Veronica Burrows

TL;DR: In this paper, multiple internal infrared reflection spectroscopy has been used to identify the chemical nature of chemically oxidized and subsequently HF stripped silicon surfaces, and these very inert surfaces are found to be almost completely covered by atomic hydrogen.

TL;DR: Polarized internal reflection spectroscopy has been used to characterize HF-treated Si(111) surfaces as mentioned in this paper, and the silicon-hydrogen stretching vibrations indicate that the surface is well ordered, but is microscopically rough, with coupled monohydride, dihydride and trihydride termination.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors showed that surface carbon quantitatively accounted for surface deactivation, as evidenced by the inverse correlation of the number of surface sites active towards CO adsorption with the surface carbon concentration and by the demonstration that, at the oscillation temperatures, carbon can diffuse from the bulk to the surface, oxygen can remove surface carbon and adsorbed CO can block carbon diffusion.

TL;DR: In this paper, Fourier transform infrared reflection absorption spectroscopy was used to obtain time-resolved infrared features in the 1800-2400 cm −1 region during a typical cycle in the oscillatory oxidation of CO over a platinum foil.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present statistical evidence that when students voluntarily write reflective "journal entry" essays on assigned reading, their performance on multiple-choice quizzes on the reading is improved compared to students who do not complete such essays.