Fund - Catalyst Preparation - Session 5p

Wednesday, June 10, 2009: 1:30 PM-5:20 PM
Grand Ballroom Salon C (Hyatt Regency San Francisco)

Chairs:

John Regalbuto, University of Illinois at Chicago and Susannah L. Scott, University of California Santa Barbara

1:30 PM

OE36

Use of Electroless Deposition Methods to Prepare Novel Bimetallic Catalysts

John R. Monnier, University of South Carolina; Melanie T. Schaal, University of South Carolina; Kevin D. Beard, University of South Carolina; Jayakiran Rebelli, University of South Carolina; Christopher T. Williams, University of South Carolina; John W. Van Zee, University of South Carolina

1:50 PM

OE37

Surface-support Interactions in Mn-based Molecular Oxidation Catalysts

Justin M. Notestein, Northwestern University; Andrew Korinda, Northwestern University; Nicholas Schoenfeldt, Northwestern University

2:10 PM

OE38

Magnetic Resonance Imaging to Study Impregnation Processes on γ-Al2O3 Support Bodies

L. Espinosa-Alonso, Utrecht University; K.P. de Jong, Utrecht University; B.M. Weckhuysen, Utrecht University

2:30 PM

OE39

Site-Isolated Pt-SBA15 Materials from Tris(tert-butoxy)siloxy Complexes of Pt(II) and Pt(IV)

Robert M. Rioux, Pennsylvania State University; Daniel A. Ruddy, University of California Berkeley; Jeffery T. Miller, Argonne National Laboratory; T. Don Tilley, University of California Berkeley

2:50 PM

OE40

Design and Synthesis of Robust Calixarene-Capped Metal Clusters

Alexander Katz, University of California Berkeley; Jeong-Myeong Ha, University of California Berkeley; Namal de Silva, University of California Berkeley; Andrew Solovyov, University of California Berkeley

3:10 PM

 

Break

3:40 PM

OE41

A Surface Science Approach to the Preparation of Alumina-Supported Ni-Mo Catalysts in Aqueous Solution

Asma Tougerti, UPMC - Université Pierre et Marie Curie; Xavier Carrier, UPMC - Université Pierre et Marie Curie; Michel Che, UPMC - Université Pierre et Marie Curie

4:00 PM

OE42

Synthesis of Dendrimer-encapsulated One-Nanometer Rh and Pt Particles and their Catalytic Activity for Ethylene and Pyrrole Hydrogenation

Wenyu Huang, University of California Berkeley; John N. Kuhn, University of California Berkeley; Chia-Kuang Tsung, University of California Berkeley; Gabor A. Somorjai, University of California Berkeley

4:20 PM

OE43

Seed-Mediated Synthesis of Nanostructured Supported Pd Catalysts and Applications in Selective Hydrogenation Reactions

Gilles D. Berhault, Research Institute on Catalysis and Environment (IRCELYON); Laurent Piccolo, Research Institute on Catalysis and Environment (IRCELYON); Ana Valcarcel, Research Institute on Catalysis and Environment (IRCELYON); Marta Bausach, Research Institute on Catalysis and Environment (IRCELYON); Cécile Thomazeau, IFP; Denis Uzio, IFP

4:40 PM

OE44

An Inexpensive Plug-flow Reactor for X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy at Catalytically Relevant Reaction Conditions

Bradley R. Fingland, Purdue University; Fabio H. Ribeiro, Purdue University; Jeffery T. Miller, Argonne National Laboratory

5:00 PM

OE45

Synthesis and Characterization of Photocatalytically Active Titania Nanotubes

Elizabeth G. Ranney, University of Michigan; Johannes W. Schwank, University of Michigan