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Catalysis Group Partial Oxidation, Solid-Acid Catalysis, Computational Catalysis, Microreactors, High Throughput Experimentation, Synthesis of Carbon Nanotubes, Water-Gas Shift, Environmental Catalysis, Homogeneously Catalyzed Polymerization, Surface Reconstruction, and Discovery Informatics |
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Announcements |
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Guest
Speaker: Stefan Vadja |
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Forney Hall of Chemical Engineering |
Wednesday, 11th January 2006 |
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4:30 pm, FRNY G124 |
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Please RSVP for Brad/Aaron
farewell lunch! |
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Delgass Group (FRNY 2122/2124) 765-496-3451 Delgass Labs (FRNY 3190/3192) |
Dr. W.N. Delgass (FRNY 2164) Phone (765) 494-4059
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Ribeiro Group (FRNY 2120/2121) 765-496-6678
Ribeiro
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765-494-7271 |
Dr. F.H. Ribeiro (FRNY 2158) Phone (765) 494-7799
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Thomson
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765-496-3334 |
Dr. K.T. Thomson (FRNY 2154) Phone (765) 496-6706 |
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Baertsch Group (FRNY 2123/2125) Baertsch Labs (FRNY 3150/3151) 765-494-5891 |
Dr. C.D. Baertsch (FRNY
2160) Phone (765) 496-7826
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The catalysis group is a conglomeration of the research groups of Professors W. Nicholas Delgass, Fabio Ribeiro, Kendall Thomson and Chelsey Baertsch. While each individual group expertly represents specific subsets of catalysis, the interaction of these groups results in a research entity capable of tackling fundamental questions of catalytic activity with expertise in areas ranging from kinetic modeling to ab initio computations, model catalyst to real world catalysts, and a number of characterization techniques. The combined facilities allow for catalyst characterization and analysis via x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (XPS), ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy (UV-vis), fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), BET surface area measurements, chemisorption, steady state kinetic analysis, transient isotope switching, atomic absorption spectroscopy (AAS), powder x-ray diffraction (XRD), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), scanning electron microscopy (SEM) and energy dispersive spectroscopy (EDS) as well as in situ characterization via diffuse reflectance fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (DRIFTS), diffuse reflectance ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy (DRUV-vis), transmission fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and attenuated total reflectance fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR). Quantum mechanical calculations have centered around cluster and periodic calculations using density functional theory; however, many of the computations have progressed to hybridized quantum mechanical/molecular modeling (QM/MM) techniques. |
Upcoming Talks and Posters
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ACS National Meeting, |
Trapping of NOx on Pt/Ba/Al2O3 using simulated diesel exhausts |
Fabio H. Ribeiro |
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Recent Group Publications (2005-)
Internal Links
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Proton Exchange Membrane Fuel Cells and Direct Methanol Fuel Cells |
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External Links
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Future Trends in Catalysis: Catalysis and Chemical Transformations Contractors’ Meeting |
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