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T3014 Synthesis and Characterization of Nanostructured Catalytic Materials
OverviewThe development of new materials with high, yet selective, catalytic activity will be essential to future technological advances in diverse areas including the hydrogen economy, green chemistry, heterogeneous enantioselective catalysis, etc. This session will focus on works where rational material design at the nanoscale leads to unique and useful structure/reactivity. As such contributions to this session will be expected to have a heavy synthesis emphasis, coupled with analytical methodologies (which could include catalytic testing) that validate the synthesis paradigms.
Primary SponsorTopical 3 - Multiscale Analysis in Chemical, Materials and Biological Processes (T3)

Chair

Daniel F. Shantz
Assistant Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
Texas A&M University
College Station, TX 77843-3122
Phone Number: (979) 845-3492
Fax Number: (979) 845-6446
Email: shantz@che.tamu.edu

CoChair

Christopher T. Williams
Assistant Professor
University of South Carolina
Department of Chemical Egnineering
Swearingen Engineering Center
Columbia, SC 29208
Phone Number: (803)777-0143
Fax Number: (803)777-8265
Email: willia84@engr.sc.edu
Calixarenes as Scaffolds for Catalytic Structures
Justin Notestein, UC Berkeley, 201 Gilman Hall MC 1462, Berkeley, CA 94720, Alexander Katz, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-1462 and Enrique Iglesia, UC Berkeley, 201 Gilman Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720
Synthesis of Dimethyl Carbonate, Dimethoxy Methane, and Methyl Formate on Cu-Y and Cu-Zsm-5
Alexis T. Bell, Ian J. Drake and Yihua Zhang, University of California, Berkeley, Department of Chemical Engineering, 107 Gilman Hall, Berkeley, CA 94720
Tuning the Electronic and Molecular Structures of Catalytic Active Sites with Oxide Support Nanoligands
Elizabeth I. Ross1, Israel E. Wachs2, A. Burrows3 and C. Kiely3, (1)Lehigh University, Dept. of Chemical Engineering, 7 Asa Dr., 120 Sinclair Laboratories, Bethlehem, PA 18015, (2)Lehigh University, Department of Chemical Engineering, Iacocca Hall, 111 Research drive, Behtlehem, PA 18015-4791, (3)Department of Materials Science & Engineering, Lehigh University, 5 Whitaker Laboratory, Bethlehem, PA 18015
Synthesis and Characterization of Dendrimer-Stabilized Bimetallic Pt-Cu Nanoparticles
Hong Xie, Christopher T. Williams and Harry J. Ploehn, Chemical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Swearingen Engineering Center, Columbia, SC 29208
Characterization and Kinetic Evaluation of Dendrimer-Derived Bimetallic Catalysts for the Selective Hydrogenation of 3,4-Epoxy-1-Butene
Dongxia Liu, Chemical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Swearingen Engineering Center, Swearingen Engineering Center, Columbia, SC 29208, John Monnier, Chemical Engineering, University of South Carolina, 2C02, Swearingen Engineering Center, 301 South Main Street; USC, Columbia, SC 29208 and Christopher T. Williams, Chemical Engineering, University of South Carolina, Swearingen Engineering Center, Columbia, SC 29208
Characterization of Organsulfonic Acid-Functionalized Mesoporous Silica
Isa K. Mbaraka, Chemical and Biological Engineering Department, Iowa State University, 2114 Sweeney Hall, Ames, IA 50011-2230 and Brent H. Shanks, Chemical and Biological Engineering Department, Iowa State University, 2119 Sweeney Hall, Ames, IA 50011-2230
Support Effect on the Size of Au Particles on Functionalized Amorphous Silica
Viviane Schwartz, David R. Mullins, Wenfu Yan, Sheng Dai and Steven H. Overbury, Chemical and Analytical Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, One Bethel Valley Road, P.O. Box 2008, MS-6201, Knoxville, TN 37831-6201

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