OF67 Non-equilibrium (NO)2 Dimer Formation During Catalytic Reactions With Nanometric Resolution

Thursday, June 9, 2011: 5:00 PM
Ambassador Ballroom 3 (Detroit Marriott Hotel at the Renaissance Center )
Jean-Sabin McEwen1, Dorrell McCalman1, William F. Schneider1, Thierry Visart de Bocarmé2 and Norbert Kruse2, (1)Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, IN, (2)Chemical Physics of Materials (Catalysis-Tribology), Université Libre de Bruxelles (U.L.B.), Bruxelles, Belgium
The decomposition of NO to N2 and O2 on nanosized platinum and palladium facets is investigated with field ion microscopy experiments.  Corresponding density functional theory calculations are performed.  The presence of an external field is shown to facilitate this reaction pathway through the formation of a (NO)2 dimer.

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