AVS 55th International Symposium & Exhibition
    Surface Science Thursday Sessions

Session SS2+NC-ThM
Catalysis on Nanoclusters

Thursday, October 23, 2008, 8:00 am, Room 208
Moderator: J. Hrbek, Brookhaven National Laboratory


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8:00am SS2+NC-ThM1
Hybrid Nano-Oxide System for Oxidation of Methanol at Lower Temperatures
A.S. Karakoti, A. Vincent, T. Spalding, University of Central Florida, D. Patel, NJ Institute of Technology, S. Seal, University of Central Florida
8:20am SS2+NC-ThM2
Decomposition of Methanol on High Surface Area Titanium Carbide Films
D.W. Flaherty, N.T. Hahn, C.B. Mullins, University of Texas at Austin
8:40am SS2+NC-ThM3 Invited Paper
Catalysis by Atomic-Size Centers
H. Metiu, University of California, Santa Barbara
9:20am SS2+NC-ThM5
The Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Methanol by Vanadia Particles Supported on Ceria Thin Films
H.L. Abbott, A. Uhl, M. Baron, D.J. Stacchiola, S.K. Shaikhutdinov, H.-J. Freund, Fritz Haber Institute of the Max Planck Society, Germany
9:40am SS2+NC-ThM6
Photochemistry of (NO)2 Layers on Alumina-Supported Ag Nanoparticles: Size and Excitation Influences
D. Mulugeta, K.H. Kim, K. Watanabe, Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Germany, D. Menzel, Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft and Technical University Muenchen, Germany, H.-J. Freund, Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Germany
10:40am SS2+NC-ThM9
Effects of Nanocluster Surface Chemistry on Electrocatalysis
B.L. Abrams, P.C.K. Vesborg, S. Dobrin, D. Mowbray, I. Chorkendorff, Technical University of Denmark
11:00am SS2+NC-ThM10
Size-Dependent Structure of MoS2 Nanoclusters
J. Kibsgaard, J.V. Lauritsen, University of Aarhus, Denmark, S. Helveg, H. Topsoe, B.S. Clausen, Haldor Topsoe A/S, Denmark, F. Besenbacher, University of Aarhus, Denmark
11:20am SS2+NC-ThM11
Size-Selected Deposition of Transition Metal Sulfides
M.J. Patterson, StonyBrook University, M.G. White, Brookhaven National Laboratory, StonyBrook University
11:40am SS2+NC-ThM12
Ligand-Spacer Controlled Size Selectivity of Gold Nanoclusters and the Effect of the Ligand on Cluster Geometry and Electronic Structure
G. Shafai, S. Hong, University of Central Florida, M.F. Bertino, Virginia Commonwealth University, T.S. Rahman, University of Central Florida