Surface vibrational spectroscopy has developed rapidly over the past decades, thanks to the
advent of ultrashort tunable laser pulses in the mid-infrared range. In particular, femtosecond …

The operation of all electrochemical energy‐related systems, such as supercapacitors,
batteries, fuel cells, etc. depends largely on the processes occurring at electrochemical …

Interfacial electric fields are important in several areas of chemistry, materials sciences, and
device physics. However, they are poorly understood, partly because they are difficult to …

Interfacial electric fields and the related molecular polarization are the central quantities that
govern charge transfer between an electrode and a molecule. The presence of the …

We report the use of surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) to measure the vibrational
Stark shifts of surface-bound thiolated-benzonitrile molecules bound to an electrode surface …

Experimental data from second-order nonlinear optical spectroscopies (SFG, DFG, and
SHG) provide parameters relevant to the physical chemistry of interfaces and thin films. We …

The electrocatalytic oxidation of water coupled to the reduction of carbon dioxide, to make
carbon based products, or the reduction of protons to provide hydrogen, offers a sustainable …

When a homogeneous film of finite thickness is optically probed, interference due to multiple
reflections modulates in amplitude the electric field of light. For optical processes located …

We present doubly-resonant sum frequency generation (DR-SFG) spectra of fullerene thin
films on metallic and dielectric substrates as a way to investigate the interplay between …

Nonlinear optical response of a gold surface in the visible range: A study by two-color sum-frequency
generation spectroscopy. I. Experimental determination | The Journal of Chemical Physics …