AVS 58th Annual International Symposium and Exhibition
    Surface Science Division Tuesday Sessions

Session SS-TuA
Catalysis on Metals and Alloys

Tuesday, November 1, 2011, 2:00 pm, Room 109
Moderator: G. Fisher, University of Michigan


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2:00pm SS-TuA1
La1-xCexMnO3 Perovskites: Structural Features and Performance for Preferential CO Oxidation Reaction
S.S. Maluf, Federal University of Sao Carlos, Brazil, B.E. Hayden, University of Southampton, UK, C.R.M. Afonso, Federal University of Sao Carlos, Brazil, E.M. Assaf, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil, P.A.P. Nascente, Federal University of Sao Carlos, Brazil
2:20pm SS-TuA2
Faceted Metal Surfaces: Surface Chemistry and Growth of Metallic Nanoclusters
W. Chen, Q. Shen, R.A. Bartynski, Rutgers University
2:40pm SS-TuA3 Invited Paper
Modeling the Complexities of Heterogeneous Catalysts
D.W. Goodman, Matt Lundwall, Texas A & M University
4:00pm SS-TuA7
Nanocatalysis: New Developments in Catalytic Performance of Size- and Shape-Controlled Metal Nanoparticles
B. Roldán Cuenya, University of Central Florida
4:20pm SS-TuA8
Oxidative-Coupling Reactions via Nucleophilic Attack on Gold Surface
B. Xu, C.M. Friend, R.J. Madix, Harvard University
4:40pm SS-TuA9
Understanding the Enhanced Activity for Methanol Reaction on Titania-supported Au Clusters
D.A. Chen, S.A. Tenney, B.A. Cagg, M.S. Levine, University of South Carolina, S. Hong, T.S. Rahman, University of Central Florida
5:00pm SS-TuA10
Oxygen Chemisorption, Formation, and Thermal Stability of Pt Oxides on Pt Nanoparticles Supported on SiO2/Si(001): Size-Effects
L.K. Ono, J.R. Croy, H. Heinrich, B. Roldan Cuenya, University of Central Florida
5:20pm SS-TuA11
Alloy Surface Reactivity on CuxAuyPd1-x-y Composition Spread Alloy Films
A.J. Gellman, J.B. Miller, P. Kondratyuk, D. Priyadarshini, Carnegie Mellon University, B.D. Morreale, National Energy Technology Laboratory
5:40pm SS-TuA12
Pd Ensemble Effects on Enhancing Low Temperature CO Oxidation and Tolerance on AuPd Alloys: A First Principles Study
H.C. Ham, J.A. Stephens, G.S. Hwang, University of Texas at Austin