Fund - Catalysis on Zeolites - Session 4p

Tuesday, June 9, 2009: 1:30 PM-5:20 PM
Bayview Room (Hyatt Regency San Francisco)

Chairs:

Aditya Bhan, Prof., University of Minnesota and Christopher W. Jones, Georgia Institute of Technology

1:30 PM

OE21

Diffusion Limitation in the Alkylation of Benzene:  a Multiscale Investigation

Niels Hansen, Hamburg University of Technology; Rajamani Krishna, University of Amsterdam; Jasper M. van Baten, University of Amsterdam; Alexis T. Bell, University of California Berkeley; Frerich J. Keil, Hamburg University of Technology

1:50 PM

OE22

Homologation of Dimethyl Ether to Highly Branched Alkanes on Acidic Zeolites

John H. Ahn, University of California Berkeley; Dante A. Simonetti, University of California Berkeley; Burcin Temel, University of California Berkeley; Enrique Iglesia, University of California Berkeley

2:10 PM
 Keynote 

KE03

New Mechanistic Insights into the Formation of Zeolite Catalysts

Raul F. Lobo, University of Delaware

2:50 PM

OE23

Synthesis and Catalytic Properties of Ti-Silicate Form of BEC Polymorph of Beta Zeolite

Manuel Moliner, California Institute of Technology; Pedro Serna, Instituto de Tecnología Química; Ángel Cantín, Instituto de Tecnología Química; María J. Díaz-Cabañas, Instituto de Tecnología Química; Avelino Corma, Instituto de Tecnología Química

3:10 PM

 

Break

3:40 PM

OE24

Dynamic Structural Changes in a Zeolite-Supported Iridium Catalyst for Ethylene Hydrogenation:  Reversible Interconversion of Metal Complexes and Clusters Controlled by the Reactant Composition

Alper Uzun, University of California, Davis; Bruce Gates, University of California Davis

4:00 PM

OE25

Templated Synthesis of Hierarchically Mesoporous Zeolites from Cationic Polymers and Their Excellent Catalytic Properties

Feng-Shou Xiao, Jilin University; Tiandi Tang, Jilin University; Chengyang Yin, Jilin University

4:20 PM

OE26

Hierarchical Zeolites with Tailored Mesoporosity by Partial Detemplation and Desilication

Sonia Abello, Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia; Adriana Bonilla, Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia; Danny Verboekend, Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia; Javier Pérez-Ramírez, Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia

4:40 PM

OE27

Preparation of Interlayer-expanded Zeolites having High Catalytic Performance through Silylation of Layered Zeolitic Precursors

Takashi Tatsumi, Tokyo Institute of Technology; Hiroyuki Imai, Tokyo Institute of Technology; Peng Wu, East China Normal University; Satoshi Inagaki, Yokohama National University

5:00 PM

OE28

FT-IR and Catalytic Characterization of the Acidity of Imogolite-based Systems

Barbara Bonelli, Politecnico di Torino; Ilaria Bottero, Politecnico di Torino; Edoardo Garrone, Politecnico di Torino; FAbrizio Cavani, Università di Bologna; Nicola Ballarini, Università di Bologna; Sauro Passeri, Università di Bologna