Showing papers in "Surface Science Reports in 2010"

TL;DR: In this article, the authors present some examples of two-dimensional bulk phononic crystals (i.e., arrays of inclusions assumed of infinite extent along the three spatial directions) and show that the bandwidth of the forbidden band depends strongly on the nature of the constituent materials (solid or fluid), as well as the contrast between the physical characteristics (density and elastic moduli) of the inclusions and of the matrix, the geometry of the array of inclusion, the inclusion shape and the filling factor.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors used XPS-and XANES-imaging to correlate chemistry with topography at a submicron scale and found that pyrite species are heterogeneously distributed on the surface and oxidation to be highly site specific.

TL;DR: The question of stability against diffusional mixing at the prototypical LaAlO3/SrTiO3(001) interface is explored using a multi-faceted experimental and theoretical approach as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: In this article, a review of low-energy electron-induced reactions in nanoscale thin adsorbates is presented, which can provide insights into the chemistry of high energy radiation-induced chemical reactions in condensed matter.

TL;DR: The role of the protein layer deposited from serum containing media onto man-made surfaces is discussed, and how neuronal attachment and axon guidance can be accomplished using various surface cues when cultured with single and multiple cell types are reviewed.

TL;DR: A review of surface reactions of the complex uranium oxide systems with relevance to catalysis and the environment is given in this article, where the focus of the review is on surface science studies of defined structures of uranium oxides which are entirely on UO2 because of the lack of available model on other uranium oxide oxide systems.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors review recent breakthroughs and developments in the field of ultrafast surface vibrational dynamics, focusing on femtosecond laser sources, which allow for novel broadband, time-resolved vibrational sum frequency generation (fs-SFG) experiments.

TL;DR: A review on light emission stimulated by electrons tunneling inelastically through a junction formed by a sample and a tip of a scanning tunneling microscope (STM) focusses on the most relevant results obtained for a variety of systems.

TL;DR: A broad range of techniques, spanning scanning probe microscopy (and associated single molecule characterisation tools) to synchrotron-based methods such as photoemission and X-ray absorption spectroscopy, has been used to elucidate very many aspects of the chemical behavior, electronic properties, and self-assembly of fullerenes on elemental and compound semiconductor surfaces as mentioned in this paper.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors provide a critical and up-to-date survey of the analytical approximation methods that are encountered in interface thermal conductance, including the acoustic mismatch model and the diffuse mismatch model.