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Ethylene Epoxidation on Ag: Identification of the Crucial Surface Intermediate by Experimental and Theoretical Investigation of its Electronic Structure
Author(s) -
Linic Suljo,
Piao Hong,
Adib Kaveh,
Barteau Mark A.
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.200353584
Subject(s) - x ray photoelectron spectroscopy , ethylene oxide , adsorption , electronic structure , density functional theory , ethylene , surface structure , surface (topology) , oxide , materials science , chemical physics , high resolution , computational chemistry , nanotechnology , chemistry , crystallography , chemical engineering , organic chemistry , geometry , copolymer , polymer , catalysis , composite material , mathematics , remote sensing , engineering , geology , metallurgy
Intermediate success : A combination of high‐resolution X‐ray photoelectron spectroscopy and density functional theory allows the electronic structures of adsorbates to be probed to an unprecedented level of detail. By using these techniques, the adsorption of ethylene oxide onto an Ag(111) surface has been shown to result in the formation of an unsymmetrical surface oxametallacycle structure (see picture).