Download or read book Nanolithographic Fabrication and Heterogeneous Reaction Studies OfTwo-Dimensional Platinum Model Catalyst Systems written by A. M. Contreras and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In order to better understand the fundamental components that govern catalytic activity, two-dimensional model platinum nanocatalyst arrays have been designed and fabricated. These catalysts arrays are meant to model the interplay of the metal and support important to industrial heterogeneous catalytic reactions. Photolithography and sub-lithographic techniques such as electron beam lithography, size reduction lithography and nanoimprint lithography have been employed to create these platinum nanoarrays. Both in-situ and ex-situ surface science techniques and catalytic reaction measurements were used to correlate the structural parameters of the system to catalytic activity.