Surface Chemistry of Ruthenium Dioxide in Heterogeneous Catalysis and Electrocatalysis: From Fundamental to Applied Research

Studies of the chemistry that occurs on the nanosurfaces of size-selected silicon clusters reveal a number of fascinating qualitative similarities to the behavior of bulk surfaces. However, silicon clusters containing up to 70 atoms appear to be much less reactive than bulk silicon surfaces. This unexpected result suggests that these large silicon clusters are not just small crystals of bulk silicon, but have much more compact geometric structures

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Nanosurface Chemistry on Size-Selected Silicon Clusters

Organic chemistry on solid surfaces

The adsorbed states of ethylene on the Si(100)c(4×2), Si(100)(2×1), and the Si(100) 9° vicinal surfaces have been studied using high resolution electron energy loss spectroscopy (EELS) and low‐energy electron diffraction (LEED). Ethylene is nondissociatively chemisorbed on the Si(100) surface in the wide temperature range between 77 and ∼600 K, and is rehybridized to have a near sp3 hybridization state. The adsorbed structure is proposed in which ethylene is di‐σ bonded to two adjacent Si atoms of the dimer at the Si(100) surface. The thermal decomposition of chemisorbed ethylene and the influence of steps on the adsorbed states of ethylene are discussed.

The adsorbed states of ethylene on Si(100)c(4×2), Si(100)(2×1), and vicinal Si(100) 9°: Electron energy loss spectroscopy and low‐energy electron diffraction studies

M. Onchi

Papers

Rehybridization of acetylene on the Si(111) (7 × 7) surface - a vibrational study

Interaction of ethylene with the Si(111)(7×7) surface- A vibrational study

Oxygen adsorption on Pd(110) at 300 K-low-energy electron diffraction and electron energy loss spectroscopy studies

Unidentate formate species on Si(111) (7×7) - a vibrational study