Since the isolation of graphene in 2004, two-dimensional (2D) materials research has
rapidly evolved into an entire subdiscipline in the physical sciences with a wide range of …

CO oxidation is an important primary reaction in automotive catalysis, and has been studied
extensively since the 1970s because of its fundamental nature and technological relevance …

Reducibility is an essential characteristic of oxide catalysts in oxidation reactions following
the Mars–van Krevelen mechanism. A typical descriptor of the reducibility of an oxide is the …

The current status of knowledge regarding the surfaces of the iron oxides, magnetite (Fe 3 O
4), maghemite (γ-Fe 2 O 3), haematite (α-Fe 2 O 3), and wüstite (Fe 1− x O) is reviewed. The …

Oxide thin films grown on metal surfaces have wide applications in catalysis and beyond
owing to their unique surface structures compared to their bulk counterparts. Despite …

Electron transfer (ET) is a fundamental process in physics, chemistry, and biology. 1 Charge
transfer determines phenomena like oxidation and reduction, bond activation and bond …

Understanding the interaction of small metal clusters and isolated atoms with oxide surfaces
is crucial in order to rationalize the properties of heterogeneous catalysts composed of sub …

Fundamental understandings of surface chemistry and catalysis of solid catalysts are of
great importance for the developments of efficient catalysts and corresponding catalytic …

In recent times, researchers have emphasized practical approaches for capturing
coordinated and selective guest entrap. The physisorbed nanoporous supramolecular …

Gold ([Xe] 4f 14 5d 10 6s 1) is one of the most ancient themes of investigation in science and
arts, and its renaissance now leads to an exponentially increasing number of publications …