Editing Surface science (section)

==History==
The field of surface chemistry started with [[heterogeneous catalysis]] pioneered by [[Paul Sabatier (chemist)|Paul Sabatier]] on [[hydrogenation]] and [[Fritz Haber]] on the [[Haber process]].<ref name=Nobel>{{cite web | last=Wennerström | first=Håkan |author2=Lidin, Sven  | title=''Scientific Background on the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2007 Chemical Processes on Solid Surfaces''  | url=https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/2007/advanced-chemistryprize2007.pdf }}</ref> [[Irving Langmuir]] was also one of the founders of this field, and the scientific journal on surface science, ''[[Langmuir (journal)|Langmuir]]'', bears his name. The [[Langmuir equation|Langmuir adsorption equation]] is used to model monolayer adsorption where all surface adsorption sites have the same affinity for the adsorbing species and do not interact with each other. [[Gerhard Ertl]] in 1974 described for the first time the adsorption of [[hydrogen]] on a [[palladium]] surface using a novel technique called [[Low-energy electron diffraction|LEED]].<ref>{{cite journal | last=Conrad | first=H. | author2=Ertl, G. | author2-link=Gerhard Ertl | author3=Latta, E.E. | title=Adsorption of hydrogen on palladium single crystal surfaces | journal=Surface Science | volume=41 | issue=2 | pages=435–446 | date=February 1974 | doi=10.1016/0039-6028(74)90060-0 |bibcode = 1974SurSc..41..435C }}</ref> Similar studies with [[platinum]],<ref>{{cite journal | last=Christmann | first=K. | author2=Ertl, G. | author2-link=Gerhard Ertl | author3=Pignet, T. | title=Adsorption of hydrogen on a Pt(111) surface | journal=Surface Science | volume=54 | issue=2 | pages=365–392 | date=February 1976 | doi=10.1016/0039-6028(76)90232-6|bibcode = 1976SurSc..54..365C }}</ref> [[nickel]],<ref>{{cite journal | last=Christmann | first=K. | author2=Schober, O. | author3=Ertl, G. | author3-link=Gerhard Ertl | author4=Neumann, M. | title=Adsorption of hydrogen on nickel single crystal surfaces | journal=[[The Journal of Chemical Physics]] | volume=60 | issue=11 | pages=4528–4540  | date=June 1, 1974 | doi=10.1063/1.1680935|bibcode = 1974JChPh..60.4528C }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal | last=Christmann | first=K. | author2=Behm, R. J. | author3=Ertl, G. | author3-link=Gerhard Ertl | author4=Van Hove, M. A. | author5=Weinberg, W. H. | title=Chemisorption geometry of hydrogen on Ni(111): Order and disorder | journal=[[The Journal of Chemical Physics]] | date=May 1, 1979 | volume=70 | issue=9 | pages=4168–4184 | doi=10.1063/1.438041|bibcode = 1979JChPh..70.4168C }}</ref> and [[iron]]<ref>{{cite journal | last=Imbihl | first=R. |author2=Behm, R. J. |author3=Christmann, K. |author4=Ertl, G. |author4-link=Gerhard Ertl |author5=Matsushima, T. 
| title=Phase transitions of a two-dimensional chemisorbed system: H on Fe(110) | journal=Surface Science | volume=117 | issue=1 | date=May 2, 1982 | pages=257–266 |  doi=10.1016/0039-6028(82)90506-4|bibcode = 1982SurSc.117..257I }}</ref> followed. Most recent developments in surface sciences include the 2007 [[Nobel prize of Chemistry]] winner [[Gerhard Ertl]]'s advancements in surface chemistry, specifically
his investigation of the interaction between carbon monoxide molecules and platinum surfaces.