The oxidation and corrosion of metals are fundamental problems in materials science and
technology that have been studied using a large variety of experimental and computational …

Electrochemical AFM is a powerful tool for the real‐space characterization of catalysts under
realistic electrochemical CO2 reduction (CO2RR) conditions. The evolution of structural …

Qualitative and quantitative studies of the oxidation of polycrystalline copper (Cu) thin films
upon exposure to ambient air conditions for long periods (on the order of several months) …

Oxidation and corrosion are the leading causes of degradation and failure of metallic
materials. Future alloy development requires the incorporation of corrosion resistance into …

Intercalation of oxygen at the interface of graphene grown by chemical vapour deposition
and its polycrystalline copper catalyst can have a strong impact on the electronic, chemical …

How a catalyst behaves microscopically under reaction conditions, and what kinds of active
sites transiently exist on its surface, is still very much a mystery to the scientific community …

The complex reconstructed structure of materials can be revealed by global optimization.
This paper describes a hybrid evolutionary algorithm (HEA) that combines differential …

How defects such as surface steps affect oxidation, especially initial oxide formation, is
critical for nano-oxide applications in catalysis, electronics, and corrosion. We posit that …

Diabetes is a chronic disease, which is the seventh leading cause of death worldwide. The
increased risk to the health of diabetic patients, with comorbidities in harsh situations like …

The use of protective barriers to isolate a metal surface from an aggressive environment is a
common way to inhibit its degradation. We used ambient pressure x-ray photoelectron …