INTRODUCTION
Heterogeneous Catalysis
The Aim of Catalyst Characterization
Spectroscopic Techniques
Research Strategies
TEMPERATURE-PROGRAMMED TECHNIQUES
Introduction
Temperature-Programmed Reduction
Temperature-Programmed Sulfidation
Temperature-Programmed Reaction Spectroscopy
Temperature-Programmed Desorption
Temperature-Programmed Reaction Spectroscopy in UHV
PHOTOEMISSION AND AUGER SPECTROSCOPY
Introduction
X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy (XPS)
Ultraviolet Photoelectron Spectroscopy (UPS)
Auger Electron Spectroscopy
THE ION SPECTROSCOPIES
Introduction
Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMS)
Secondary Neutral Mass Spectrometry (SNMS)
Ion Scattering: The Collision Process
Rutherford Backscattering Spectrometry (RBS)
Low-Energy Ion Scattering (LEIS)
MOESSBAUER SPECTROSCOPY
Introduction
The Moessbauer Effect
Moessbauer Spectroscopy
Moessbauer Spectroscopy in Catalyst Characterization
DIFFRACTION AND EXTENDED X-RAY ABSORPTION FINE STRUCTURE (EXAFS)
Introduction
X-Ray Diffraction
Low-Energy Electron Diffraction (LEED)
X-Ray Absorption Fine Structure (XAFS)
MICROSCOPY AND IMAGING
Introduction
Electron Microscopy
Field Emission Microscopy and Ion Microscopy
Scanning Probe Microscopy: AFM and STM
Other Imaging Techniques
VIBRATIONAL SPECTROSCOPY
Introduction
Theory of Molecular Vibrations
Infrared Spectroscopy
Sum-Frequency Generation
Raman Spectroscopy
Electron Energy Loss Spectroscopy (EELS)
CASE STUDIES IN CATALYST CHARACTERIZATION
Introduction
Supported Rhodium Catalysts
Alkali Promoters on Metal Surfaces
Cobalt-Molybdenum Sulfide Hydrodesulfurization Catalysts
Chromium Polymerization Catalysts

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Hans Niemantsverdriet is Professor Physical Chemistry of Surfaces, Director of the Schuit Institute of Catalysis and Dean of the Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry. He is (co)author of about 185 scientific papers and of 3 books (see also www.catalysis.nl). Hans has been Editor of the Journal of Catalysis since 1996, and served as Managing Editor of CaTTech between 1996 and 2001. He is member of the Editorial Boards of Applied Surface Science, and Physical Chemistry - Chemical Physics. He served as Chairman of the Netherlands Vacuum Society NEVAC (1997-2000) and as President of the European Federation of Catalysis Societies, EFCATS (1999-2001).

J. W. Niemantsverdriet, Eindhoven University of Technology, Laboratory of Inorganic Chemistry and Catalysis, Eindhoven, The Netherlands