1. Preface

   • Wolfgang M. H. Sachvler

   EditorialNotes Pages: I - II

2. Isolation of intermediate compounds of catalytic reactions on single crystal surfaces

   • Ken-ichi Tanaka
   • Hideki Hirano

   OriginalPaper Pages: 1 - 6

3. Kinetic study of gas-surface molecular exchange between CO/CO on metals

   • Xiexian Guo
   • Zen Song
   • Runshen Zhai

   OriginalPaper Pages: 7 - 15

4. The experimental evidence of the role of surface restructuring during catalytic reactions

   • G. A. Somorjai

   OriginalPaper Pages: 17 - 34

5. Promotion effect of molybdate support on Bi₂Mo₃O₁₂ catalyst in the selective oxidation of propylene

   • De-Hua He
   • Wataru Ueda
   • Yoshihiko Moro-Oka

   OriginalPaper Pages: 35 - 44

6. The effect of oxide structure and cation reduction potential of vanadates on the selective oxidative dehydrogenation of butane and propane

   • Ozie S. Owen
   • Mayfair C. Kung
   • Harold H. Kung

   OriginalPaper Pages: 45 - 50

7. Surface interaction model ofγ-alumina-supported metal oxides

   • Yi Chen
   • Lifeng Zhang

   OriginalPaper Pages: 51 - 62

8. Heterogeneous catalysis by heteropoly compounds. An attempt of molecular design of practical solid acid catalysts

   • Makoto Misono

   OriginalPaper Pages: 63 - 71

9. The preparation of silica supported Pd catalysts: the effect of pretreatment variables on particle size

   • Weiqing Zou
   • Richard D. Gonzalez

   OriginalPaper Pages: 73 - 86

10. Study on the mechanism of ethanol synthesis from syngas by in-situ chemical trapping and isotopic exchange reactions

    • Haiyou Wang
    • Jinpo Liu
    • Khirui Tsai

    OriginalPaper Pages: 87 - 96

11. Condensation of alcohol over solid-base catalyst to form higher alcohols

    • Wataru Ueda
    • Takuo Ohshida
    • Yutaka Morikawa

    OriginalPaper Pages: 97 - 104

12. New and improved catalytic processes for clean fuels

    • I. E. Maxwell
    • J. E. Naber

    OriginalPaper Pages: 105 - 115

13. The adsorption characteristics of two Mo sites on a sulfided MoO₃/γ-Al₂O₃ surface

    • Yilu Fu
    • Fenggang Zhao

    OriginalPaper Pages: 117 - 125

14. Infrared studies of ethene hydrogenation over ZrO₂

    • K. Domen
    • J. Kondo
    • T. Onishi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 127 - 137

15. Characterization of the Li_1−x H _x AlO₂ system; 0.00 ⩽x ⩽ 0.90

    • D. C. Tomczak
    • S. H. Thong
    • K. R. Poeppelmeier

    OriginalPaper Pages: 139 - 146

16. Preparation of bifunctional catalysts by solid-state ion exchange in zeolites

    • H. G. Karge
    • Y. Zhang
    • H. K. Beyer

    OriginalPaper Pages: 147 - 155

17. Catalysts by design: genesis and CO hydrogenation of novel Pd carbonyl clusters in zeolite 5A

    • Zongchao Zhang
    • Fernando A. P. Cavalcanti
    • Wolfgang M. H. Sachtler

    OriginalPaper Pages: 157 - 169

18. Ship-in-Bottle synthesis of Pt₉-Pt₁₅ carbonyl clusters inside NaY and NaX zeolites, in-situ FTIR and EXAFS characterization and the catalytic behaviors in¹³CO exchange reaction and NO reduction by CO

    • Guang-Jin Li
    • Toshiyuki Fujimoto
    • Masaru Ichikawa

    OriginalPaper Pages: 171 - 185

19. Propene alkylation of biphenyl catalyzed by alumina pillared clays and related acidic oxides

    • Jean-Rémi Butruille
    • Thomas J. Pinnavaia

    OriginalPaper Pages: 187 - 192

20. Iron ion-exchanged zeolite: the most active catalyst at 473 K for selective reduction of nitrogen monoxide by ethene in oxidizing atmosphere

    • Shinya Sato
    • Hiroshi Hirabayashi
    • Masakazu Iwamoto

    OriginalPaper Pages: 193 - 199

21. Microcalorimetric studies of zeolite acidity

    • D. T. Chen
    • S. B. Sharma
    • J. A. Dumesic

    OriginalPaper Pages: 201 - 211

22. STM studies of the effect of pretreatment on the morphology and aspect ratio distribution of crystallites on Pt/HOPG

    • King Lun Yeung
    • E. E. Wolf

    OriginalPaper Pages: 213 - 225

23. Methane partial oxidation to methanol-solid initiated homogeneous methane oxidation

    • K. Omata
    • N. Fukuoka
    • K. Fujimoto

    OriginalPaper Pages: 227 - 230

24. Synthesis and characterization of niobia-containing aerogels

    • S. M. Maurer
    • E. I. Ko

    OriginalPaper Pages: 231 - 237

25. Surface-mediated stereoselective hydrogenation of dienes over chromium subcarbonyls encaged in zeolite

    • Yasuaki Okamoto
    • Hiroyuki Onimatsu
    • Toshinobu Imanaka

    OriginalPaper Pages: 239 - 243

26. Acid-base reactions on model MgO surfaces

    • X. D. Peng
    • M. A. Barteau

    OriginalPaper Pages: 245 - 253

27. Structure and reactivity of MoO₃-MgO catalysts

    • Sadao Hasegawa
    • Tsunehiro Tanaka
    • Satohiro Yoshida

    OriginalPaper Pages: 255 - 266

28. Surface structure and catalytic performance of supported PtSn catalysts

    • Yang Weishen
    • Lin Liwu
    • Zang Jingling

    OriginalPaper Pages: 267 - 275

29. Analysis of XANES for identification of highly dispersed transition metal oxides on supports

    • Satohiro Yoshida
    • Tsunehiro Tanaka
    • Takuzo Funabiki

    OriginalPaper Pages: 277 - 285

30. Mechanism of sulfur poisoning on supported noble metal catalyst — The adsorption and transformation of sulfur on palladium catalysts with different supports

    • Xiao Tiancun
    • An Lidun
    • Xiong Guoxin

    OriginalPaper Pages: 287 - 296

31. Surface oxygen species and their reactivities in the mild oxidation of ethylene on cerium oxide studied by FT-IR spectroscopy

    • Can Li
    • Qin Xin
    • Xie-xian Guo

    OriginalPaper Pages: 297 - 305

32. Study of the promoting effects in ethylene epoxidation

    • Peng Yinsheng
    • Zhang Shi
    • Deng Jingfa

    OriginalPaper Pages: 307 - 318

33. Electron spectroscopic study of adsorption of methane on titanium dioxide surfaces

    • Wang Fancheng
    • Wan Huilin
    • Xu Fuchun

    OriginalPaper Pages: 319 - 325

34. Call for papers

    Announcement Pages: III - III