Summary
The field of surface science has developed rapidly over the past decade, and these developments have produced widespread technological applications in areas such as microchip manufacture, heterogeneous catalysis, energy conversion, electrochemistry and corrosion. Much of the quantitative understanding of solid surfaces is based on the enormous strides made by surface crystallographers in locating atomic positions and structures at surfaces. Very recently major advances have begun to be made in studies of kinetic and dynamic processes at solid surfaces.
Duration
Five years, from 1991 to 1995
Steering Committee
Professor D. A. King (Chairman); Department of Chemistry, Cambridge University, United Kingdom
Dr. G. Casalone; Centro per lo Studio delle Relazioni tra Struttura e Reattivita Chimica, Milano, Italy
Professor G. Comsa; IGV/KFA Jülich, Germany;
Professor G. Ert; Fritz Haber Institut der MPG, Berlin, Germany
Professor A. Gonzalez-Uren; Dep. de Quimica Fisica, Universidad. de Madrid, Spain
Dr. C. Henry; CRMC-2-CNRS, Marseille, France;
Dr. S. Holloway; University of Liverpool, United Kingdom
Professor B. Kasemo; Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden
Professor A. Kleyn; Institute for Atomic & Molecular Physics, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Professor J. Norskov; Technical University of Denmark, Lyngby, Denmark
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