Actions for Surface-supported Ag islands stabilized by a quantum size effect [electronic resource] : Their interaction with small molecules relevant to ethylene epoxidation
Surface-supported Ag islands stabilized by a quantum size effect [electronic resource] : Their interaction with small molecules relevant to ethylene epoxidation
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Washington, D.C. : United States. Dept. of Energy. Office of Science, 2013. Oak Ridge, Tenn. : Distributed by the Office of Scientific and Technical Information, U.S. Dept. of Energy.
This dissertation focuses on how QSE-stabilized, surface-supported Ag nanoclusters will interact with ethylene or oxygen. Experiments are performed to determine whether the QSE-mediated Ag islands react differently toward adsorption of ethylene or oxygen, or whether the adsorption of these small molecules will affect the QSE-mediated stability of Ag islands. Studies of the interaction of oxygen with Ag/Si(111)-7×7 were previously reported, but these studies were performed at a low Ag coverage where 3D Ag islands were not formed. So the study of such a system at a higher Ag coverage will be a subject of this work. The interaction of ethylene with Ag/Si(111)-7×7, as well as the interaction of oxygen with Ag/NiAl(110) are also important parts of this study.