Analytical Methodologies

A strategy or approach for analyzing a problem, situation, or fact is known as an analytical technique (analytical method). Analytical approaches are typically time and task constrained. Heterogeneous catalytic reactions occur at a catalyst's outermost atomic layer. It's not surprising, then, that quantitative surface analytical methods like time-of-flight secondary ion mass spectrometry (ToF-SIMS), Low Energy Ion Scattering Spectroscopy (LEIS), and photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS, ESCA) are used in the development of catalysts and the search for the causes of failure.

• Spectroscopy in catalysis
• Chromatography in catalysis