Formic acid (FA, HCO2H) receives considerable attention as a hydrogen storage material. In
this respect, hydrogenation of CO2 to FA and dehydrogenation of FA are crucial reaction …

Wetting phenomena are ubiquitous in nature and technology. A solid substrate exposed to
the environment is almost invariably covered by a layer of fluid material. In this review, the …

Grain boundaries exhibit phase-like behavior in which their structure, chemistry and
properties may change discontinuously at critical values of thermodynamic parameters such …

The wetting of solids by liquids is connected to physical chemistry (wettability), to statistical
physics (pinning of the contact line, wetting transitions, etc.), to long-range forces (van der …

A review is given of the nucleation and growth processes occurring in thin film formation.
Emphasis is given to quantitative nucleation theories and to the role of electron microscopy …

We develop a unified and generally applicable theory of solvation of small and large apolar
species in water. In the former, hydrogen bonding of water is hindered yet persists near the …

Grain boundaries can undergo phase-like transitions, called complexion transitions, in
which their structure, composition, and properties change discontinuously as temperature …

It is shown that in any two‐phase mixture of fluids near their critical point, contact angles
against any third phase become zero in that one of the critical phases completely wets the …

We review the current state of knowledge of phase separation and phase equilibria in
porous materials. Our emphasis is on fundamental studies of simple fluids (composed of …

The surface of ice exhibits the swath of phase-transition phenomena common to all
materials and as such it acts as an ideal test bed of both theory and experiment. It is readily …