Molecules at Surfaces: 100 Years of Physical Chemistry in Berlin-Dahlem

摘要

On 28 October 2011 the former Kaiser-Wilhelm Institut fur Physikalische Chemie und Elektrochemie (now Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society) in Berlin-Dahlem celebrated its 100th anniversary. Its history had been described before in a monograph as well as in an article by B. Friedrich et al. The present Essay is a more personal account as presented as a lecture at the centenary celebration which is focused on some of the contributions from the institute to the understanding of the interactions of molecules with solid surfaces.