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20042 Fundamentals of Surface Reactivity
OverviewThis session focuses on understanding the fundamentals of surface reactivity at the atomistic scale.
Primary SponsorCatalysis and Reaction Engineering Division (20)
Co-Sponsor(s)Low Pressure (01g)

Chair

Will Medlin
Assistant Professor
University of Colorado
Dept. of Chemical and Biological Engineering
ECCH 111, UCB 424
Boulder, CO 80309
Phone Number: 303-492-2418
Fax Number: 303-492-4341
Email: will.medlin@colorado.edu

CoChair

Alan E. Nelson
Assistant Professor
University of Alberta
Department of Chemical-Materials Engineering
536 Chemical-Materials Engineering
Edmonton, AB T6G 2G6
Canada
Phone Number: 780/492-7380
Fax Number: 780/492-2881
Email: alan.nelson@ualberta.ca
Chiral Surfaces and Enantioselectivity
Andrew J. Gellman1, Ye Huang1, Joshua D. Horvath2 and Anjannette Koritnik3, (1)Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15213, (2)Milliken Corp., Greenville, SC 29607, (3)University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
A Density Functional Theory Investigation of Methane Activation on a Palladium Oxide Catalyst
Brian R. Kromer, Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, FRNY 117b, 480 Stadium Mall Dr., West Lafayette, IN 44907, Fabio H. Ribeiro, School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, 480 Stadium Mall Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907 and Kendall T. Thomson, School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, FRNY 117B 480 Stadium Mall Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907-2100
Alkali-Promotion in Heterogeneous Catalysis: Dft Studies of the Pressure- and Temperature-Dependant Impact of Alkalis on Oxidation Reactions
Jeb Adams, Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, 2300 Hayward, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2125 and Suljo Linic, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Michigan, 2300 Hayward, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-2125
Controlling Immobilized Amine Reactivity Via Tailored Surface Environments
John D. Bass, Chemical Engineering, UC Berkeley, MC 1462, Berkeley, CA 94720, John J. Daniels, UC Berkeley, MC 1462, Berkeley, CA 94720 and Alexander Katz, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California at Berkeley, Berkeley, CA 94720-1462
First-Principle Comparison of Co and No Oxidation at Oxide Surfaces
William F. Schneider and Hangyao Wang, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame, 182 Fitzpatrick Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556
Coverage Effects in the Adsorption Energy of Oxygen on Pd and Ag(111)
John Kitchin, Chemical Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Ave, 2208C Doherty Hall, Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Dissociation of Water on Defective Carbon Substrates
Erik E. Santiso1, Milen K. Kostov1, Keith E. Gubbins1, Aaron M. George2 and Marco Buongiorno-Nardelli2, (1)Center for High Performance Simulation and Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University, 911 Partners Way, Box 7905, Raleigh, NC 27695, (2)Center for High Performance Simulation and Department of Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695

Catalysis and Reaction Engineering Division