This Primer focuses on the method of surface-enhanced infrared absorption spectroscopy (SEIRAS) from the point of view of its applications in analytics, electrochemistry, catalysis and biophysical ...

ISS involves the bombardment of a surface with a beam of ions, typically noble gas ions like helium or neon, under vacuum conditions. When these ions collide with the sample surface, they are either ...

Medications can save lives, yet for some drugs, the concentration in a patient's bloodstream determines whether a treatment ...

Aqueous interfaces of oxides are ubiquitous on our planet, playing a key role in the ecosphere. For example, the protonation and deprotonation of silicates in water dominates the weathering process ...

Physicists achieve major leap in precision and accuracy at extremely low light levels. Researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics (MPQ) have successfully developed a new technique for ...

Photoemission spectroscopy (PES) is a powerful analytical technique used to study the electronic structure and chemical composition of materials. It is based on the photoelectric effect, where ...

Within materials science, the surface is often where the most important interactions occur. Whether the focus is corrosion, catalysis, adhesion, or biomaterials, the outermost atomic layers determine ...