Methods for Catalyst Characterization

Tuesday, June 7, 2011: 3:40 PM-5:20 PM
Ambassador Ballroom 2 (Detroit Marriott Hotel at the Renaissance Center )
Organizers:
Galen B. Fisher and Johannes W. Schwank
Chairs:
Keith Hohn and S. David Jackson
3:40 PM
The Instruments of Nanocatalysis that Provide Molecular Information under Catalytic Reaction Conditions. Selected Applications
Gabor A. Somorjai, University of California, Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Selim Alayoglu, University of California, Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory; Vladimir Pushkarev, University of California, Berkeley and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
4:00 PM
Structure and Identity of Oxygenated Organic Species on Catalytically Relevant Oxide and Nanoparticle Surfaces Studied by Sum-Frequency Generation
Avram M. Buchbinder, Northwestern University; Natalie A. Ray, Northwestern University; Peter C. Stair, Northwestern University; Eric Weitz, Northwestern University; Franz M. Geiger, Northwestern University
4:20 PM
Spacio-temporal Measurement System for CIMS and Its Application
Mark A. Dearth, Ford Motor Company MD 3179 RIC; Vencon Easterling, University of Kentucky
4:40 PM
Dispersive Kinetics of Fluorescent Two-State Reactions at the Single Nanoparticle Level in the Presence of Adsorbates of Varying Affinity
Venkataramanan Ravi, The Pennsylvania State University; Robert M. Rioux, Pennsylvania State University
5:00 PM
Leaching Phenomena in Unsupported Gold Nanoparticle Catalysis
Jeong-Myeong Ha, University of California, Berkeley; Michael M. Nigra, University of California, Berkeley; Alexander Katz, University of California Berkeley