Interaction of water and formic acid with oxide surfaces.

This proposal involves using x-ray photoelectrocn spectroscopy to study the itneraction of water and formic acid with oxide surfacesz. The interaction of formic acid and water with stepped SrTiO3(100) surfaces will be the focus of the work. The objective of this work is to examine the structure influence on the surface chemistry by comparing the results obtained on SrTiO3(100) with TiO2 1x1(100) and (110) using a combination of techniques: XPS, TPD and theoretical calculations.