Driven by growing concerns for environmental and energy issues, interest in semiconductor-
based heterogeneous photocatalysis has increased considerably over the last decades …

Sum frequency generation vibrational spectroscopy (SFG-VS) has been proven to be a
uniquely effective spectroscopic technique in the investigation of molecular structure and …

This review examines characterization challenges inherently associated with understanding
nanomaterials and the roles surface and interface characterization methods can play in …

Vibrational sum-frequency generation (VSFG) spectroscopy is a powerful tool to study
interfaces. Recently, multiplex heterodyne-detected VSFG (HD-VSFG) has been developed …

Methanol adsorption on clean and hydrated anatase TiO2 (001)-1× 1 is studied using
density functional theory calculations and first principles molecular dynamics simulations. It …

In IR and Raman spectral studies, the congestion of the vibrational modes in the C− H
stretching region between 2800 and 3000 cm-1 has complicated spectral assignment …

Dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC) is the predominant lipid component in lung
surfactant. In this study, the Langmuir monolayer of deuterated …

This review discusses recent advances in the nonlinear optics of environmental interfaces.
We discuss the quantitative aspects of the label-free approaches presented here and …

This paper reviews aspects of nonlinear optical spectroscopy of interfaces. The emphasis is
put on second-order nonlinear optical techniques, such as sum-frequency generation (SFG) …

We present density functional theory calculations and first-principles molecular dynamics
simulations of formic acid adsorption on anatase TiO2 (001), the minority surface exposed …