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
Atomic structure of a monolayer of Ge on Si(001)(2 x 1)
– Surface Review and Letters
(2012)
5,
97
(doi: 10.1142/s0218625x98000207)
DENSITY FUNCTIONAL AND QUASIPARTICLE CALCULATIONS ON THE GaAs(110) SURFACE
– Surface Review and Letters
(2012)
01,
473
(doi: 10.1142/s0218625x94000461)
Atomic Structure of the GaAs(001)-β2(2 × 4) Surface
– Surface Review and Letters
(2012)
5,
219
(doi: 10.1142/s0218625x98000402)
Chiral Surface Chemistry and Catalysis Preface
– Topics in Catalysis
(2011)
54,
1331
(doi: 10.1007/s11244-011-9767-x)
Mode-Specific Chemisorption of CH4 on Pt{110}-(1 x 2) Explored by First-Principles Molecular Dynamics
– The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
(2011)
115,
21832
(doi: 10.1021/jp207746q)
Dissociative chemisorption of hydrazine on an Fe{211} surface
– Journal of Physical Chemistry C
(2011)
115,
17812
(doi: 10.1021/jp202155w)
Electronic Structure and Bonding of an Ionic Molecular Adsorbate: c-C5H5 on Cu{111}
– Journal of Physical Chemistry C
(2011)
115,
16134
(doi: 10.1021/jp2049537)
Hydrogen on graphene under stress: Molecular dissociation and gap opening
(2011)
(doi: 10.48550/arxiv.1106.0385)
Weak Intermolecular Interactions in an Ionically Bound Molecular Adsorbate:Cyclopentadienyl/Cu(111)
– Physical review letters
(2011)
106,
186101
Adsorbate modification of the structural, electronic, and magnetic properties of ferromagnetic fcc{110}surfaces
– Physical Review B Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
(2011)
83,
115403
(doi: 10.1103/physrevb.83.115403)
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