AVS 60th International Symposium and Exhibition
    Surface Science Wednesday Sessions

Session SS+NS-WeM
Nanostructures: Reactivity & Catalysis

Wednesday, October 30, 2013, 8:00 am, Room 201 A
Moderator: I. Lyubinetsky, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory


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8:00am SS+NS-WeM1
Structure Sensitivity of Glycerol Oxidation Catalyzed by Pt/SiO2 under Mild Conditions
Y. Li, F. Zaera, University of California, Riverside
8:20am SS+NS-WeM2
Heats of Adsorption and Surface Reaction for CO and O2 on Pd Nanoparticles by Single Crystal Adsorption Microcalorimetry
S. Schauermann, M. Peter, J.M. Flores-Camacho, J.-H. Fischer-Wolfarth, S. Adamovski, H.-J. Freund, Fritz-Haber-Institut der Max-Planck-Gesellschaft, Germany
8:40am SS+NS-WeM3 Invited Paper
Size-dependent Correlations between Supported Cluster Electronic Properties and Catalytic/Electrocatalytic Activity
S.L. Anderson, University of Utah
9:20am SS+NS-WeM5
Characteristics of Sulfur-Vacancy Clusters in Single Layer MoS2: Insights from ab initio Calculations
D. Le, T.B. Rawal, T.S. Rahman, University of Central Florida
9:40am SS+NS-WeM6
A New Effect of Nanoconfinement on Chemical Equilibrium: Theory and Experimental Evidence
L. Rubinovich, M. Polak, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel
10:40am SS+NS-WeM9
Encapsulation of Noble-Metal Clusters on ZnO(10-10) and Its Impact on Catalytic Reactivity
Z. Zhang, F. Liu, Louisiana State University, L. Liu, Texas A&M University, E.W. Plummer, P.T. Sprunger, R.L. Kurtz, Louisiana State University
11:00am SS+NS-WeM10
ALD ZnO 3D Hierarchical Nanostructures for Enhanced Photocatalytic Dye Degradation Kinetics
J. Zhao, A. Bagal, Q. Yang, X. Zhang, C.-H. Chang, M.D. Losego, G.N. Parsons, North Carolina State University
11:20am SS+NS-WeM11
Phase/Catalytic Activity Correlations of TiO2 ALD Functionalized Nanoporous Gold
M. Bagge-Hansen, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, A. Wichmann, University Bremen, Germany, J.R.I. Lee, T.M. Willey, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, A. Wittstock, University Bremen, Germany, J. Biener, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, M. Bäumer, University Bremen, Germany, M. Biener, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
11:40am SS+NS-WeM12
Nanostructured Gold Model Catalysts on Oxygen-Free Substrates
L. Liu, Texas A&M University, F. Womack, Louisiana State University, Z. Zhou, Texas A&M University, M. Patterson, Louisiana State University, B. Habenicht, Y. Xu, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, P.T. Sprunger, R.L. Kurtz, Louisiana State University