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  • 1994 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For developments of the multiplescattering theory of lowenergy electron diffraction and related techniques, and their application to the structural determination of a wide variety of surfaces

Overview

M.A. Van Hove is affiliated with Hong Kong Baptist University in China. Their research spans multiple fields, primarily Materials Science, Physics and Astronomy, and Chemistry. They have contributed to several subfields including Materials Chemistry, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Spectroscopy, and Organic Chemistry.

The scientist has been involved in work covering a variety of main topics, notably:

  • X-ray Diffraction in Crystallography
  • Molecular Junctions and Nanostructures
  • Advanced NMR Techniques and Applications
  • Supramolecular Chemistry and Complexes
  • Electron and X-Ray Spectroscopy Techniques
  • Diamond and Carbon-based Materials Research
  • Mechanical and Optical Resonators

Among their recent papers are the following:

  • Surface-Mounted Dipolar Molecular Rotors Driven by External Electric Field, As Revealed by Torque Analyses, 2022, ACS Omega
  • Solvents Hinder the Interlocking Rotation between Molecular Gears, as Revealed by Torque Calculations, 2021, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • Rotations of F-ATPase and V-ATPase analyzed by a torque approach, 2022, Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics
  • Controlling the Rotational Barrier of Single Porphyrin Rotors on Surfaces, 2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
  • Nanomechanics of a hydrogen molecule suspended between two equally charged tips, 2020, Physical review. B./Physical review. B

Frequent co-authors include:

  • W. Moritz
  • Yanling Zhao
  • Ruiqin Zhang
  • Kulpavee Jitapunkul
  • W. Schattke

M.A. Van Hove has published in various journals and venues such as:

  • ACS Omega
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry B
  • Physical review. B./Physical review. B

Their book publications are notable, with contributions to titles released by World Scientific and Cambridge University Press. The World Scientific publications include two editions of Everyday Physics (2021, 2023). Additionally, they authored Surface Structure Determination by LEED and X-rays in 2022, published by Cambridge University Press.

M.A. Van Hove was recognized as a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS) in 1994. The citation referenced their developments in multiple-scattering theory of low-energy electron diffraction and related techniques, and their application to structural determination of various surfaces.

Best Publications

  • Theory of Radiative Heat Transfer between Closely Spaced Bodies

    D. Polder;M. Van Hove

  • The surface reconstructions of the (100) crystal faces of iridium, platinum and gold. I. Experimental observations and possible structural models

    M. A. Van Hove;R. J. Koestner;P. C. Stair;J. P. Bibérian

  • Chemisorption geometry of hydrogen on Ni(111): Order and disorder

    K. Christmann;R. J. Behm;G. Ertl;M. A. Van Hove

  • ADSORBATE-INDUCED RESTRUCTURING OF SURFACES

    G.A. Somorjai;G.A. Somorjai;M.A. Van Hove;M.A. Van Hove

  • Adsorption of CO on Pd(100)

    R. J. Behm;K. Christmann;G. Ertl;M. A. Van Hove

  • Automated determination of complex surface structures by LEED

    M.A. Van Hove;M.A. Van Hove;W. Moritz;W. Moritz;H. Over;H. Over;P.J. Rous;P.J. Rous

  • Magnetite Fe3O4(111): surface structure by LEED crystallography and energetics

    A. Barbieri;W. Weiss;M.A. Van Hove;G.A. Somorjai

  • Single-molecule resolution of an organometallic intermediate in a surface-supported Ullmann coupling reaction.

    Weihua Wang;Xingqiang Shi;Shiyong Wang;Michel A. Van Hove

  • A new microfacet notation for high-Miller-index surfaces of cubic materials with terrace, step and kink structures

    M.A. Van Hove;G.A. Somorjai

  • The surface reconstructions of the (100) crystal faces of iridium, platinum and gold: II. Structural determination by LEED intensity analysis

    M. A. Van Hove;R. J. Koestner;P. C. Stair;J. P. Bibérian

  • Influence of surface and grain-boundary scattering on the resistivity of copper in reduced dimensions

    W. Wu;S. H. Brongersma;M. Van Hove;K. Maex

  • LEED intensity analysis of the structures of clean Pt(111) and of CO adsorbed on Pt(111) in the c(4 × 2) arrangement

    D.F. Ogletree;M.A. Van Hove;G.A. Somorjai

  • Reliability of detailed LEED structural analyses : Pt(111) and Pt(111)-p(2×2)-O

    N. Materer;U. Starke;U. Starke;A. Barbieri;R. Döll

  • Efficient method for the simulation of STM images. I. Generalized Green-function formalism

    J. Cerdá;M. A. Van Hove;P. Sautet;P. Sautet;M. Salmeron

  • Chemisorption bond lengths of chalcogen overlayers at a low coverage by convergent perturbation methods

    M. Van Hove;S. Y. Tong

  • Molecular surface structure of ice(0001): dynamical low-energy electron diffraction, total-energy calculations and molecular dynamics simulations

    N. Materer;N. Materer;U. Starke;U. Starke;A. Barbieri;M.A. Van Hove;M.A. Van Hove

  • Leed intensity analysis of the surface structures of Pd(111) and of CO adsorbed on Pd(111) in a (√3 × √3)R30° arrangement

    H. Ohtani;M.A. Van Hove;G.A. Somorjai

  • Surface bond angle and bond lengths of rearranged As and Ga atoms on GaAs(110)

    S. Y. Tong;A. R. Lubinsky;B. J. Mrstik;M. A. van Hove

  • Structural Analysis of the Fivefold Symmetric Surface of the Al70Pd21Mn9 Quasicrystal by Low Energy Electron Diffraction

    M. Gierer;M. A. Van Hove;A. I. Goldman;Z. Shen

  • Evidence for the formation of stable alkylidyne structures from C3 and C4 unsaturated hydrocarbons adsorbed on the Pt(111) single crystal surface

    R.J. Koestner;J.C. Frost;P.C. Stair;M.A. Van Hove

  • Surface structure refinements of 2HMoS2, 2HNbSe2 and W(100)p(2 × 1)O via new reliability factors for surface crystallography

    M.A Van Hove;S.Y Tong;M.H Elconin

Frequent Co-Authors

Gabor A. Somorjai
Gabor A. Somorjai University of California, Berkeley
Charles S. Fadley
Charles S. Fadley University of California, Davis
Ulrich Starke
Ulrich Starke Max Planck Society
Karen Maex
Karen Maex University of Amsterdam
Zahid Hussain
Zahid Hussain Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Chi Ming Chan
Chi Ming Chan Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Christian Minot
Christian Minot Sorbonne University

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