AVS 63rd International Symposium & Exhibition
    Surface Science Tuesday Sessions
       Session SS2+AS+HC+NS-TuM

Invited Paper SS2+AS+HC+NS-TuM1
Use of Size Correlations to Probe Reaction Mechanisms on Size-selected Model Catalysts

Tuesday, November 8, 2016, 8:00 am, Room 104E

Session: Nanostructures: Growth, Reactivity, and Catalysis
Presenter: Scott Anderson, University of Utah
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The ability to prepare model catalysts by deposition of mass-selected metal clusters allows the size and density of catalytic sites to be varied independently and precisely, providing a new tool for mechanistic studies. In addition, preparation of truly monodisperse samples alters the kinetics for Ostwald ripening, thus changing the cluster stability under thermal/reactive conditions. This talk will focus on use of size-dependent correlations between catalytic activity and physical properties such as cluster morphology and electronic properties, to probe the factors that control catalysis and electrocatalysis by supported Pt clusters in the <25 atom size range. The stability of the clusters, and how this varies with size under heating, adsorbate exposure, and potential cycling will also be discussed.