Titanium dioxide (TiO2) is well-known to be the most practical and prevalent photocatalyst,
1− 17 for it is chemically stable, abundant, nontoxic, and cost-effective. Photogenerated …

The field of surface science provides a unique approach to understanding bulk, surface and
interfacial phenomena occurring during TiO 2 photocatalysis. This review highlights, from a …

This paper explores the transient photocatalytic oxidation mechanism of carbon
contaminants from a high surface area anatase TiO 2 pellet under starved water/oxygen …

Photocatalysis has recently become a common word and various products using
photocatalytic functions have been commercialized. Among many candidates for …

The photoactivation of TiO2 has received enormous attention from scientists and engineers
in the past decade. This interest has been generated because of the confluence of several …

Primary intermediates of oxygen photoevolution (water photooxidation) reaction at the TiO2
(rutile)/aqueous solution interface were investigated by in situ multiple internal reflection …

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 …

To investigate the primary process of photocatalytic oxidation of TiO2, interfacial charge-
transfer reaction of trapped holes formed in nanocrystalline TiO2 films by UV irradiation was …

The UV photoproduction of a hydrophilic TiO2 (110)(1× 1) surface has been investigated in
a pressurized ultrahigh vacuum apparatus under controlled conditions of hydrocarbon …

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) …