Agenda

Chemically Synthesized Nanoparticles and Catalysis

April 28-29, 2011

Argonne National Laboratory
Center for Nanoscale Materials, and X-Ray Science Division, Advanced Photon Source

Building 440, Conf. Rm. A105/A106

 Welcome

Synthesis Science: Creating Materials for Energy
John Mitchell, Materials Science Division, ANL

Heterogeneous catalysts need not be so heterogeneous: Synthesis and characterization of size and shape selected transition metal catalysts
Yijin Kang(1), Vicky Doan-Nquyen (2), Christopher B. Murray (1,2), (1) Department of Chemistry, (2) Materials Science, University of Pennsylvania

Atomic Structure of Au-Pd Binetallic Alloyed Nanoparticles
Yong Ding (1), Fengru Fan (1,2), Zhongqun Tian (2), Zhong Lin Wang (1), (1) School of Materials Science and Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, (2) Department of Chemistry, Xiamen University

In Situ Studies of Nano Catalytic Reactions using X-ray Techniques
Randall E. Winans,  Advanced Photon Source, ANL

 Working Lunch

Synthesis of dispersible core-shell metal@oxide materials and their application as stable fuel cell catalysts
Matteo Cargnello (1,2), Noah Wieder (2), Raymond J. Gorte (2), Paolo Fornasiero (1); (1) Chemistry Department, INSTM-University of Trieste and ICCOM-CNR , Italy, (2) Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Pennsylvania

Bio-derived Nanoparticle Assembly and Small Angle X-ray Scattering
Byeongdu Lee, Advanced Photon Source, ANL

 Integration of Ambient Pressure Photoelectron Spectroscopy into Studies of Nanocatalysts
Franklin (Feng) Tao, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Notre Dame

The Importance of Nanoarchitectures in Heterogeneous Catalysis
Manos Mavrikakis, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Design and Synthesis of Functional Materials
Vojislav Stamenkovic, Materials Science Division, ANL

High Pressure Physics and Chemistry with Synchrotron Techniques
Vitalii Prakapenka, Univesity of Chicago

The Institute for Atom-efficient Chemical Transformations (IACT) a DOE Energy Frontier Research Center
Christopher Marshall, Chemical Sciences and Engineering, ANL

XAS Spectroscopy of Colloidal NPs: Structure, Synthesis and Catalytic Reactions
Jeffrey T. Miller (1), T. Wu (1), Y-L. Feng (2), L. Pretzer (2), M.S. Wong (2), S. Gaur (3), J.J. Spivey (3), S. Biswas (4), C.S.S.R. Kumar (4), J. Bennett Johnson Sr .(1) (1)Chemical Science and Engineering, ANL; (2) Depatment of Chemical Engineering, Rice University; (3) Lousiana Sate University, (4) Center for Advanced Microstructures and Devices, LA

Synthesis of metallic nanodumbbells and their catalytic properties
Galyna Krylova  (1), Michael Schwartz (2), Emilio Bunel (2), Christopher Marshall (2), Elena Shevchenko (1); (1) Center for Nanoscale Materials; (2) Chemical Sciences and Engineering, ANL

Dendrimer Templates for Supported Au Catalysts
Bert Chandler, Department of Chemistry, Trinity University

Rational Synthesis of Metallic Nanoparticles for Catalytic Applications
Shouheng Sun, Department of Chemistry, Brown University

Chemically Synthetized Ni-based Intermettalic Nanoparticles - An Exciting Class of Catalysts but Can They be Synthesized by Traditional Methods?
Robert Rioux, Department of Chemical Engineering, Penn State University

Computational Studies of Pure and Mo-doped Pt Nanocatalysts: Effects of Size, Structure, and Composition
Jullius Jellinek, Chemical Sciences and Engineering, ANL

Tours of the CNM and APS Facilities
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