AVS 55th International Symposium & Exhibition
    Surface Science Tuesday Sessions

Session SS1+NC-TuA
Reactions on Gold and BiMetallics

Tuesday, October 21, 2008, 1:40 pm, Room 208
Moderator: D.A. Chen, University of South Carolina


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1:40pm SS1+NC-TuA1
Surface-Mediated Partial Oxidation of Alcohols on Gold
X. Liu, C.M. Friend, Harvard University
2:00pm SS1+NC-TuA2
Selective Oxidation Chemistry on Gold
J.L. Gong, R.A. Ojifinni, N.S. Froemming, T. Yan, G. Henkelman, C.B. Mullins, University of Texas at Austin
2:20pm SS1+NC-TuA3 Invited Paper
Model Catalysts for Steam Reforming and Water-Gas Shift Reactions
J. Hrbek, Brookhaven National Laboratory
3:00pm SS1+NC-TuA5
Role of the Oxide Substrate on O2 Dissociative Adsorption on Au Nanostructures: First Principle Studies
S. Stolbov, T.S. Rahman, University of Central Florida
4:00pm SS1+NC-TuA8
Hydrogen Splitting on Ru and Pt Nanoparticles
E. Fiordaliso, M. Johansson, S. Murphy, R. Nielsen, I. Chorkendorff, Technical University of Denmark
4:20pm SS1+NC-TuA9
Novel Pathways to Hydrogen Dissociation and Diffusion on Pd Alloys
H.L. Tierney, A.E. Baber, Tufts University, J.R. Kitchin, Carnegie Mellon, E.C.H. Sykes, Tufts University
4:40pm SS1+NC-TuA10
Alloy Nanocluster Distinct Surface Segregation Phenomena Related to the Coordination Dependence of Bond-Energies: Introduction and Application of a New Theoretical Approach
L. Rubinovich, M. Polak, Ben-Gurion University, Israel
5:00pm SS1+NC-TuA11
Stability, Electronic, and Catalytic Properties of Supported Metal Clusters
B. Roldan Cuenya, University of Central Florida
5:20pm SS1+NC-TuA12
The Morphology and Reactivity of Metallic Nano Clusters Deposited on SiO2 via Water Buffer Layer
E. Gross, M. Asscher, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel