Current Trends of Surface Science and Catalysis

Part I. Introduction

1. Bridging Materials and Pressure Gaps in Surface Science and Heterogeneous Catalysis
Jeong Young Park, Gabor A. Somorjai

Part II. Model Systems for Nanocatalysts to Bridge Materials Gap

2. Shape-Controlled Nanoparticles: Effect of Shape on Catalytic Activity, Selectivity, and Long-Term Stability
Hyunjoo Lee

3. Non-colloidal Nanocatalysts Fabricated with Nanolithography and Arc Plasma Deposition
Sang Hoon Kim, Jeong Young Park

4. Dendrimer-Encapsulated Metal Nanoparticles: Synthesis and Application in Catalysis
Wenyu Huang

5. Core–Shell Nanoarchitectures as Stable Nanocatalysts
Sang Hoon Joo, Jae Yeong Cheon, Joon Yong Oh

6. Shape-Controlled Bimetallic Nanocatalysts in Fuel Cells: Synthesis and Electrocatalytic Studies
Yawen Zhang, Jun Gu

Part III. In situ Surface Characterization to Bridge Pressure Gaps

7. Role of Surface Oxides on Model Nanocatalysts in Catalytic Activity of CO Oxidation
Jeong Young Park, Kamran Qadir, Sun Mi Kim

8. Influence of Atomic Structure, Steps, and Kinks on the Catalytic Activity: In Situ Surface Studies
Bas Hendriksen

9. The Development of Ambient Pressure X-Ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Its Application to Surface Science
Bongjin Simon Mun, Hiroshi Kondoh, Zhi Liu, Phil N. Ross, Zahid Hussain

10. Electronic Excitation on Surfaces During Chemical and Photon Processes
Jeong Young Park

Keywords: Chemistry, Catalysis, Surfaces and Interfaces, Thin Films, Renewable and Green Energy, Energy Technology, Surface and Interface Science, Thin Films