Professor of Physical & Computational Surface Chemistry
My research is centred upon the physics and chemistry of solid surfaces, explored predominantly through first-principles computational techniques (often in conjunction with ultra-high vacuum single-crystal experiments performed by colleagues and collaborators).
Past and present topics of particular interest include:
- surface structure and symmetry, with a focus on chirality at multiple length-scales;
- reaction dynamics of highly-oxidising species on semiconducting surfaces;
- electronic structure of half-metal surfaces, including states with non-trivial topology;
- non-trivial topology in bulk and surface phonon band structures;
- hydrogen and halogen bonding in adsorbed overlayers on graphite and gold;
- heterogeneous catalysis (ammonia synthesis, hydrocarbon combustion and synthesis, water gas shift, selective reduction).
In addition to my primary research, I am the author of two books - Chirality at Solid Surfaces (Wiley, 2018) and Foundations of Surface Science (Oxford University Press, 2023). I lecture undergraduate courses on the Electronic Structure and Properties of Solids; Surfaces and Interfaces; and the Electronic Structure of Solid Surfaces.
Professor Jenkins discusses his research
Publications
Quantum Influences in the Diffusive Motion of Pyrrole on Cu(111)
– Angewandte Chemie
(2013)
125,
5189
(doi: 10.1002/ange.201208868)
Quantum influences in the diffusive motion of pyrrole on Cu(111)
– Angew Chem Int Ed Engl
(2013)
52,
5085
(doi: 10.1002/anie.201208868)
Single-crystal adsorption calorimetry and density functional theory of CO chemisorption on fcc Co{110}.
– Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP
(2013)
15,
4059
(doi: 10.1039/c3cp43836h)
Left foot, right foot, other foot: Glycine and alanine on Cu{311}
– ABSTRACTS OF PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN CHEMICAL SOCIETY
(2013)
245,
Mode-specificity and transition state-specific energy redistribution in the chemisorption of CH4 on Ni{100}.
– Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP
(2012)
14,
15879
(doi: 10.1039/c2cp42345f)
Nitrogen adsorption and desorption at iron pyrite FeS2{100} surfaces
– Phys Chem Chem Phys
(2012)
14,
11491
(doi: 10.1039/c2cp41549f)
Bond-selective energy redistribution in the chemisorption of CH3D and CD3H on Pt{110)-(1 x 2): A first-principles molecular dynamics study
– Computational and Theoretical Chemistry
(2012)
990,
144
(doi: 10.1016/j.comptc.2011.11.048)
The Importance of Attractive Three-Point Interaction in Enantioselective Surface Chemistry: Stereospecific Adsorption of Serine on the Intrinsically Chiral Cu{531} Surface
– Journal of the American Chemical Society
(2012)
134,
9615
(doi: 10.1021/ja210499m)
Microcalorimetry of oxygen adsorption on fcc Co{110}
– Physical chemistry chemical physics : PCCP
(2012)
14,
7528
(doi: 10.1039/c2cp40549k)
The interaction of iron pyrite with oxygen, nitrogen and nitrogen oxides: A first-principles study
– Phys Chem Chem Phys
(2012)
14,
3627
(doi: 10.1039/c2cp23558g)
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