Fundamentals of Catalysis: Reaction Pathways

Tuesday, June 4, 2013: 1:30 PM-3:10 PM
Segell (Galt House Hotel)
John N. Kuhn, University of South Florida, USA and Paul Matter, pH Matter, LLC, USA.
1:30 PM
Revisiting Formic Acid Decomposition on Bulk Metallic Catalysts
Yadan Tang, Charles A. Roberts, Ryan Perkins and Israel E. Wachs, Lehigh University, USA.
1:50 PM
Reaction Pathways for Glucose and Related Oxygenates on Pd(111) and Pt(111)
Jesse R. McManus and John M. Vohs, University of Pennsylvania, USA.
2:10 PM
Selective Lactic Acid Hydrogenation: DFT, Microkinetic Modeling and Experiments
Suyash Singh, James A. Dumesic and Manos Mavrikakis, University of Wisconsin Madison, USA.
2:30 PM
2:50 PM
Theoretical Insights into Reactions of C5 Furans on Metal Surfaces
Vassili Vorotnikov1 and Dionisios G. Vlachos1,2, (1)University of Delaware, USA, (2)Catalysis Center for Energy Innovation, USA.