2 papers
cond-mat.mtrl-sci2025
Transient Surface Oxides Form on Pt(111) - But Vanish During Ammonia Oxidation
David Simonne, Allesandro Coati, Alina Vlad +4
Ammonia oxidation on platinum catalysts is pivotal for industrial nitric acid production and environmental abatement, yet the role of surface oxides in this process remains debated…
cond-mat.soft2024
X-ray diffraction reveals the consequences of strong deformation in thin smectic films: dilation and chevron formation
Jean de Dieu Niyonzima, Haifa Jeridi, Lamya Essaoui +14
Smectic liquid crystals can be viewed as model systems for lamellar structures for which there has been extensive theoretical development. We demonstrate that a nonlinear energy de…