Experimental and modelling studies of the adsorption of acetone on ice surfaces at temperatures around 200 K [Elektronische Ressource] / Atanas Terziyski

Experimental and modelling studies of the adsorption of acetone on ice surfaces at temperatures around 200 K Dissertation submitted to Fachbereich Chemie University of Duisburg-Essen in partial fulfilment of the requirements for a Doctor of Natural Sciences (Dr. rer. nat.) Atanas Terziyski from Plovdiv / Bulgaria March 2006 1 2 Tag der mündlichen Prüfung: 29.03.2006 Vorsitzender: Prof. Dr. R. Boese 1. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. R. Zellner 2. Gutachter: Prof. Dr. E. Hasselbrink 3 4 Acknowledgements I would like to thank all the people who have helped me on my thesis and my nearly five years’ stay in Germany. Time does fly but you all made this period of time the best experience in my life. Especially the people I mention below, without them this thesis will never exist. I would like to thank Prof. Reinhard Zellner who allowed me to join his group and to carry out this work. I hope my achievements here would be appreciated, although sometimes my English is blurred. I do hope that you could accept my deep respect to you. I would like to thank Prof. George Andreev, my Bulgarian chief. He is the first person who got the idea of obtaining my Ph.D. degree in Germany, and then began the discussion with Prof. Zellner. He also allowed me to take a quite long leave from my employment at the University of Plovdiv. Prof.