characterization methods; preparation, characterization, and application of traditional subclasses of heterogeneous catalysts, including metal oxides, colloids, microporous and mesoporous materials, and skeletal catalysts; preparation of supported metal catalysts; catalysis and chemical reaction engineering; structure and reaction control; texturological properties of catalytic systems;
surface science studies of heterogeneous catalysts; combinatorial approaches; heterogeneous photocatalysis; liquid-phase oxidations catalyzed by polyoxometalates; and enantioselective heterogeneous catalysis.
In 2001, the market for
surface science techniques is estimated to total over $1.6 billion.
Kaliaguine is the author or coauthor of 214 publications in scientific journals and he was Editor or coeditor of three volumes in Elsevier's series Studies in
Surface Science and Catalysis (a fourth volume is in preparation).
Bringing together contributors from the disciplines of chemistry, atmospheric science, plant and soil science, civil and environmental engineering, chemical engineering, and geoscience, among others, the papers explore such topics as precipitation and dissolution of iron and manganese oxides, applications of nonlinear optical techniques for studying heterogeneous systems relevant in the natural environment,
surface science studies of DeNOx catalysts, theoretical modeling of zeolite catalysis, nanoparticles in environmental remediation, bioengineering for the in situ removal remediation of metals, and green biphasic homogeneous catalysis.
Modern
surface science has expanded well beyond the two areas which are most responsible for its growth to date (catalysis and semiconductor processing), although these continue to be very active fields.
RBS is a specialized
surface science analysis technique that is not available commercially.
Many of the recent advances in
surface science have been credited to the development of ultrahigh vacuum (UHV) technology.