1. Preface

   • Michel Che
   • László Guczi

   Preface Pages: 1 - 1

2. Biographical Notes on Professor Fritz Solymosi

   Biography Pages: 3 - 3

3. Effects of Alloying Pd and Au on the Hydrogenation of Ethylene: An ab initio-Based Dynamic Monte Carlo Study

   • Matthew Neurock
   • Donghai Mei

   OriginalPaper Pages: 5 - 23

4. Adsorbed Atoms and Molecules Destined for a Reaction

   • Ken-ichi Tanaka
   • Masamichi Ikai

   OriginalPaper Pages: 25 - 33

5. Methane Activation on Ruthenium: The Nature of the Surface Intermediates

   • T.V. Choudhary
   • D.W. Goodman

   OriginalPaper Pages: 35 - 42

6. Adsorption and Reactions of CH₂I₂ on Clean and Oxygen-Modified Ag(111): a RAIRS and TPD Study

   • K.C. Scheer
   • A. Kis
   • J.M. White

   OriginalPaper Pages: 43 - 51

7. High-Temperature Short-Contact-Time Supersonic Nozzle Chemistry of Light Aliphatic Hydrocarbons

   • L. Romm
   • G.A. Somorjai

   OriginalPaper Pages: 53 - 63

8. Characterization and Catalytic Behavior of VO _x -CeO₂ Catalysts for the Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Propane

   • W. Daniell
   • A. Ponchel
   • H. Knözinger

   OriginalPaper Pages: 65 - 74

9. Surface Doping of Rutile by Vanadium

   • Jerzy Haber
   • Paweł Nowak

   OriginalPaper Pages: 75 - 83

10. Towards an Environmentally Acceptable Heterogeneous Catalytic Method of Producing Adipic Acid by the Oxidation of Hydrocarbons in Air

    • Robert Raja
    • Sang-Ok Lee
    • John Meurig Thomas

    OriginalPaper Pages: 85 - 88

11. The Effect of ppm-Level Na Impurity on the Structure of SiO₂-Supported Mo Catalysts Prepared in a Clean Room

    • W.-J. Chun
    • K. Asakura
    • Y. Iwasawa

    OriginalPaper Pages: 89 - 95

12. Effects of Catalyst Phase Structure on the Elementary Processes Involved in the Synthesis of Dimethyl Carbonate from Methanol and Carbon Dioxide over Zirconia

    • Kyeong Taek Jung
    • Alexis T. Bell

    OriginalPaper Pages: 97 - 105

13. CO₂ Hydrogenation on Rh/TiO₂ Previously Reduced at Different Temperatures

    • É. Novák
    • K. Fodor
    • A. Erdöhelyi

    OriginalPaper Pages: 107 - 117

14. Kinetic Investigation of the Photocatalytic Reduction of Nitric Oxide by Carbon Monoxide at Low Pressure on Silica-Supported Molybdenum Oxide

    • A.A. Lisachenko
    • K.S. Chikhachev
    • S. Coluccia

    OriginalPaper Pages: 119 - 128

15. Structure of Pt–Co/Al₂O₃ and Pt–Co/NaY Bimetallic Catalysts: Characterization by In Situ EXAFS, TPR, XPS and by Activity in Co (Carbon Monoxide) Hydrogenation

    • L. Guczi
    • D. Bazin
    • I. Sajó

    OriginalPaper Pages: 129 - 139

16. Author Index

    Authors Index Pages: 141 - 142