Having been a PhD student in the group of Prof. Manos Mavrikakis at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Prof. Lars Grabow had an early exposure to monolayer catalysts, or near surface alloys. At the time theory was able to make exciting predictions regarding the catalytic properties of these hypothetical materials, but only a hand-full of […]
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Our contribution to the special issue on “Catalysis for New Energy Technology” was selected for the journal cover of ChemCatChem. The work originated from a collaboration with Bill Epling’s group and the cover shows the electron density change in methane during its activation over a palladium catalyst. Hieu Doan created the artwork with the help
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Graduate student Arian Ghorbanpour, co-advised by Prof. J. Rimer, has contributed computational results that explain the sorption behavior of ultrastable zeolite GIS polymorphs. In particular, his work shows that GIS is not a good framework structure for carbon dioxide sorption; instead, it is an excellent framework structure to separate water from other small molecules. The
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Graduate student Byeongjin Baek’s computational work on elucidating the mechanism of direct deoxygenation of phenolic compounds on Ru/TiO2 catalysts has resulted in a new understanding of the roles of the support and the ruthenium metal nanoparticle. We find that for the selective C-OH cleavage to occur, it is necessary that the support can provide a
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Hieu Doan‘s work on understanding the interplay of electronic and geometric effects governing the CO electro-oxidation activity of Pt-decorated Ru nanoclusters makes the cover of Surface Science. The work is a collaborative effort with the experimental group of Stanko Brankovic (ECE@UH) and is published in a special issue titled “Reactivity Concepts at Surfaces: Coupling Theory with
Novel CO electro-oxidation catalyst makes cover page of Surface Science Read More »
Congratulations to Arian for his first author paper in ACS Nano on the growth of ZSM-5@Silicalite-1 core-shell zeolites. Read the paper here.
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Graduate student Hieu Doan developed a comprehensive computational model for Au/TiO2 catalysts, which suggest a novel mechanism for CO oxidation in the presence of water. The work is a collaboration with Profs. Bert Chandler and Chris Pursell at Trinity University San Antonio. Gregory Mullen and Buddie Mullins have published a Perspective on the article, and
Our results on the effect of water during CO oxidation on gold are published in Science! Read More »
Our work on water-assisted hydrogen diffusion on FeO/Pt(111) has been published in Science! Thanks to all co-authors who have contributed to this success: Flemming Besenbacher, Manos Mavrikakis, Lindsay Merte, Guowen Peng, Ralf Bechstein, Felix Riebolt, Carrie Farberow, Wilhelmine Kundernatsch, Stefan Wendt, Eric Laesgaard. Read more: UHEngeneering news ,Science Daily, Eurekalert, Realn3ws, myScience News ,Decoded Science,ChemEurope, ChemWeb
Water-mediated proton hopping research published in Science Read More »