OD47 Designed Structures of Metal Nanoparticles and Investigation of Metal-Metal Oxide Interface

Wednesday, June 8, 2011: 4:20 PM
Ambassador Ballroom 1 (Detroit Marriott Hotel at the Renaissance Center )
Neema A. Mashayekhi1, Mayfair Kung1 and Harold H. Kung2, (1)Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, (2)Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL
We have designed a novel method for synthetic control of the particle size, loading, and periphery of metal nanoparticles. For the partial oxidation of propane, increased concentration of Ti sites in the vicinity of Au particles yields more acetone and less CO2.

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