This review covers the structure of, and chemical reactions on, well-defined cerium oxide
surfaces. Ceria, or mixed oxides containing ceria, are critical components in automotive …

Fundamental understandings of surface chemistry and catalysis of solid catalysts are of
great importance for the developments of efficient catalysts and corresponding catalytic …

Oxide film growth by molecular beam epitaxy for the purpose of preparing metal oxides for
surface science studies is discussed and reviewed. Critical issues such as the choice of …

The surface energies and electronic structure of (111),(110), and (100) surfaces of CeO 2
have been studied using the first-principles projector augmented-wave method within the …

This study reports and compares the adsorption and dissociation of water on oxidized and
reduced CeO2 (100) and CeO2 (111) thin films. Water adsorbs dissociatively on both …

Enhancement of oxygen ion conductivity in oxides is important for low-temperature (< 500°
C) operation of solid oxide fuel cells, sensors and other ionotronic devices. While huge ion …

Polar surfaces of solid oxides are intrinsically unstable and tend to reconstruct due to the
diverging electrostatic energy and thus often exhibit unique physical and chemical …

Surface structure controls the physical and chemical response of materials. Surface polar
terminations are appealing because of their unusual properties but they are intrinsically …

We design and create a unique cell geometry of templated micrometer-thick epitaxial
nanocomposite films which contain∼ 20 nm diameter yttria-stabilized ZrO2 (YSZ) …

Synchrotron-based high-resolution photoemission, conventional X-ray (Mg Kα)
photoemission (XPS), X-ray absorption near-edge spectroscopy (XANES), and first …