AVS 59th Annual International Symposium and Exhibition
    Surface Science Wednesday Sessions

Session SS-WeA
Catalysis on Metals and Alloys

Wednesday, October 31, 2012, 2:00 pm, Room 21
Moderator: G. Fisher, University of Michigan


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2:00pm SS-WeA1
A Novel MoSx Structure with High Affinity to Adsorbate Binding
D.Z. Sun, W.H. Lu, University of California Riverside, D. Le, University of Central Florida, Q. Ma, University of California Riverside, M. Amanpour, University of Central Florida, S. Bobek, J. Mann, University of California Riverside, T. Raman, University of Central Florida, L. Bartels, University of California Riverside
2:20pm SS-WeA2
Atomic-Scale Determination of the Crystallographic Stacking at the Technologically-Important Cobalt-Copper Interface
E.A. Lewis, C.H. Sykes, Tufts University
2:40pm SS-WeA3 Invited Paper
Understanding the Growth and Surface Activity of Oxide-supported Bimetallic Clusters
R.P. Galhenage, H. Yan, A. Duke, K. Xie, D.A. Chen, University of South Carolina
4:00pm SS-WeA7 Invited Paper
Synchrotrons, Catalysts and UOP: from Imaging to In Situ Spectroscopy
S.R. Bare, UOP LLC, a Honeywell Company
4:40pm SS-WeA9
Glycolaldehyde as a Probe Molecule for Biomass-derivatives
W. Yu, M. Barteau, J. Chen, University of Delaware
5:00pm SS-WeA10
Modifying Selectivity of Hydrocarbon Conversion Reactions by Alloying Sn and Pt: Benzene Formation from Acetylene
X. Yang, Princeton University, J. Gao, S. Podkolzin, Stevens Institute of Technology, B. Koel, Princeton University
5:20pm SS-WeA11
Composition Spread Alloy Films for Study of Alloy Catalysis Across Composition Space
A.J. Gellman, B. Fleutot, P. Kondratyuk, J.B. Miller, G. Gumuslu, Carnegie Mellon University
5:40pm SS-WeA12
Role of Dissociated Hydrogen in Stabilizing Catalytic Sites and Regulating Surface Reactions for Hydrogen Storage in Metal Hydrides
I. Chopra, University of Texas at Dallas, S. Chaudhuri, Washington State University, J.-F. Veyan, Y.J. Chabal, University of Texas at Dallas