THE scanning tunnelling microscope (STM) has yielded great insight into the structure of
surfaces and into the dynamics of surface reconstruction and adsorption1. We show here …

The catalytic oxidation of carbon monoxide (CO) on a platinum (111) surface was studied by
scanning tunneling microscopy. The adsorbed oxygen atoms and CO molecules were …

In a very short time the scanning tunnelling microscope has become an important tool in
surface science, and physics in general1–3. Its primary use has been to obtain atomic …

THE scanning tunnelling microscope (STM) is now an established tool for the study of
ordered metal and semiconductor surfaces on an atomic scale1, 2. Here we demonstrate the …

Gas adsorption on solid surfaces is the basis of heterogeneous catalysis. Gas–surface
interactions may be complex and in many cases the fundamental mechanisms of the …

SINCE its invention in the early 1980s by Binnig and Rohrer1, 2, the scanning tunnelling
microscope (STM) has provided images of surfaces and adsorbed atoms and molecules …

THE potential of the scanning tunnelling microscope (STM) as a tool for the high-resolution
manipulation of surfaces and surface-adsorbed phases has been amply demonstrated1–5 …

The activity of heterogeneous catalysts—which are involved in some 80 per cent of
processes in the chemical and energy industries—is determined by the electronic structure …

Catalysts are widely used to increase reaction rates. They function by stabilizing the
transition state of the reaction at their active site, where the atomic arrangement ensures …

THE rates of chemical reactions may exhibit temporal oscillations, even when the reaction
parameters are kept constant. These oscillations might be associated with spatial pattern …