OF30 Understanding XANES of Supported Pt Particles: Size, Adsorbate and Alloy Effects

Tuesday, June 7, 2011: 4:00 PM
Ambassador Ballroom 3 (Detroit Marriott Hotel at the Renaissance Center )
Carolina Gomez and Randall J. Meyer, Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL
DFT calculations of Pt clusters show that the trends in particle size and adsorbate effects  in the experimental XANES can be explained in terms of the states available near the edge which change as a function of coordination and  lattice constant.

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