AMS Focus Topic targets recent developments aimed at unraveling the effects of strong external electric fields on chemical reactivity. External electric fields can be used to alter thermodynamics and kinetics of chemical reactions with as great or better influence than temperature or pressure alone. It opens new opportunities across fundamental and applied areas in chemistry/material science and brings new perspectives on precision chemistry. The experimental portion focuses on advanced microscopy and spectroscopy techniques to explore field-assisted chemistry (e.g., Atom Probe/Atomic Force Microscopies, Electron holography, and Raman/Stark vibrational spectroscopies, etc.). The theoretical portion focuses on modelling local electric fields (e.g., quantum or classical), underlying these approaches, and their impact on surface and molecular chemical and physical properties.
AMS1-WeA: Advanced Microscopy and Spectroscopy to Explore Field-Assisted Chemistry I
- Richard Forbes, University of Surrey, UK, “Charged Surfaces Theory, Atom Probe Microscopy, and Other High-Field Techniques Relevant to Electric-Field-Assisted Chemistry”
- Thierry Visart de Bocarmé, Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgium, “Influence of External Electric Fields on Catalytic Reactions: An Insight through Atom Probe Microscopy and Field Ion Microscopy”
- Wolfgang Windl, The Ohio State University, “Ab-Initio Simulation of Field Evaporation in Atom Probe Tomography”
AMS2-WeA: Advanced Microscopy and Spectroscopy to Explore Field-Assisted Chemistry II
- Tanya Prozorov, US DOE Ames Laboratory, “Lanthanide Adsorption in Micas: The Implications for Rare Earth Elements Separations”