Owing to their unique physical and chemical properties, transition metal compounds,
especially transition metal oxides, nitrides, carbides and sulfides, have been the subject of …

Addressing individual bistable magnetic molecules, known as Single Molecule Magnets
(SMMs), is a fascinating goal at the borderline between molecular magnetism and spin …

Superhydrophobic coatings are expected to solve the rain attenuation issue of 5G radomes.
However, it is very challenging to design and construct such superhydrophobic coatings with …

The purpose of this book is the development of the principles and experimental techniques
underlying near edge X-ray absorption fine structure (NEXAFS) spectroscopy and the …

An all-solid-state Z-scheme heterojunction-structured photocatalyst, 3, 4-
dihydroxybenzaldehyde-functionalized Ga 2 O 3/graphitic carbon nitride (Ga 2 O 3-DBD/gC …

Single-walled nanotubes (SWNTs) produced by plasma laser vaporization (PLV) and
containing oxidized surface functional groups have been studied for the first time with …

Synchrotron-based spectroscopic techniques have contributed significantly to a better
understanding of the properties of materials on the macroscopic and microscopic scale over …

The origin of instability or even disappearance of the superlubricity state in hydrogenated
amorphous carbon (aC: H) film in the presence of oxygen or water molecules is still …

Natural organic matter (NOM) is a highly active component of soils and sediments, and plays
an important role in global C cycling. However, NOM has defied molecular‐level structural …

Temperature-programmed reaction measurements supported by scanning tunneling
microscopy have shown that phenylacetylene and iodobenzene react on smooth Au (111) …