1. Special issue on physicochemical approaches in catalysis, photocatalysis and surface photochemistry

   • Masakazu Anpo

   Preface Pages: 659 - 659

2. Overview and role of physical techniques inchemistry and catalysis

   • Zbigniew Sojka
   • Michel Che

   Abstract Pages: 663 - 663

3. Effect of the addition of propane and distortion of tetrahedral vanadium(V) species in VSiβ zeolites on the photodecomposition of NO

   • Stanislaw Dzwigaj
   • Masaya Matsuoka
   • Michel Che

   Full Papers Pages: 665 - 680

4. Photoluminescence study of mesoporous MCM-41 and Ti-grafted MCM-41

   • E. Gianotti
   • H. Yoshida
   • S. Coluccia

   Full Papers Pages: 681 - 689

5. Luminescence properties of silver(I)-exchanged zeolite Y and its use as a catalyst to photodecompose carbaryl in the presence of natural organic matter

   • Marsha C. Kanan
   • Sofian M. Kanan
   • Howard H. Patterson

   Full Papers Pages: 691 - 704

6. Influence of phosphate modification on the surface properties of sulfated titania

   • Anne Ponchel
   • Franz Anderle
   • Helmut Knözinger

   Full Papers Pages: 705 - 719

7. Adsorption of a cationic porphyrin onto mesoporous silicas

   • Atsuko Yoshida
   • Norishige Kakegawa
   • Makoto Ogawa

   Full Papers Pages: 721 - 731

8. Adsorption factor and photocatalytic degradation of dye-constituent aromatics on the surface of TiO₂ in the presence of phosphate anions

   • Feng Chen
   • Jincai Zhao
   • Hisao Hidaka

   Full Papers Pages: 733 - 748

9. NO _x storage properties of hollandite-type K _x Ga _x Sn_8−x O₁₆

   • Masaru Harada
   • Toshiyuki Mori
   • Mamoru Watanabe

   Full Papers Pages: 749 - 753

10. Temporal analysis of products (TAP) study on oxygen storage properties over Pt−Rh/CeO₂ catalyst

    • Hiroyasu Nishiguchi
    • Hiroshi Yamada
    • Yusaku Takita

    Full Papers Pages: 755 - 760

11. Effects of binder, coking and regeneration on acid properties of H-mordenite during TDP reaction

    • Wen-Hua Chen
    • Shing-Jong Huang
    • Shang-Bin Liu

    Full Papers Pages: 761 - 772

12. Atomic level characterization by synchrotron radiation for the design of high performance catalysts

    • Kiyoshi Iino
    • Masakazu Anpo

    Full Papers Pages: 773 - 782

13. Estimation of phase ratio for nano-sized TiO₂ powders by Ti K-edge XANES

    • Younseoung Lee
    • Hyung Mi Lim
    • Duk-Ho Cho

    Full Papers Pages: 783 - 791

14. Application of EPR spectroscopy for elucidation of vanadium speciation in VO _x /ZrO₂ catalysts subject to redox treatment

    • Andrzej Adamski
    • Tomasz Spałek
    • Zbigniew Sojka

    Full Papers Pages: 793 - 804

15. Paramagnetic nitrosyliron adducts in pentasilic zeolites: an EPR study

    • Paola Fisicaro
    • Elio Giamello
    • Carlo Lamberti

    Full Papers Pages: 805 - 816

16. In situ FT-IR studies of NO decomposition on Pt/TiO₂ catalyst under UV irradiation

    • B. J. Lee
    • M. C. Kuo
    • S. H. Chien

    Full Papers Pages: 817 - 826

17. Degradation and isomerization of 1,2-dichloroethenes by photocatalytic reactions

    • Kyoichi Oki
    • Seiji Yamada
    • Tsuneo Fujii

    Full Papers Pages: 827 - 837

18. Study on the formation of H₂O₂ on TiO₂ photocatalysts and their activity for the photocatalytic degradation of X-GL dye

    • Jinglong Zhang
    • Huasheng Xu
    • Mazakazu Anpo

    Full Papers Pages: 839 - 848

19. Photocatalytic characteristics of TiO₂ supported on SiO₂

    • Yong Gun Shul
    • Hyun Jong Kim
    • Hak Soo Han

    Full Papers Pages: 849 - 859

20. Preparation of a transparent thin-film photocatalyst for elimination of VOC

    • Nobuaki Negishi
    • Koji Takeuchi

    Full Papers Pages: 861 - 879

21. Visible-light-responsive photocatalytic reaction on tetrahedrally-coordinated chromium oxide moieties loaded on ZSM-5 zeolites and HMS mesoporous silica: partial oxidation of propane

    • Hiromi Yamashita
    • Satoshi Ohshiro
    • Masakazu Anpo

    Full Papers Pages: 881 - 890

22. Effect of H₂O on the partial photo-oxidation of ethylene over Cu/SiO₂ photocatalyst

    • Yuichi Ichihashi
    • Yasuyuki Matsumura

    Full Papers Pages: 891 - 896

23. Active Ag species in MFI zeolite for direct methane conversion in the light and dark

    • Hisao Yoshida
    • Tomoyo Hamajima
    • Tadashi Hattori

    Full Papers Pages: 897 - 910

24. A study of methane activation by modified gallium- and zinc-based catalysts

    • Charles Hammond
    • Graham J. Hutchings
    • Stuart H. Taylor

    Full Papers Pages: 911 - 920

25. Preparation and application of nanocatalysts via surface functionalization of mesoporous materials

    • Jong-San Chang
    • Jin-Soo Hwang
    • Sang-Eon Park

    Full Papers Pages: 921 - 938

26. Preparation and femtosecond non-linear optical properties of Ag/SiO₂ composite thin films

    • Ichiro Tanahashi
    • Hideyuki Inouye
    • Akihiro Mito

    Full Papers Pages: 939 - 946