AVS 55th International Symposium & Exhibition
    In Situ Microscopy and Spectroscopy: Interfacial and Nanoscale Science Topical Conference Wednesday Sessions

Session IS+SY+SS-WeM
In Situ Spectroscopy – Interfacial Science and Catalysis

Wednesday, October 22, 2008, 8:00 am, Room 310
Moderator: D.R. Baer, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory


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8:00am IS+SY+SS-WeM1
Probing the Electrochemistry of Ceria in Solid-Oxide Fuel Cell Anodes under Operation using Ambient-Pressure XPS
H. Bluhm, J.T. Newberg, Z. Liu, Z. Hussain, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, S.C. DeCaluwe, C. Zhang, G.S. Jackson, University of Maryland, College Park, F. El Gabaly, R.L. Farrow, K.F. McCarty, M.A. Linne, A.H. McDaniel, Sandia National Laboratories
8:20am IS+SY+SS-WeM2
In-situ Dynamics of CO Oxidation on Pt(110) with Ambient Pressure XPS
Z. Yang, F. Aksoy, Z. Liu, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, H. Kondoh, Keio University, Japan, P. Ross, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, B. Mun, Hanyang University, Korea
8:40am IS+SY+SS-WeM3 Invited Paper
Medard W. Welch Award Lecture: Novel X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy Techniques for In Situ Studies of Surfaces in Equilibrium with Gases in the Torr Pressure Regime: Application to Catalysis and Environmental Sciences
M. Salmeron, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
9:20am IS+SY+SS-WeM5 Invited Paper
Nano Scale X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy of In Situ Modified Samples using Scanning Transmission X-ray Microscope
T. Tyliszczak, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
10:40am IS+SY+SS-WeM9
In Situ Synchrotron X-ray Study of the Synthetic Processes for Inorganic Solid Oxide Nanomaterials
Y. Mao, J. Dorman, J.P. Chang, University of California at Los Angeles
11:00am IS+SY+SS-WeM10
Surface Chemistry of Model Solid Oxide Fuel Cells Studied In-Situ by Synchrotron Based Photoemission Microscopy and Spectroscopy
K. Adib, M. Backhaus-Ricoult, T.P. St. Clair, Corning Incorporated, B. Luerssen, Justus Liebig Universitaet, Germany, L. Gregoratti, A. Barinov, Sincrotrone Elettra, Italy
11:20am IS+SY+SS-WeM11 Invited Paper
Organic Solar Cells and Microgels: Examples of In Situ Applications of Soft X-ray Microscopy
H. Ade, North Carolina State University