“…In the search for new materials for applications and a better understanding of DMMP surface chemistry, especially on metal oxides, adsorption studies with a focus on analyzing surface species have been conducted on TiO2, [2][3][4][5][6][7][8] ZnO, 2 Al2O3, 2,9-11 MgO 2,9 WO3, 2,5 La2O3, 9 Fe2O3, 9,12,13 CeO2, 14 SiO2, 12,15 Y2O3, 16 and combinations of these as supported metal oxides. 17,18 Several techniques have been used to investigate the surface species, including infrared (IR) spectroscopy, 2,[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][12][13][14][15][16][17][18] Raman spectroscopy, 18 X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), 3,6,14,16,17 inelastic tunneling spectroscopy, ,11 temperature programmed desorption (TPD), 3,12,14 Auger electron spectroscopy, 12 X-ray diffraction, 17 and ion chromatography. 17 The results...…”