Background. Alcohol variants such as ethanol and methanol are simple organic compounds widely used in foods, pharmaceuticals, chemical synthesis, etc. Both are becoming an emerging health problem; abuse of ethanol containing beverages can lead to disparate health problems and methanol is highly toxic and unfit for consumption. Methods and Results. This review summarizes the basic knowledge abou...

Investigation of methanol’s surface chemistry on metals is a crucial step towards understanding the reactivity of this important chemical feedstock. Cu is a relevant metal for methanol synthesis and reforming, but due to the weak interaction of methanol with Cu, an atomic scale view of methanol’s coverage-dependent ordering and self-assembly on Cu(111), the most abundant facet of most nanoparti...

Investigation of methanol's surface chemistry on metals is a crucial step towards understanding the reactivity of this important chemical feedstock. Cu is a relevant metal for methanol synthesis and reforming, but due to the weak interaction of methanol with Cu, an atomic scale view of methanol's coverage-dependent ordering and self-assembly on Cu(111), the most abundant facet of most nanoparti...

Methanol is an important feedstock in numerous catalytic processes. It can be produced via Fischer-Tropsch reaction from synthesis gas [1] and its further transformation to hydrocarbons up to C10 is the basis of several industrially important reactions as for instance the Methanol to Gasoline process [2]. Methanol can also be used as an alkylating agent for aromatic compounds in zeolite-catalys...