Abstract
A series of fundamental problems of the chemical physics of heterogeneous catalysis are considered: new methods for investigating the mechanism of heterogeneous catalysis making it possible to study the reaction in situ with a high degree of time resolution; the dynamics of the elementary step, including energy and electron exchange processes in catalysis; macrodynamics of heterogeneous catalysis, including the formation of dissipative structure; chain mechanisms; heterogeneous-homogeneous catalysis and the role of a multiphase structure in heterogeneous catalysis. The bibliography includes 245 references.