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Zdenek Dohnalek is affiliated with the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the field of Materials Science, with significant contributions to subfields including Materials Chemistry, Catalysis, Renewable Energy, Sustainability and the Environment, Atomic and Molecular Physics and Optics, and Biomedical Engineering.

The scientist's work focuses on various topics related to catalytic processes and material properties. Key research themes include:

  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions
  • Advanced Chemical Physics Studies
  • Advanced Photocatalysis Techniques
  • Catalysis and Hydrodesulfurization Studies
  • Electronic and Structural Properties of Oxides
  • Ionic liquids properties and applications

Dohnalek has appeared as an author in multiple peer-reviewed journals, with a frequent publishing record in the following venues:

  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • Topics in Catalysis
  • The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • Surface Science
  • SSRN Electronic Journal

Their recent papers include:

  • Binding of Formic Acid on Anatase TiO2(101), 2020, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • Conversion of Formic Acid on Single- and Nano-Crystalline Anatase TiO2(101), 2021, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • Adsorption and reaction of methanol on Fe3O4(001), 2020, The Journal of Chemical Physics
  • Creating self-assembled arrays of mono-oxo (MoO3)1 species on TiO2(101) via deposition and decomposition of (MoO3)n oligomers, 2021, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  • Preparation and Characterization of Model Homotopic Catalysts: Rh Adatoms, Nanoparticles, and Mixed Oxide Surfaces on Fe3O4(001), 2022, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Dohnalek include:

  • Marcus A. Sharp
  • Bruce D. Kay
  • Christopher J. Lee
  • Mal-Soon Lee
  • Daniel Baranowski

Best Publications

  • Controlling the morphology of amorphous solid water

    Kip P. Stevenson;Gregory A. Kimmel;Zdenek Dohnalek;R. Scott Smith

  • Experimental Investigation of the Interaction of Water and Methanol with Anatase−TiO2(101)

    Gregory S. Herman;Zdenek Dohnalek;Nancy J. Ruzycki;Ulrike Diebold

  • Thermally-driven processes on rutile TiO2(1 1 0)-(1 × 1): A direct view at the atomic scale

    Zdenek Dohnalek;Igor Lyubinetsky;Roger J. Rousseau

  • Control of amorphous solid water morphology using molecular beams. I. Experimental results

    Gregory A. Kimmel;Kip P. Stevenson;Zdenek Dohnalek;R. Scott Smith

  • Imaging water dissociation on TiO2(110): Evidence for inequivalent geminate OH groups.

    Zhenrong Zhang;Olexsandr Bondarchuk;Bruce D. Kay;J. M. White

  • Imaging Adsorbate O−H Bond Cleavage: Methanol on TiO2(110)

    Zhenrong Zhang;Oleksandr Bondarchuk;J. M. White;Bruce D. Kay

  • Crystalline ice growth on PT(111): observation of a hydrophobic water monolayer.

    Greg A. Kimmel;Nikolay G. Petrik;Zdenek Dohnálek;Bruce D. Kay

  • Structural motifs of water on metal oxide surfaces

    Rentao Mu;Zhi-jian Zhao;Zdenek Dohnálek;Jinlong Gong

  • No confinement needed: observation of a metastable hydrophobic wetting two-layer ice on graphene.

    Gregory A. Kimmel;Jesper Matthiesen;Marcel Baer;Christopher J. Mundy

  • The deposition angle-dependent density of amorphous solid water films

    Zdenek Dohnalek;Greg A. Kimmel;Patrick Ayotte;R. Scott Smith

  • Physisorption of N2, O2, and CO on fully oxidized TiO2(110).

    Zdenek Dohnalek;Jooho Kim;Oleksandr Bondarchuk;J. Mike White

  • n-alkanes on Pt(111) and on C(0001)Pt(111): chain length dependence of kinetic desorption parameters.

    Steven L. Tait;Zdenek Dohnálek;Charles T. Campbell;Bruce D. Kay

  • n-alkanes on MgO(100). II. Chain length dependence of kinetic desorption parameters for small n-alkanes.

    Steven L. Tait;Zdenek Dohnálek;Charles T. Campbell;Bruce D. Kay

  • Control of amorphous solid water morphology using molecular beams. II. Ballistic deposition simulations

    Greg A. Kimmel;Z. Dohnálek;K. P. Stevenson;R. Scott Smith

  • Intrinsic Diffusion of Hydrogen on Rutile TiO2(110)

    Shao Chun Li;Zhenrong Zhang;Daniel Sheppard;Bruce D. Kay

  • Dehydration, dehydrogenation, and condensation of alcohols on supported oxide catalysts based on cyclic (WO3)3 and (MoO3)3 clusters

    Roger J. Rousseau;David A. Dixon;Bruce D. Kay;Zdenek Dohnalek

  • Effect of porosity on the adsorption, desorption, trapping, and release of volatile gases by amorphous solid water

    Patrick Ayotte;R. Scott Smith;Kip P. Stevenson;Zdenek Dohnalek

  • Physisorption of CO on the MgO(100) Surface

    Zdenek Dohnalek;Gregory A. Kimmel;Stephen A. Joyce;Patrick Ayotte

  • Chemical Reactivity of Reduced TiO2(110): The Dominant Role of Surface Defects in Oxygen Chemisorption

    Nikolay G. Petrik;Zhenrong Zhang;Yingge Du;Zdenek Dohnalek

  • Transient Mobility of Oxygen Adatoms upon O2 Dissociation on Reduced TiO2(110)

    Yingge Du;Zdenek Dohnalek;Igor Lyubinetsky

Frequent Co-Authors

Bruce D. Kay
Bruce D. Kay Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Roger Rousseau
Roger Rousseau Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
J. M. White
J. M. White The University of Texas at Austin
Yingge Du
Yingge Du Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Vassiliki Alexandra Glezakou
Vassiliki Alexandra Glezakou Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Wolfgang J. Choyke
Wolfgang J. Choyke University of Pittsburgh
Michael A. Henderson
Michael A. Henderson Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Qingfeng Ge
Qingfeng Ge Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Falko P. Netzer
Falko P. Netzer University of Graz
Charles T. Campbell
Charles T. Campbell University of Washington

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