Open AccessPhotoemission Studies of Adsorbates on Metal Surfaces
Author(s) -
Woodruff D. P.
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
journal of synchrotron radiation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.172
H-Index - 99
ISSN - 1600-5775
DOI - 10.1107/s0909049595011630
Subject(s) - synchrotron radiation , valence (chemistry) , angle resolved photoemission spectroscopy , x ray photoelectron spectroscopy , synchrotron , diffraction , photoemission spectroscopy , chemical physics , metal , materials science , electronic structure , chemistry , physics , computational chemistry , optics , nuclear magnetic resonance , organic chemistry , metallurgy
A brief review is presented of the general field of synchrotron radiation photoemission of adsorbates on well characterized metal surfaces, contrasting some of the earliest work of the 1970s with more recent experiments, and highlighting some of the likely future developments that may derive from the use of third‐generation synchrotron radiation facilities. Four general types of study are identified: shallow core‐level photoemission either for the fingerprinting of the chemical state, or for quantitative structural studies via photoelectron diffraction, and valence‐level photoemission either to study the two‐dimensional band structure of adsorbate‐induced surface‐localized states, or to investigate the orientation of molecular adsorbates through the use of symmetry selection rules.