In the light of recent experimental as well as theoretical studies, we summarize our present
understanding of polar oxide surfaces and examine fundamental issues regarding their …

Interactions between metals and oxides are key factors to determine the performance of
metal/oxide heterojunctions, particularly in nanotechnology, where the miniaturization of …

Solvents are widely used in commercial manufacturing and service industries. Despite
abundant precaution, they inevitably contaminate our air, land, and water because they are …

Metal particles grown by vapour deposition on clean and well-defined oxide surfaces are
used as model catalysts. These new model catalysts allow, unlike metal single crystals, a …

Self-assembly is an effective strategy for the creation of periodic structures at the nanoscale.
However, because microelectronic devices use free-form design principles, the insertion …

Whenever a compound crystal is cut normal to a randomly chosen direction, there is an
overwhelming probability that the resulting surface corresponds to a polar termination and is …

Recent studies dealing with the structural, electronic, chemical and catalytic properties of
well-defined bimetallic surfaces are reviewed. LEED and STM show that two metals …

Metal-oxide-based catalysts are used for many important synthesis reactions in the chemical
industry. A better understanding of the catalyst operation can be achieved by studying …

Metal oxide interfaces, metal coatings or dispersed metals on oxide supports play an
important part in many technological areas. Nevertheless, there is still a lack of fundamental …

Ultrathin oxide films on metals offer new opportunities for the design of supported
nanoclusters with potential use in catalysis. This requires a characterization at the atomistic …