Catalyst Characterization Techniques I

Monday, June 15, 2015: 9:40 AM-12:00 PM
408-410 (Lawrence Convention Center)
Galen Fisher, University of Michigan, USA, Fan Shi, National Energy Technology Laboratory, USA and Carsten Sievers, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA.
9:40 AM
Structure of Delta-Al2O3: Toward the Atomic Level Understanding of Transition Alumina Phases
Libor Kovarik1, Mark Bowden1, Amity Andersen1, Jian Zhi Hu1, Janos Szanyi1, Ja Hun Kwak1,2 and Charles H.F. Peden1, (1)Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, USA, (2)UNIST, South Korea.
10:00 AM
Atomic-Level Interfacial Structure and Chemistry of Low-Temperature Active Metal-CeO2 Nanocatalysts
Ruigang Wang and Samantha Mock, Youngstown State University, USA.
10:20 AM
Towards the Understanding of the Active Site-Distribution in Sn-Beta
Patrick Wolf1,2, Maxence Valla1, Aaron Rossini3, Aleix Comas-Vives1, Francisco Nunez-Zarur1, Anne Lesage3, Lyndon Emsley3, Christophe Copéret1 and Ive Hermans2, (1)ETH Zurich, Switzerland, (2)University of Wisconsin Madison, USA, (3)Centre de RMN à Très Hauts Champs, Université de Lyon, France.
10:40 AM
Neutron Scattering Characterization of Amino-Polymer/Silica Composite CO2 Adsorbents: Morphology, Mobility, and Consequences for Performance
Adam Holewinski, Christopher W. Jones and Miles Sakwa-Novak, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA.
11:00 AM
The Mechanism of the Phillip's Ethylene Polymerization Catalyst
Carole Brown1, Jerzy Krzystek2, Riqiang Fu2, Robert Meulenberg3, Susannah L. Scott4 and Albert E. Stiegman1, (1)Florida State University, USA, (2)National High Magnetic Field Laboratory, USA, (3)University of Maine, USA, (4)University of California Santa Barbara, USA.
11:40 AM
Characterization of Tungsten and Zirconium Modified Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes
Patrick Kelleher and Gary L. Haller, Yale University, USA.