Investigating the activation of passive metals by a combined in-situ AFM and Raman spectroscopy system: a focus on titanium by L. Casanova, M. Menegazzo, F. Goto, M. Pedeferri, L. Duò, M. Ormellese, G. Bussetti

“…Abstract Understanding the main steps involved in the activation of passive metals is an extremely important subject in the mechanical and energy industry and generally in surface science. The titanium-H2SO4 system is particularly useful for this purpose, as the metal can either passivate or corrode depending on potential. …”
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Non-Invasive On-Site pXRF Analysis of Coloring Agents, Marks and Enamels of Qing Imperial and Non-Imperial Porcelain by Philippe Colomban, Gulsu Simsek Franci, Jacques Burlot, Xavier Gallet, Bing Zhao, Jean-Baptiste Clais

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Electrochemical Synthesis of Polypyrrole and Polypyrrole-Indomethacin Coatings on NiCr Alloys Involving Deep Eutectic Solvents by Florentina Golgovici, Maria-Steliana Cârlan, Andreea-Gabriela Popescu, Liana Anicai

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Plasma-Wind-Assisted In₂S₃ Preparation with an Amorphous Surface Structure for Enhanced Photocatalytic Hydrogen Production by Shaohui Guo, Hui Luo, Xiaochuan Duan, Bingqing Wei, Xianming Zhang

“…Photocatalytic production from water is considered an effective solution to fossil fuel-related environmental concerns, and photocatalyst surface science holds a significant interest in balancing photocatalysts’ stability and activity. …”
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Surfactant Interactions with Protein-Coated Surfaces: Comparison between Colloidal and Macroscopically Flat Surfaces by Helena Mateos, Alessandra Valentini, Francesco Lopez, Gerardo Palazzo

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Risk-Based Design Optimization of Contamination Detection Sensors in Water Distribution Systems: Application of an Improved Whale Optimization Algorithm by Sanaz Afzali Ahmadabadi, Jafar Jafari-Asl, Elham Banifakhr, Essam H. Houssein, Mohamed El Amine Ben Seghier

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Why Hydrogen Dissociation Catalysts do not Work for Hydrogenation of Magnesium by Selim Kazaz, Emanuel Billeter, Filippo Longo, Andreas Borgschulte, Zbigniew Łodziana

“…They shed light on this well‐known but technically challenging fact through a combined approach using an unconventional surface science technique together with Density Functional Theory (DFT) calculations. …”
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Combined Ammonia and Electron Processing of a Carbon-Rich Ruthenium Nanomaterial Fabricated by Electron-Induced Deposition by Markus Rohdenburg, Johannes E. Fröch, Petra Martinović, Charlene J. Lobo, Petra Swiderek

“…For this purpose, we performed FEBID using bis(ethylcyclopentadienyl)ruthenium(II) as the precursor and subjected the resulting deposits to NH₃ and electron processing, both in an environmental scanning electron microscope (ESEM) and in a surface science study under ultrahigh vacuum (UHV) conditions. …”
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Deposition of Chiral Heptahelicene Molecules on Ferromagnetic Co and Fe Thin-Film Substrates by Mohammad Reza Safari, Frank Matthes, Karl-Heinz Ernst, Daniel E. Bürgler, Claus M. Schneider

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Extremophilic Microorganisms for the Green Synthesis of Antibacterial Nanoparticles by Ida Romano, Giuseppe Vitiello, Noemi Gallucci, Rocco Di Girolamo, Andrea Cattaneo, Annarita Poli, Paola Di Donato

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A Model of Using the Asymmetric Polydopamine Thin Film for Mimicking Epithelial Folding In Vitro by Yan Nie, Yue Liu, Xun Xu, Weiwei Wang, Nico Scharnagl, Matthias Heuchel, Andreas Lendlein, Nan Ma

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Single-Atom-Based Catalysts for Photocatalytic Water Splitting on TiO₂ Nanostructures by Seyedsina Hejazi, Manuela S. Killian, Anca Mazare, Shiva Mohajernia

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Vacuum cleaving of superconducting niobium tips to optimize noise filtering and with adjustable gap size for scanning tunneling microscopy by Carolina A. Marques, Aleš Cahlík, Berk Zengin, Tohru Kurosawa, Fabian D. Natterer

“…Superconducting (SC) tips for scanning tunneling microscopy (STM) can enhance a wide range of surface science studies because they offer exquisite energy resolution, allow the study of Josephson tunneling, or provide spatial contrast based on the local interaction of the SC tip with the sample. …”
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An archaeometric assessment study of Seljuk period glazed tiles from Kılıçarslan Square (Konya, Turkey) by Çetin Öztürk, Gülsu Şimşek Franci, İhsan Murat Kuşoğlu

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Design of Ag/TiO₂/Ag Composite Nano-Array Structure with Adjustable SERS-Activity by Xiaoyu Zhao, Wei Xu, Xiuxia Tang, Jiahong Wen, Yaxin Wang

“…These nanoarrays with rough surfaces and different evolutionary structures can uninterruptedly regulate optical plasmon resonance and reconstruct SERS hotspots over a large range, which has potential application value in surface science, chemical detection, nanometer photonics, and so on.…”
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Electronic structure of nickel nano-structures on titanium dioxide and copper : photoemission study by Tao, Junguang

“…It is very critical in the subject of surface science to discriminate the initial- and final-state effects in photoemission of supported (or isolated) metal clusters. …”
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Ultrafast dynamics in 2D materials investigated by time-resolved photoemission electron microscopy by Wang, Lin

“…While the applications of PEEM on surface science and the time resolved researches of the plasmonics of metal nanostructures are reviewed. …”
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A new model for fluid velocity slip on a solid surface by Shu, Jian-Jun, Teo, Ji Bin Melvin, Chan, Weng Kong

“…A unified analytical model that is valid for both gas–solid and liquid–solid slip boundary conditions is proposed based on surface science theory. The corroboration with the experimental data extracted from the literature shows that the proposed model provides an improved prediction compared to existing analytical models for gases at higher shear rates and close agreement for liquid–solid interfaces in general.…”
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Effect of nitrogen flow rate on structural, morphological and optical properties of In-rich InxAl1-xN thin films grown by plasma-assisted dual source reactive evaporation by Alizadeh, M., Ganesh, V., Goh, B.T., Dee, C.F., Mohmad, A.R., Rahman, S.A.

Synthesis of surface plasmon resonance (SPR) triggered Ag/TiO2 photocatalyst for degradation of endocrine disturbing compounds by Leong, K.H., Gana, B.L., Ibrahim, S., Saravanan, P.