Physics and chemistry of alkali metal adsorption

I. Adsorption of Alkali Metals. Theory of alkali adsorption on metal surfaces (N.D. Lang). Work function changes due to alkali-metal adsorption (K. Wandelt). Penning spectroscopy of alkali metal surfaces (J. Kuppers). Electronic structure of adsorbed alkali metal layers on A1(111) determined by valence level photoemission (K. Horn et al.). Structures and phases of adsorbed alkali metals (K. Muller et al.). Ordered phases and surface diffusion in adsorbed layers of electropositive metals (A.T. Loburets et al.). Overlayer states and resonances (S.A. Lindgren, L. Wallden). Alkali adsorption and alkali induced reconstructions on FCC(110) metal surfaces (R.J. Behm). Quantitative structural studies of the reconstruction of the {110} faces of Ag, Pd and Cu 85 Pd 15 by alkali metals (C.J. Barnes et al.). Dynamical response, in the bulk and at the surface, of simple metals (E.W. Plummer et al.). II. Coadsorption of Alkali Metal and Molecules. Alkali metal promotion of thermo- and photochemistry (W. Ho). Some aspects of oxygen and alkali metal coadsorption on solid surfaces (L. Surnev). The role of adsorbed alkalis in desorption induced by electronic transitions (T.E. Madey et al.). Structural orientation of adsorbed molecules: Applications of X-ray photoelectron diffraction (D.A. Wesner et al.). Vibrational spectroscopy of alkali-molecule interaction and compound formation on metal surfaces (J. Paul et al.). Coadsorption with alkali metals: Surface science involving SIMS (J.M. White). Influence of alkali atoms on coadsorbed molecules (E. Umbach et al.). Adsorbate-adsorbate interactions and surface reactivity (J. Norskov). Theory of the co-adsorption of H 2 O and CO with K on the Pt(111) surface (J.E. Muller). Investigations of the co-adsorption of K and CN on Pd(110) and Pd(111) with photoemission and penning spectroscopy (R. Hemmen et al.). III. Significance of Alkali Additives in Heterogeneous Catalysis. The role of potassium promoters in nickel catalysts for CO hydrogenation (D.W. Goodman). Alkali modification of iron Fischer-Tropsch catalysts (D.J. Dwyer). Alkali metals as structure and bonding modifieres of transition metal catalysts (G.A. Somorjai, E.L. Garfunkel). Spectroscopy of adsorbed alkali metal compounds (H.P. Bonzel, H.J. Krebs). Alkali metals in heterogeneous catalysts (R. Schlogl). IV. Matrix-Isolated Alkali Metal-Molecule Complexes. Matrix-isolation studies of alkali metal atom/small cluster interactions with molecules (J.L. Margrave et al.). Infrared spectra and structures of alkali metal complexes with CO, C 2 H 2 , C 2 H 4 , C 6 H 6 molecules isolated in solid argon (L. Manceron, J.P. Perchard). Comparison of matrix isolated alkali metal carbonyl complexes with coadsorbed K and CO on Pt(111) surfaces (G. Pirug, H.P. Bonzel). V. Significance of Alkali Metals in Semiconductor Technology. The mechanisms of the alkali-enhanced oxidation of semiconductors (R. Miranda).