- Welcome to the Catalysis and Surface Chemistry group
The research aim of the Surface Chemistry and Catalysis group is to probe and understand chemical reactions on well-defined, mostly single crystalline, surfaces at the molecular level. The group combines state-of-the-art experimental setups to study surface catalytic reactions using a variety of spectroscopic techniques, both at the metal-uhv and metal-liquid interface, with computational techniques based on density functional theory and dynamic Monte Carlo simulations. Read more in the research section.
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Introduction
News
- Cathodic corrosion to produce alloy nanoparticles in JACS
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A new method for making alloy nanoparticles, using cathodic corrosion, has just been published in JACS: http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/ja208264e
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- Tuning hydrophobicity of platinum in PRL
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A paper by Janneke van der Niet et al. on the high sensitivity of the hydrophobicity of platinum to its atomic surface structure, and the presence of hydrogen on such a surface, has appeared in Physical Review Letters: http://prl.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v107/i14/e146103
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- Carbon dioxide reduction mechanism in Chemical Science
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A paper by Klaas Jan Schouten et al. on the mechanism of CO2 reduction on copper electrodes has been published in Chemical Science. The paper also features on the inside cover.
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