Electrified Interfaces in Physics, Chemistry and Biology

Abstract

An overview of electrified interfaces structure and electronic properties of metal surfaces physics of surfaces ab-inito molecular dynamics - selected applications to disordered systems and surfaces the problem of Schottky barrier the semiconductor/electrolyte interface stark effect on adsorbates at electrified interfaces thermodynamics of adsorption electrode potentials and energy scales phenomenological approach to metal/electrolyte interfaces the application of scanning tunnelling microscopy to electrochemistry singly crystal electrodes modelling of metal-water electrified interfaces molecular models of organic adsorption from water at charged interfaces the interface between a metal and a solution in the absence of specific adsorption adsorption at the metal/solution interface electron-transfer reactions at metal-solution interfaces - an introduction to some contemporary issues the solid-electrolyte interface as exemplified by hydrous oxides - surface chemistry and surface reactivity discrete charges on biological membranes structural rearrangements in lipid bilayer membranes evaluation of the surface potential at the membrane-solution interface of photosynthetic bacterial systems electrical currents of the light driven pump bacteriorhodopsin the role of asp 85 and asp 96 on proton translocation the electrochemical relaxation at thylakoid membranes evaluation of the electric field in a protein by dynamic measurements of proton transfer.