AVS 64th International Symposium & Exhibition
    Fundamental Discoveries in Heterogeneous Catalysis Focus Topic Wednesday Sessions

Session HC+NS+SS-WeM
Nanoscale Surface Structures in Heterogeneously-Catalyzed Reactions

Wednesday, November 1, 2017, 8:00 am, Room 24
Moderator: Erin Iski, University of Tulsa


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8:00am HC+NS+SS-WeM1
The Role of Nanoparticle Edges in Water Dissociation and Oxidation/reduction Reactions in Layered Cobalt Oxides Supported on Au(111) and Pt(111)
Jakob Fester, J.V. Lauritsen, Aarhus University, Denmark, M. Garcia-Melchor, Trinity College Dublin, A.S. Walton, University of Manchester, UK, M. Bajdich, Stanford Institute for Materials and Energy Sciences, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, A. Vojvodic, University of Pennsylvania, Z. Sun, J. Rodríguez-Fernández, Aarhus University, Denmark
8:20am HC+NS+SS-WeM2
Analysis of Bulk and Surface Properties of Catalytically-Active Nickel Carbide/Nitride Nanostructures using X-ray Techniques
Samuel Gage, K. Fong, C. Ngo, S. Shulda, Colorado School of Mines, C. Tassone, D. Nordlund, SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, R. Richards, S. Pylypenko, Colorado School of Mines
9:00am HC+NS+SS-WeM4
Grain-Boundary-Supported Active Sites for Electrochemical Catalysis
Xiaofeng Feng, University of Central Florida
9:20am HC+NS+SS-WeM5 Invited Paper
Molecule-Surface Interaction on TiO2 and MoS2
Zhenrong Zhang, Baylor University
11:00am HC+NS+SS-WeM10 Invited Paper
Enantioselectivity: The Quintessential Structure Sensitive Surface Chemistry
Andrew Gellman, P. Kondratyuk, D. Rienicker, M.A. Payne, Carnegie Mellon University
11:40am HC+NS+SS-WeM12
Understanding the Growth and Chemical Activity of Pt-Re Clusters on HOPG and Titania Surfaces
Donna Chen, T.D. Maddumapatabandi, A.J. Brandt, G. Seuser, University of South Carolina
12:00pm HC+NS+SS-WeM13
Single Atom Alloys for Efficient and Cost-effective Catalysis
E. Charles Sykes, Tufts University