Preliminary Program subject to change
20043 Size Effects in Catalysts at the Nanoscale
OverviewThis session invites paper which discuss how catalytic activity is affected by particle size.
Primary SponsorCatalysis and Reaction Engineering Division (20)
Co-Sponsor(s)Low Pressure (01g), Nanoscale Science and Engineering Forum (See also Topical F) (22)

Chair

Christopher 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

CoChair

Morris D. Argyle
Department of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering
University of Wyoming
1000 E. University Avenue
Laramie, WY 82071
Phone Number: 307-766-2973
Fax Number: 307-766-6777
Email: mdargyle@uwyo.edu
Welcoming Remarks
Nano-Scale Effects in the Oxidation and the Reactivity of Platinum Clusters
Ye Xu, Computer Science and Mathematics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, P.O. Box 2008, MS-6367, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6367, William A. Shelton Jr., Computer Science and Mathematics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, P.O. Box 2008, MS-6367, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6367 and William F. Schneider, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Notre Dame, 182 Fitzpatrick Hall, Notre Dame, IN 46556
Effect of Pt Cluster Size on the Reaction of No and O2 to No2 on Supported and Model Catalysts
Shadab Mulla1, Lasitha Cumaranatunge1, Andrew Smeltz1, Nan Chen1, W. Nicholas Delgass1, William Epling2 and Fabio H. Ribeiro1, (1)School of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, 480 Stadium Mall Drive, West Lafayette, IN 47907, (2)Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
Stabilization of Platinum Nanoparticles by Substitutional Boron Dopants in Carbon Supports
Chethan Acharya and Heath Turner, Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Alabama, Box 870203, Tuscaloosa, AL 35487-0203
On the Activity of Cationic Au Species during the Preferential Co Oxidation on Low Content Au/Ceo2Catalysts
Sergio A. Gómez, José A. Hernández and Gustavo A. Fuentes, Department of Process Engineering, Universidad A. Metropolitana - Iztapalapa, A.P. 55-534, Mexico, DF, 09340, Mexico
Synthesis and Characterization of Dendrimer-Derived Ir/Γ-Al2O3 Catalysts
Yaritza M. López-De Jesús, Oleg S. Alexeev and Christopher Williams, Chemical Engineering Department, University of South Carolina, Swearingen Engineering Center 2C02, 301 S Main St., Columbia, SC 29208
Performance Testing and Structural Characterization of Gamma-Al2o3-Supported Rhenium Clusters and Particles for Methylcyclohexane Conversion
Rodrigo J. Lobo1, Alper Uzun1, Simon R. Bare2, Michael J. McCall2 and Bruce C. Gates1, (1)Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of California at Davis, One Shields Avenue, Davis, CA 95616, (2)UOP LLC, 25 E. Algonquin Rd., Des Plaines, IL 60017
Sol-Gel Synthesis of Vanadium Phosphorus Oxides as Catalyst for the Partial Oxidation of Butane to Maleic Anhydride
Juan M. Salazar and Keith L. Hohn, Kansas State University, 105 Durland Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506-5102

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