Water is perhaps the most important and most pervasive chemical on our planet. The
influence of water permeates virtually all areas of biochemical, chemical and physical …

During the past decade, interest in chemical reactions occurring at metal oxide-aqueous
solution interfaces has increased significantly because of their importance in a variety of …

Understanding the energy it takes to build or break chemical bonds is essential for scientists
and engineers in a wide range of innovative fields, including catalysis, nanomaterials …

The structure of water at the interface with other materials is thought to determine their
wetting properties and underlies the vast array of phenomena known under the names of …

Atomic beam techniques are presently being used in many branches of surface physics
such as studies of the particle-surface physisorption potential, surface structure, surface …

Ever since the genesis of life, and throughout the course its further evolution, Nature has
constantly been called upon to act as an engineer in solving technical problems. Organisms …

Understanding wet surfaces and water/solid interfaces is of crucial importance in such
diverse fields as corrosion, catalysis, mineralogy, and geology. For H2O, the delicate …

The adsorption of water on ordered epitaxial FeO (111) and Fe3O4 (111) films was
investigated by thermal desorption spectroscopy (TDS) and photoelectron spectroscopy …

Using the ab initio total energy method based on the gradient-corrected local density
approximation we have modeled the experimentally observed (3× 2) water monolayer on …

Water in the proximity of a surface (interfacial water) is abundant on the earth. It is involved
in various physical and chemical processes and crucial for biological function. Despite …