THE REACTIVITY OF OXIDIC SURFACES

The following sections are included:

• General Physicochemical Properties of the Ionogenic Surface. Pauling's Valency Concept

  • SURFACE RELAXATION EFFECTS

  • THE MADELUNG POTENTIAL OF THE SURFACE LAYER; PAULING'S VALENCIES

    • Ion charge excess of the dense TiO₂ surface

    • Elementary theory of surface Brønsted and Lewis acidity and basicity. Implications for catalyst preparation and acid catalysis

• The Electronic Structure of Transition-Metal Oxide Surfaces

  • LIGAND-FIELD THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS, THE SURFACE DANGLING BOND ANALOG

  • VALENCE ELECTRON STRUCTURE OF THE RUTILE SURFACES

• Quantum-Chemical Basis of Brønsted Acidity in Zeolites

• The Quantum-Chemical Basis of Heterogeneous Oxide Catalysis

• References