AVS 56th International Symposium & Exhibition
    Surface Science Monday Sessions

Session SS2-MoA
Formation & Reactivity of Nanoclusters

Monday, November 9, 2009, 2:00 pm, Room N
Moderator: G.B. Fisher, University of Michigan


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2:00pm SS2-MoA1
Nanoplasmonic Sensing of Metal Hydride Formation and Catalytic Reactions on Metallic Nanoparticles
E.M. Larsson, C.M. Langhammer, B.H. Kasemo, I.L. Zoric, Chalmers University, Sweden
2:20pm SS2-MoA2
On the Role of Pd Ensembles in Selective H2O2 Formation on PdAu Alloys
H. Ham, G. Hwang, University of Texas at Austin
2:40pm SS2-MoA3 Invited Paper
Well-defined, Highly Uniform Metallic Nano-Structures as Selective Heterogeneous Catalysts and Platforms for Chemical Characterization
S. Linic, Christopher, University of Michigan
3:40pm SS2-MoA6 Invited Paper
2009 AVS Peter Mark Memorial Award Lecture - Towards the Understanding of Catalytic and Vibrational Properties of Metal Nanostructures
B.R. Cuenya, University of Central Florida
4:20pm SS2-MoA8
Growth, Composition and Surface Chemistry of Ni-Au Clusters on TiO2(110)
D.A. Chen, S.A. Tenney, J.S. Ratliff, C.C. Roberts, University of South Carolina
4:40pm SS2-MoA9
Deposition of RuSn Nanoparticles onto a Al2O3/Ni3Al(111) Surface from a Gas Phase Organometallic Precursor
A. Uhl, University of Illinois at Chicago, E. Trufan, R.D. Adams, University of South Carolina, R.J. Meyer, M. Trenary, University of Illinois at Chicago
5:00pm SS2-MoA10
Formation, Thermal Stability and In-situ Gas Phase Catalytic Properties of Supported Au, Fe, and AuxFe1-x Nanoparticles
L.K. Ono, A. Naitabdi, B. Roldan Cuenya, University of Central Florida
5:20pm SS2-MoA11
Secretive Lives of Multi-component Nanoparticles during Reactions
F. Tao, M. Grass, D. Butcher, J.R. Renzas, Y. Zhang, C. Tsung, S. Aloni, M. Salmeron, G.A. Somorjai, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab