Preliminary Program subject to change
T3009 Ab Initio Based Dynamics and Kinetics
OverviewSymposium covering recent advances in development and application of first-principles methods to the kinetics and dynamics of chemical systems.
Primary SponsorTopical 3 - Multiscale Analysis in Chemical, Materials and Biological Processes (T3)

Chair

Marc Garland
National University of Singapore
Department of Chemical & Environmental Engineering
4 Engineering Drive 4
117576
Singapore
Phone Number: (65)6874-6617
Fax Number: (65)6779-1936
Email: chemvg@nus.edu.sg

CoChair

William F Schneider
Assoc. Professor
University of Notre Dame
182 Fitzpatrick Hall
Notre Dame, IN 46556

Phone Number: 574-631-5580
Fax Number: 574-631-8366
Email: wschneider@nd.edu
Dft Studies of the Decomposition of the Radical Ooh on Pt-Based Clusters and Surfaces
Sergio R. Calvo1, Perla B. Balbuena1, Yixuan Wang2 and Adam Wood3, (1)Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, TX 77843, (2)Department of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, College Station, TX 77843, (3)Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, 3122 TAMU, College Station, TX 77843
Theoretical Insights into Chemistry and Catalysis at the Aqueous Metal Interface
Matthew Neurock, University of Virginia, 102 Engineers' Way, Charlottesville, VA 22904-4741
The Role of Hydrogen Bonding Interactions in Acidic Sugar Degradation Pathways: an Ab Initio Molecular Dynamics Approach
Xianghong Qian1, Mark Nimlos2, David Johnson2 and Mike Himmel2, (1)Rx-Innovation, Inc., 2802 Sunstone Drive, Fort Collins, CO 80525, (2)National Renewable Energy Laboratory, 1617 Cole Boulevard, Golden, CO 80401
Efficient Methods for Finding Transition States in Chemical Reactions: Comparison of Improved Dimer Method and Partitioned Rational Function Optimization Method
Andreas Heyden1, Alexis T. Bell2 and Frerich J. Keil1, (1)Department of Chemical Engineering, Hamburg University of Technology, Hamburg, D-21073, Germany, (2)University of California, Berkeley, Department of Chemical Engineering, 107 Gilman Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720
Confinement Effects on the Isomerization Kinetics of Small Hydrocarbons
Erik E. Santiso1, Keith E. Gubbins1, Aaron M. George2 and Marco Buongiorno-Nardelli2, (1)Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University, 911 Partners Way, Box 7905, Raleigh, NC 27695, (2)Department of Physics, North Carolina State University, 2700 Stinson Dr., Box 8202, Raleigh, NC 27695
An Ab Initio Investigation of Mercury Oxidation in Combustion Flue Gases
Jennifer Wilcox, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 100 Institute Road, Worcester, MA 01609-2280, Paul Blowers, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, the University of Arizona, PO Box 210011, Tucson, AZ 85721-0011, Tucson, AZ 85719 and Jost O. L. Wendt, University of Arizona, Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, Tucson, AZ 85718-0011
An Ab Initio Investigation of Hydrocarbon Radical Beta-Scission Reaction Kinetics
Xiaobo Zheng, Chemical and Environmental Engineering, the University of Arizona, PO Box 210011, Tucson, AZ 85721-0011, Tucson, AZ 85719 and Paul Blowers, Departmental of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, the University of Arizona, PO Box 210011, Tucson, AZ 85721-0011, Tucson, AZ 85719
Hydrogen Abstraction Reaction of Hydrofluorocarbons by the Hydroxyl Radical. a Hybrid Density Functional Theory with Specific Reaction Parameter Study
Saravanan Swaminathan, Tennessee Technological University, Dept. of ChE Box 5013, Cookeville, TN 38505, Sean Mikel, Chemical Engineering, Tennessee Technological University, Box 5013, Cookeville, TN 38505, Donald P. Visco Jr., Tennessee Technological University, Box 5013, Cookeville, TN 38505 and Titus V. Albu, Chemistry, Tennessee Technological University, Box 5055, Cookeville, TN 38505
Use of Ab Initio Calculations to Estimate Global Warming Potentials for Hbrfc's: Atmospheric Lifetimes and Radiative Forcing Results
Paul Blowers1, Kyle Marr2 and Fred Durham2, (1)Department of Chemical and Environmental Engineering, the University of Arizona, PO Box 210011, Tucson, AZ 85721-0011, Tucson, AZ 85719, (2)Chemical and Environmental Engineering, the University of Arizona, PO Box 210011, Tucson, AZ 85721-0011, Tucson, AZ 85719

Topical 3 - Multiscale Analysis in Chemical, Materials and Biological Processes