Driven by growing concerns for environmental and energy issues, interest in semiconductor-
based heterogeneous photocatalysis has increased considerably over the last decades …

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 …

Solid catalysts usually consist of multicomponents, within which interfacial interactions have
been recognized as a key factor affecting structures and catalytic performance. Metal …

Oxide materials at the two-dimensional limit, in particular in the form of ultrathin films of
oxides (UTOx) grown on metal surfaces, represent promising materials in view of both …

The growth of ultrathin oxide films on metal substrates offers a solution to many of the
experimental difficulties inherent to the studies of surfaces of bulk oxides and provides new …

We present density functional calculations on 1–6 monolayer (ML) thick TiO 2 films peeled
off from the main low-index surfaces of anatase. The structure of the films is optimized both …

We report a theoretical investigation of the adsorption of alkali metal atoms deposited on
ultrathin oxide films. The properties of Li, Na, and K atoms adsorbed on Si O 2∕ Mo (112) …

Oxide reducibility is an important property in catalysis by metal-oxides. The reducibility of an
oxide can be substantially modified when an interface is created between the oxide and a …

Oxide reducibility is an important property that determines the chemical and physical
behavior of the materials under working conditions. Zirconia is a non-reducible oxide that …

Titanium oxide ultrathin films were grown on Ag (100) by evaporation of titanium in an O2
atmosphere. The growth of the oxide films was monitored by means of XPS. The Ti2p XPS …