[HTML][HTML] H2 formation on interstellar dust grains: The viewpoints of theory, experiments, models and observations

V Wakelam, E Bron, S Cazaux, F Dulieu, C Gry… - Molecular …, 2017 - Elsevier
Molecular hydrogen is the most abundant molecule in the universe. It is the first one to form
and survive photo-dissociation in tenuous environments. Its formation involves catalytic …

Water adsorption and dynamics on graphene and other 2D materials: computational and experimental advances

M Sacchi, A Tamtögl - Advances in physics: X, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The interaction of water and surfaces, at molecular level, is of critical importance for
understanding processes such as corrosion, friction, catalysis and mass transport. The …

Helium-3 spin-echo: Principles and application to dynamics at surfaces

AP Jardine, H Hedgeland, G Alexandrowicz… - Progress in Surface …, 2009 - Elsevier
In this review we give a detailed description of the recently developed helium-3 spin-echo
technique and its application to several classes of surface dynamic measurements. We …

Recent developments in Kramers' theory of reaction rates

E Pollak, S Miret‐Artés - ChemPhysChem, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
In this short review, we provide an update of recent developments in Kramers' theory of
reaction rates. After a brief introduction stressing the importance of this theory initially …

Physisorption and diffusion of hydrogen atoms on graphite from correlated calculations on the H− coronene model system

M Bonfanti, R Martinazzo, GF Tantardini… - The Journal of Physical …, 2007 - ACS Publications
Correlated, counterpoise corrected wave function calculations on the hydrogen− coronene
system are used to investigate the energy landscape and the dynamic behavior of hydrogen …

Nanoscopic diffusion of water on a topological insulator

A Tamtögl, M Sacchi, N Avidor, I Calvo-Almazán… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
The microscopic motion of water is a central question, but gaining experimental information
about the interfacial dynamics of water in fields such as catalysis, biophysics and …

Submonolayer and monolayer Sn adsorption and diffusion behavior on oxidized Nb (100)

SA Willson, RG Farber, AC Hire… - The Journal of …, 2023 - ACS Publications
Current efforts to produce brighter beams of charged particles are focused on developing
Nb3Sn-coated superconducting radio frequency (SRF) cavities for use in superconducting …

Solvent-induced acceleration of the rate of activation of a molecular reaction

PL Garcia-Müller, F Borondo, R Hernandez… - Physical review letters, 2008 - APS
An increase in the rates of activated processes with the coupling to the solvent has long
been predicted through the phenomenological Langevin equation in the weak coupling …

Studying the microscopic nature of diffusion with helium-3 spin-echo

AP Jardine, G Alexandrowicz, H Hedgeland… - Physical chemistry …, 2009 - pubs.rsc.org
Helium-3 spin-echo (3HeSE) is a powerful, new experimental technique for studying
dynamical phenomena at surfaces with ultra-high energy resolution. Resolution is achieved …

Directing Brownian motion on a periodic surface

D Speer, R Eichhorn, P Reimann - Physical review letters, 2009 - APS
We consider an overdamped Brownian particle, exposed to a two-dimensional, square
lattice potential and a rectangular ac drive. Depending on the driving amplitude, the linear …