Cover Picture: The Case of Formic Acid on Anatase TiO2(101): Where is the Acid Proton? (Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 36/2019). Issue 36 (1st August 2019)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Tabacchi, Gloria; Fabbiani, Marco; Mino, Lorenzo; Martra, Gianmario; Fois, Ettore
• Is Part Of: Angewandte Chemie international edition. Volume 58:Issue 36(2019)
• Page Start: 12307
• Page End: 12307
• Publication Date: 2019-08-01
• Subjects: density functional calculations -- molecular dynamics -- surface chemistry -- vibrational spectroscopy -- zero-point energy; Chemistry -- Periodicals; 540
• DOI: 10.1002/anie.201909283
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1433-7851

Abstract

Abstract : Like a pearl in a shell, the formic‐acid proton at the TiO2 anatase(101) surface is concealed from experiments and protected from attacks by bases. This is caused by quantum delocalization at low temperatures and molecule‐to‐surface proton shuttling at room temperature, as reported by E. Fois and co‐workers in their Communication on page 12431 ff. Artwork: Andrea Stangoni