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Reflection Absorption Infrared Spectroscopy

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Vibrational Spectroscopy of Molecules on Surfaces

Part of the book series: Methods of Surface Characterization ((MOSC,volume 1))

Abstract

Much of the information concerning the bonding and symmetry of molecules in the gaseous, liquid, and solid states has come from the study of molecular vibrations using infrared spectroscopy. It seemed, therefore, only natural that infrared spectroscopy should be extended to provide a vibrational spectroscopic technique for the study of the adsorbed phase. The first step in this direction appears to have been taken by Buswell et al. in 1938,(1) extending the traditional transmission ir technique to the study of adsorbed water on montmorillonite clay surfaces. It was not until the 1950s that the ir transmission method was again taken up by several groups to study adsorbed species on high surface area materials.(2-4) Perhaps the most remarkable of these experiments was the work of Eischens and co-workers in 1956,(4) who studied the adsorption of CO on supported nickel, palladium, and platinum catalysts. A comparison of the spectra obtained on the catalysts with those of various metal carbonyl complexes enabled then to assign bands to various adsorption configurations (i.e., linear and bridging), and to recognize the influence of vibrational coupling on the C-O stretch vibration of adsorbed CO. Indeed, their results and interpretations have been largely substantiated in work on single-crystal surfaces, as will be seen in Section 3 of this chapter.

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Hayden, B.E. (1987). Reflection Absorption Infrared Spectroscopy. In: Yates, J.T., Madey, T.E. (eds) Vibrational Spectroscopy of Molecules on Surfaces. Methods of Surface Characterization, vol 1. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-8759-6_7

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