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Daniel J. Auerbach

Daniel J. Auerbach

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Chemistry

D-Index
71
Citations
15812
World Ranking
5650
National Ranking
417

Overview

Daniel J. Auerbach is affiliated with the Max Planck Society in Germany, engaging in research primarily within the fields of Physics and Astronomy and Materials Science. Their scientific work spans subfields including Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Materials Chemistry, Catalysis, Atmospheric Science, and Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment.

The research topics covered by Auerbach focus on Advanced Chemical Physics Studies and Catalytic Processes in Materials Science. Other key areas of their work include nanoparticles nucleation surface interactions, Quantum and superfluid helium dynamics, Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions, Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction, as well as Ion-surface interactions and analysis.

Frequent collaborators in their research efforts include Alec M. Wodtke, Theofanis N. Kitsopoulos, Dmitriy Borodin, Alexander Kandratsenka, and Hua Guo. Together, they have contributed to numerous publications.

Auerbach's work has been published repeatedly in several scientific venues. These include the Journal of the American Chemical Society, Science, ACS Catalysis, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, and The Journal of Physical Chemistry A.

Selected recent publications by Daniel J. Auerbach include:

  • "Following the microscopic pathway to adsorption through chemisorption and physisorption wells," 2020, Science
  • "Chemical dynamics from the gas-phase to surfaces," 2021, Natural Sciences
  • "CO2 conversion by plasma: how to get efficient CO2 conversion and high energy efficiency," 2021, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • "Kinetics of NH3 Desorption and Diffusion on Pt: Implications for the Ostwald Process," 2021, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • "Quantum effects in thermal reaction rates at metal surfaces," 2022, Science

Best Publications

  • GAS-SURFACE INTERACTIONS AND DYNAMICS; THERMAL ENERGY ATOMIC AND MOLECULAR BEAM STUDIES

    J. A. Barker;D. J. Auerbach

  • Chemically accurate simulation of a prototypical surface reaction: H2 dissociation on Cu(111).

    C. Díaz;E. Pijper;R. A. Olsen;H. F. Busnengo

  • Vibrational Promotion of Electron Transfer

    Yuhui Huang;Charles T. Rettner;Daniel J. Auerbach;Alec M. Wodtke

  • Rotational Energy Transfer in Direct Inelastic Surface Scattering: NO on Ag(111)

    A. W. Kleyn;A. C. Luntz;D. J. Auerbach

  • Chemical Dynamics at the Gas−Surface Interface

    C. T. Rettner and;D. J. Auerbach;J. C. Tully;A. W. Kleyn

  • Quantum‐state‐specific dynamics of the dissociative adsorption and associative desorption of H2 at a Cu(111) surface

    C. T. Rettner;H. A. Michelsen;D. J. Auerbach

  • Effect of rotation on the translational and vibrational energy dependence of the dissociative adsorption of D2 on Cu(111)

    H. A. Michelsen;C. T. Rettner;D. J. Auerbach;R. N. Zare

  • Dissociative chemisorption of CH4 on W(110): Dramatic activation by initial kinetic energy.

    CT Rettner;HE Pfnür;DJ Auerbach

  • Role of vibrational and translational energy in the activated dissociative adsorption of D2 on Cu(111).

    C. T. Rettner;D. J. Auerbach;H. A. Michelsen

  • Measurement of fast desorption kinetics of D2, from tungsten by laser induced thermal desorption

    James P Cowin;Daniel J Auerbach;Charles Becker;Lennard Wharton

  • Observation of direct vibrational excitation in gas-surface collisions: NO on Ag(111).

    C. T. Rettner;F. Fabre;J. Kimman;D. J. Auerbach

  • A critical examination of data on the dissociative adsorption and associative desorption of hydrogen at copper surfaces

    H. A. Michelsen;D. J. Auerbach

  • Conversion of large-amplitude vibration to electron excitation at a metal surface

    Jason D. White;Jun Chen;Daniel Matsiev;Daniel J. Auerbach

  • Effect of incidence kinetic energy and surface coverage on the dissociative chemisorption of oxygen on W(110)

    C. T. Rettner;L. A. DeLouise;D. J. Auerbach

  • Electronically non-adiabatic interactions of molecules at metal surfaces: Can we trust the Born–Oppenheimer approximation for surface chemistry?

    Alec M. Wodtke;John C. Tully;Daniel J. Auerbach

  • Observation of Direct Inelastic Scattering in the Presence of Trapping-Desorption Scattering: Xe on Pt(111)

    J. E. Hurst;C. A. Becker;J. P. Cowin;K. C. Janda

  • The Stereodynamics of a Gas-Surface Reaction

    H. Hou;S. J. Gulding;S. J. Gulding;C. T. Rettner;C. T. Rettner;A. M. Wodtke;A. M. Wodtke

  • Dynamics of the activated dissociative chemisorption of N2 on W(110): a molecular beam study

    Herbert Pfnür;C.T. Rettner;J. Lee;R.J. Madix

  • Distinguishing the direct and indirect products of a gas-surface reaction.

    Charles T. Rettner;Daniel J. Auerbach

  • CO2 Product Velocity Distribution for CO Oxidation on Platinum.

    Charles A Becker;James P Cowin;Lennard Wharton;Daniel J Auerbach

Frequent Co-Authors

Alec M. Wodtke
Alec M. Wodtke Max Planck Society
Charles T. Rettner
Charles T. Rettner IBM (United States)
Wolfgang J. Paul
Wolfgang J. Paul Saarland University
Geert-Jan Kroes
Geert-Jan Kroes Leiden University
Aart W. Kleyn
Aart W. Kleyn Leiden University
Alan C. Luntz
Alan C. Luntz SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory
Kenneth C. Janda
Kenneth C. Janda University of California, Irvine
John C. Tully
John C. Tully Yale University
Dirk Schwarzer
Dirk Schwarzer Max Planck Society
Robert J. Madix
Robert J. Madix Harvard University

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