| EPSRC Reference: |
GR/L89570/01 |
| Title: |
FAR-IR RAIRS OF METAL-MOLECULE BONDING: REALISTIC MODELS OF TECHNOLOGICALLY IMPORTANT INTERFACES |
| Principal Investigator: |
Raval, Professor R |
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| Department: |
Chemistry |
| Organisation: |
University of Liverpool |
| Scheme: |
Standard Research (Pre-FEC) |
| Starts: |
01 November 1998 |
Ends: |
31 July 2002 |
Value (£): |
111,053
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Pharmaceuticals and Biotechnology |
| Energy |
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Summary on Grant Application Form |
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This proposal aims to upgrade and develop the SRS Far-IR 13.3 beamline at Daresbury Laboratory in order to directly monitor the vibrations of molecule-metal bonds which play a pivotal role in determining the performance of an interface. The project will concentrate on interfaces relevant to heterogeneous enantioselective catalysis and in fuel cell electrocatalysis. In both cases the following research strategy will be employed: (i) investigation of model interfaces, constructed in ultra-high vacuum conditions, to closely mimic the interface. The complexity of the model interface will be increased in a step-wise fashion in order to directly establish the nature of molecule-metal and molecule-molecule interactions, and their perturbation by coadsorbed modifiers such as ions and solvent molecules which are known to play an important part in interface performance; (ii) investigation of realistic interfaces created by transfer into an environmental chamber in which the surface is subject to liquid environments.
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http://www.liv.ac.uk |