A powerful approach to the study of interfaces has been developing rapidly in the past
decade. It is based on the spectroscopic methods of secondharmonic (SHG) and sum …

A workshop was held in the framework of the ACCENT (Atmospheric Composition Change–
a European Network) Joint Research Programme on" Aerosols" and the Programme on" …

Optical second harmonic generation (SHG) is the nonlinear conversion of two photons of
frequency «to a single photonof frequency 2co which, in the electric dipole approximation …

Water autoionization reaction 2H2O→ H3O−+ OH− is a textbook process of basic
importance, resulting in pH= 7 for pure water. However, pH of pure water surface is shown to …

Applications of the interface-selective methods of second harmonic (SHG) and sum
frequency (SFG) spectroscopy to the investigation of equilibrium and time-dependent …

The study of chemical reactivity at liquid interfaces occupies an important place in chemistry.
Corrosion and the operation of electrochemical and photoelectrochemical cells are …

Interfaces are ubiquitous. They occur everywhere. They are the boundaries that separate
distinct physical and chemical regions of matter. The bulk materials on adjacent sides of the …

The advent of laser-based sources of ultrafast infrared pulses has extended the study of very
fast molecular dynamics to the observation of processes manifested through their effects on …

Provides a comprehensive treatment of surface chemistry and its applications to chemical
engineering, biology, and medicine. Focuses on the chmical and physical structure of oil …

A new method to determine the pK a of chemical species at aqueous insulating interfaces is
based on the discovery that the interface potential is linearly proportional to the measured …