If and how water (H2O) breaks when it hits a metal oxide surface, such as a catalyst or a pipe, matters. (pnnl.gov)
The results provide atomic - scale verification of a general mechanism originally proposed by Mars and van Krevelen in 1954 and are likely to be of general relevance for the mechanism of catalytic reactions at oxide surfaces. (science.sciencemag.org)
The behavior of individual hydrogen atoms on titanium oxide surface reveals intriguing details about a popular oxide catalyst (pnnl.gov)