AVS 55th International Symposium & Exhibition
    Surface Science Thursday Sessions

Session SS2-ThA
Novel Reactive Surfaces

Thursday, October 23, 2008, 2:00 pm, Room 208
Moderator: S. Chiang, University of California Davis


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2:00pm SS2-ThA1
The Photochemistry of Acetaldehyde on TiO2(110)
R.T. Zehr, M.A. Henderson, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
2:20pm SS2-ThA2
Cesium Promotion in Styrene Epoxidation on Silver Catalysts
L. Zhou, R.J. Madix, Harvard University
2:40pm SS2-ThA3 Invited Paper
Selectivity and Enantioselectivity on Metal Surfaces
A.J. Gellman, Carnegie Mellon University
3:20pm SS2-ThA5
Tuning the Reactivity and Selectivity of Chiral Kink Sites on Surfaces through Alloying
A.D. Jewell, Tufts University, J.W. Han, Georgia Tech, D.O. Bellisario, A.E. Baber, H.L. Tierney, Tufts University, D.S. Sholl, Georgia Tech, E.C.H. Sykes, Tufts University
4:00pm SS2-ThA7
STM Investigation of the Conversion of Ethylene to Carbon Clusters and Graphite on Pt(111)
A.B. De La Ree, University of California, Irvine, V. Johánek, University of Virginia, J.C. Hemminger, University of California, Irvine
4:20pm SS2-ThA8
Catalytic Activity and Morphology of Pt Clusters on the Graphite Surface
T. Kondo, K. Watahiki, J.P. Oh, K. Izumi, Y. Iwasaki, D. Sekiba, H. Kudo, J. Nakamura, University of Tsukuba, Japan
4:40pm SS2-ThA9
Surface Structures and Alloy Formation for Ge Deposition on Pt
B.E. Koel, G. Liu, Lehigh University
5:00pm SS2-ThA10
Revisiting the Oxidation Kinetics of Plutonium Surfaces
H.G. García Flores, University of Nebraska-Lincoln and Los Alamos National Laboratory, D.P. Moore, J.P. Baiardo, D.L. Pugmire, Los Alamos National Laboratory
5:20pm SS2-ThA11
Kinetics of Hydride Front in Zircaloy 2 and H Release from a Fractional Hydrided Surface
M. Diaz, Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid, Spanish National Research Council, Spain, B. Remartinez, S. Perez, Iberdrola, S. A., Spain, J.L. Sacedon, Instituto de Ciencia de Materiales de Madrid, Spanish National Research Council