AVS 61st International Symposium & Exhibition
    Surface Science Wednesday Sessions

Session SS+AS+EN-WeM
Dynamic Processes of Single Atoms and Molecules at Surfaces

Wednesday, November 12, 2014, 8:00 am, Room 309
Moderators: Arthur Utz, Tufts University, Andrew Gellman, Carnegie Mellon University


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8:00am SS+AS+EN-WeM1 Invited Paper
Construction and Manipulation of Individual Functional Molecules: from Reversible Conductance Transition to Reversible Spin Control
Hong-Jun Gao, Chinese Academy of Science, China
8:40am SS+AS+EN-WeM3
Single Molecule Origins of Electronic Disorder: Random Conformations of α-NPD Molecules on Au(111)
Daniel Dougherty, J. Wang, J. Wang, North Carolina State University
9:00am SS+AS+EN-WeM4
Pt-Cu Single Atom Alloys for the Selective Partial Hydrogenation of Butadiene
Felicia Lucci, M. Marcinkowski, E.C.H. Sykes, Tufts University
9:20am SS+AS+EN-WeM5 Invited Paper
Toward a Dynamical Understanding of Chemistry at Metal Surfaces
Alec Wodtke, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry
11:00am SS+AS+EN-WeM10
Steric Effect in O2 Chemisorption on Al(111)
Mitsunori Kurahashi, Y. Yamauchi, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Japan
11:20am SS+AS+EN-WeM11
Surface Temperature Effects in Methane Dissociation on Ni and Ir Surfaces
Arthur Utz, E. Peterson, E. Dombrowski, E. High, E. Nicotera, Tufts University
11:40am SS+AS+EN-WeM12
Activation of C1-C9 Alkanes on Pt(111): Importance of Dynamics, van der Waals Interactions, and Gas-Surface Energy Transfer
Jason Navin, S.B. Donald, G. Cushing, I.A. Harrison, University of Virginia
12:00pm SS+AS+EN-WeM13
Shining light on an Important Intermediate Step in Photocatalysis: Probing Polarons in ZnO using Infrared Reflection Absorption Spectroscopy
Fabian Bebensee, H. Sezen, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany, A. Nefedov, C. Wöll, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology