Preliminary Program subject to change
20018 Nanoscale Materials as Catalysts I
OverviewWhile the nanoscale is not foreign to heterogeneous catalysis, new developments in nanotechnology promise to create a new generation of catalysts with precise control of structures and desired functionalities. Papers are solicited to showcase such developments.
Primary SponsorCatalysis and Reaction Engineering Division (20)
Co-Sponsor(s)Nanoscale Science and Engineering Forum (22)

Chair

William C. Conner
Professor
Department of Chemical Engineering
University of Massachusetts-Amherst
105 Goessmann Lab
686 N. Pleasant Street
Amherst, MA 01003
Phone Number: 413-545-0316
Fax Number: 413-545-1647
Email: wconner@ecs.umass.edu

CoChair

Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos
Professor
Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering
Tufts University
4 Colby Street
Medford, MA 02155
Phone Number: 617-627-3048
Fax Number: 617-627-3991
Email: maria.flytzani-stephanopoulos@tufts.edu
Modeling And Engineering Of Defects In TiO2 For Catalysis
Alice G. Hollister, Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Illinois, Urbana - Champaign, 105 Roger Adams Lab, 600 S. Matthews, Urbana, IL 61801, Ramakrishnan Vaidyanathan, University of Illinois, Urbana - Champaign, 105 Roger Adams Lab, 600 S. Mathews, Urbana, IL 61801 and Edmund G. Seebauer, University of Illinois, Urbana - Champaign, 114 Roger Adams Lab, 600 S. Mathews, Urbana, IL 61801
Low-Temperature Synthesis Of Ordered Nanoporous Titanium Dioxide Loaded With Platinum Nanocatalyst
Jayashri Sarkar1, Vijay T. John2, Christopher J. Brooks3, G. Ramanath4 and Arijit Bose1, (1)Chemical Engineering, University of Rhode Island, 16 Greenhouse Rd, Kingston, RI 02881, (2)Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, Tulane University, 300 Lindy Boggs Bldg., New Orleans, LA 70118, (3)Honda Research Institute, 1381 Kinnear Road, Columbus, OH 43212, (4)Materials Science and Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, NY 12180
Tuning The Electronic And Molecular Structures Of Catalytic Active Sites With Oxide Nanoligands
Israel E. Wachs1, Elizabeth I. Ross-Medgaarden2, Wu Zhao3 and Chris Kiely3, (1)Lehigh University, Operando Molecular Spectroscopy & Catalysis Laboratory, Chemical Engineering Dept., Iacocca Hall, 111 Research drive, Bethlehem, PA 18015-4791, (2)Operando Molecular Spectroscopy & Catalysis Laboratory, Chemical Engineering Dept., Lehigh University, Iacocca Hall, 111 Research drive, Bethlehem, PA 18015-4791, (3)Center for Advanced Materials & Nanomaterials, Materials Science & Engineering Dept., Lehigh University, Asa Drive, Whitaker Labs, Bethlehem, PA 18015-4791
Sol-Gel Synthesis Of Nanostructured Vanadium Phosphorus Oxides As Catalyst For The Partial Oxidation Of Butane To Maleic Anhydride
Juan M. Salazar, Kansas State University, 105 Durland Hall, Manhattan, KS 66506-5102 and Keith L. Hohn, Chemical Engineering, Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS 66502
A Double Exponential Effect Of Confinement On Reaction Rates
Erik E. Santiso, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University, 911 Partners Way, Box 7905, Raleigh, NC 27695, Marco Buongiorno Nardelli, Department of Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27695 and Keith E. Gubbins, Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC 27606
Wacker Oxidation by Graphite Nanofiber Supported Catalysts
Randy Weinstein1, Carol Bessel2, Adrienne Baum3, Christopher Marotta2, Terry Baker2 and Nelly Rodriguez2, (1)Villanova University, Department of Chemical Engineering, 800 Lancaster Ave., Villanova, PA 19085, (2)Chemisty, Villanova University, Department of Chemical Engineering, 800 Lancaster Ave., Villanova, PA 19085, (3)Villanova University, Villanova, PA 19083

Catalysis and Reaction Engineering Division