AVS 56th International Symposium & Exhibition
    Surface Science Tuesday Sessions

Session SS3-TuA
Catalysis: Mechanisms & Morphology

Tuesday, November 10, 2009, 2:00 pm, Room N
Moderator: B.R. Cuenya, University of Central Florida


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2:00pm SS3-TuA1 Invited Paper
High Catalytic Activity of CeOx/Au(111) and Au/CeOx/TiO2(110): Special Properties of CeOx Nanoparticles
J.A. Rodriguez, J.B. Park, J. Graciani, Brookhaven National Laboratory, J. Evans, Universidad Central de Venezuela, D.J. Stacchiola, S.J. Ma, P.J. Liu, Brookhaven National Laboratory, J. Fdez-Sanz, Universidad de Sevilla, Spain, J. Hrbek, Brookhaven National Laboratory
2:40pm SS3-TuA3
Kinetics and Elementary Steps of the Reverse Water-Gas Shift Reaction over Pt Catalysts
L.G. Cameron, C.T. Campbell, University of Washington, L. Grabow, M. Mavrikakis, University of Wisconsin
3:00pm SS3-TuA4
A DFT Study of Methanol Synthesis by CO2 Hydrogenation on Cu Nanoparticles and Surfaces
Y. Yang, SUNY at Stony Brook, P.J. Liu, M. White, Brookhaven National Laboratory
4:00pm SS3-TuA7
Electronic Structure Effect in Modified Reactivity of Pt/Cu(111)
T. Anniyev, S. Kaya, H. Ogasawara, Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource, S. Koh, P. Strasser, University of Houston, M. Toney, A. Nilsson, Stanford Synchrotron Radiation Lightsource
4:20pm SS3-TuA8
In Situ Study of Heterogeneous Catalysis on Oxide Support: CO Oxidation on Au/TiO2 Catalysts
S. Porsgaard, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab and University of Aarhus, Denmark, P. Jiang, F. Borondics, M. Köber, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, S. Wendt, University of Aarhus, Denmark, H. Bluhm, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, F. Besenbacher, University of Aarhus, Denmark, M. Salmeron, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab
4:40pm SS3-TuA9
Search for Chemicurrent during CO Oxidation on Pt/GaN and Pt/TiO2 Nanodiodes
J.R. Creighton, E.J. Heller, K.H.A Bogart, M.E. Coltrin, E.N. Coker, K.C. Cross, Sandia National Laboratories
5:00pm SS3-TuA10
MORTON S. TRAUM AWARD FINALIST: Morphology and Chemical Reactivity of Bi-Metallic Au-Pd Clusters
E. Gross, M. Asscher, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel
5:20pm SS3-TuA11
Reactivity of NO2 with BaO Nanoclusters Grown on YSZ(111) and CeO2(111)/YSZ(111) Probed by in situ High-Resolution XPS
Z.Q. Yu, Nanjing Normal University, China, P. Nachimuthu, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, M. Nandasiri, S.V.N.T. Kuchibhatla, Pacific Northwest Natioanl Laboratory, Y.J. Kim, Hanbat National University, Korea, M.H. Engelhard, V. Shutthanandan, W. Jiang, J. Szanyi, S. Thevuthasan, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory