This paper attempts to review our recent work dealing with TiO2(110)-(1 x 1
) single crystals and to present new scanning tunnelling microscopy (STM) i
mages of the adsorbed state and condensation reaction of pyridine at 350 K.
Combined efforts of STM and non-contact atomic force microscopy (AFM) prov
ided the detail of atom-resolved pictures of TiO2(110) surfaces. In situ ST
M observation documented the weak and mobile adsorption and the site-specif
ic adsorption of pyridine, and the unexpected condensation of pyridine phys
isorbed on the surface in the presence of pyridine ambient at 350 K, Copyri
ght (C) 1999 John Whey & Sons, Ltd.