In recent years, optical second-harmonic generation has matured into a versatile and
powerful technique for probing the electronic and structural properties of buried solid–solid …

The present report deals with the main aspects of the interaction of hydrogen with the
atomically clean crystalline silicon surfaces and submonolayer metal/silicon interfaces. After …

Based on density functional theory calculations, kinetic measurements, microkinetic and
Monte Carlo simulations, thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) experiments, extended X-ray …

This paper presents a detailed analysis of the steam reforming process from first-principles
calculations, supported by insight from experimental investigations. In the present work we …

Using adsorption experiments and density functional calculations we show that N 2
dissociation on the Ru (0001) surface is totally dominated by steps. The measured …

It is shown that for all the essential bond forming and bond breaking reactions on metal
surfaces, the reactivity of the metal surface correlates linearly with the reaction energy in a …

More than five years have passed since the first edition of this book was published. Surface
science is still a very active field of research, and the fact that the Nobel Prize 2007 in …

The dissociative chemisorption of N2 on Ru (0001) was studied by thermal adsorption. On
the clean Ru (0001) surface the initial sticking coefficient was determined to be s0= 10 …

The dissociative adsorption of molecular hydrogen on silicon is considered to be the
prototype for an activated chemical reaction at a semiconductor surface. The covalent nature …

Phenomena due to chemical bond reformation and relaxation are ubiquitous and important.
A consistent and systematic understanding of such matters is yet urgently needed, which is …