Poster Session: Novel Characterization

P-W-Cle-1

HRTEM of Pt-Au/C Catalysts
P. del Angel¹, Martha L. Hernandez-Pichardo², E. palacios-Gonzalez¹, J.A.. Montoya¹ and R.G. gonzalez-Huerta², (1)Instituto Mexicano del Petróleo, Mexico, (2)Instituto Politecnico Nacional, Mexico.

P-W-Cle-2

Nb-Doped Hematite: Highly Active Catalyst for the Oxidation of Organic Dyes in Water
Luiz Oliveira¹, Flávia C. C. Moura¹, Henrique Oliveira¹, Patterson Souza², Marcio Pereira³ and Patricia Patricio², (1)Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil, (2)CEFET-MG, Brazil, (3)Universidade Federal dos Vales do Jequitinhonha e Mucuri, Brazil.

P-W-Cle-3

Coke Formation in Steam Reforming Catalysts Evaluated by Thermogravimetry
Marco Logli and Valeria Vicentini, Clariant S.A., Brazil.

P-W-Cle-4

HRTEM Study of Solids Deposited in the Post-catalytic Zone during Propane Partial Oxidation over Te-containing Catalyst
P. del Angel¹, J.A.. Montoya¹, H. Armendariz-Herrera¹, J.M. López-nieto² and Jaime S. Valente¹, (1)Instituto Mexicano del Petróleo, Mexico, (2)Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain.

P-W-Cle-5

Millibar XPS and TEM on Spherical Model Monolayer Catalysts
M. Cem Akatay¹, Yury Zvinevich¹, Dmitry Y. Zemlyanov¹, W. Nicholas Delgass¹, Eric A. Stach² and Fabio H. Ribeiro¹, (1)Purdue University, USA, (2)Brookhaven National Laboratory, USA.

P-W-Cle-6

Study of Au@SiO₂ Nanoreactors Synthesis by UV-Vis Spectroscopy in situ
Brenda Acosta¹, Viridiana Evangelista¹, Sergio Fuentes² and Andrey Simakov³, (1)Centro de Investigacion Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada, Mexico, (2)Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Centro de Nanociencias y Nanotecnología, Mexico, (3)Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico.

P-W-Cle-7

Immobilization of Fungal Enzyme in Mesoporous Materials for Selective Oxidative Reactions of Aromatic Hydrocarbons and Biodesulfurization
Karla Juarez-Moreno, Trino A. Zepeda, Jorge N. Diaz de Leon, Gabriel Alonso-Nuñez and Sergio Fuentes, Centro de Nanociencias y Nanotecnologia, UNAM, Mexico.

P-W-Cle-8

Dissolution Made Easy For Platinum Group Metal (PGM) Catalysts by Peroxide Fusions for ICP Analyses
John A. Anzelmo^1,2, Janice Pitre² and Mélanie Bédard², (1)Claisse USA, USA, (2)Corporation Scientifique Claisse, Canada.

P-W-Cle-9

Measuring Energetic Heterogeneity of Metal Oxides using Vapor Sorption Techniques
Majid Naderi, Daniel J. Burnett, Armando R. Garcia, Anett Kondor and Manaswini Acharya, Surface Measurement Systems, USA.

P-W-Cle-10

Is the W Surface Density of WOx-ZrO₂ Catalysts to be Calculated with Respect to the Specific Surface Area of the Sample or That of ZrO₂ Only?
Cyril Thomas, UPMC Laboratoire de Réactivité de Surface, France.

P-W-Cle-11

UV Raman Spectroscopy and Force Field Analysis of Silica Supported Vanadium Oxide Catalysts
David Nitsche, Technical University Darmstadt, Germany.

P-W-Cle-12

Electron Microscopy Study of Surfaces and Porosity in a Plate-like γ-Al₂O₃
Ja Hun Kwak, Libor Kovarik, Arda Genc, Charles H. F. Peden and János Szanyi, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA.

P-W-Cle-13

Characterization of Binding Energetics during Catalyst Synthesis Utilizing Isothermal Titration Calorimetry
Jason Binz, Megan Strayer, Thomas Mallouk and Robert M. Rioux, Pennsylvania State University, USA.

P-W-Cle-14

Investigating Silver Ion Exchanged Zeolites Using Simultaneous Pair Distribution Function & Infrared Spectroscopy Techniques
Haiyan Zhao¹, Kevin Beyer¹, Tina Nenoff², Mark A. Newton³, Peter Chupas¹ and Karena Chapman¹, (1)Argonne National Laboratory, USA, (2)Sandia National Laboratory, USA, (3)European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, France.

P-W-Cle-15

Diffusion and Adsorption Properties of Hydrocarbons in MCM-22 and MCM-56
Liyuan Li^1,2, Yi Chen¹, Zhongqiang Xu¹, Yangdong Wang¹, Heyong He² and Weimin Yang¹, (1)Shanghai Research Institute of Petrochemical Technology, China, (2)Fudan University, China.

P-W-Cle-16

Investigation of Diffusion Characteristics of Solid Amine Powders and Pellets Using Benzene as a Probe Molecule
Chris Wilfong, The University of Akron, USA.

P-W-Cle-17

In situ Small-Angle X-Ray Scattering/X-Ray Absorption Study: Stabilization of Nanocatalyst by ALD Overcoat
Sungsik Lee, Yu Lei, Junling Lu, Christopher L. Marshall, Jeffrey W. Elam, Soenke Seifert and Randall E. Winans, Argonne National Laboratory, USA.

P-W-Cle-19

Palladium-catalyzed Selective Hydrogenation of Nitroarenes: Influence of Platinum and Iron on Catalytic Activity, Particle Morphology and Formation of β-Palladium Hydride
Jaime R. Blanton¹, Konrad Möbus², Elena Grünewald², Stefan D. Wieland², Peter W. Albers³ and Stewart F. Parker⁴, (1)Evonik Industries, Business Line Catalysts, USA, (2)Evonik Industries, Business Line Catalysts, Germany, (3)AQura GmbH, Germany, (4)STFC Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, United Kingdom.