327 Fundamentals of Surface Reactivity I

Tuesday, November 18, 2014: 12:30 PM
303 (Hilton Atlanta)
Description:
The session is focused on intrinsic kinetics and reaction pathways on surfaces with studies on surface science, modeling and catalytic reactions. Specific topics include: adsorption of reactants; identification of transition states; electronic structure and geometry of catalytic surfaces; and development of experimental and theoretical methods.

Sponsor:
Catalysis and Reaction Engineering Division
Co-Sponsor(s):
Low Pressure (01G)

Chair:
Fuat E. Celik
Email: fuat.celik@rutgers.edu

Co-Chair:
Thomas Manz
Email: tmanz@nmsu.edu


12:30 PM
(327a) Mechanistic Studies on Hydrodeoxygenation of Furfural to 2-Methyl Furan Via Ring C-H Bond Activations
Bingjun Xu, Dion G. Vlachos, Paraskevi Panagiotopoulou and Matthew Gilkey

12:50 PM
(327b) Theoretical Investigation of the Hydrodeoxygenation of Levulinic Acid to g-Valerolactone over Ru Catalysts
Muhammad Mamun, Muhammad Faheem and Andreas Heyden

1:10 PM
(327c) Controlling Reaction Pathways of C3 Oxygenates Using Non-Precious Metal Bimetallic Surfaces
MyatNoeZin Myint, Yushan Yan and Jingguang G. Chen

1:30 PM
(327d) Role of Lewis and Brønsted Acid Sites in the Dehydration of Glycerol over Niobia
Guo Shiou Foo, Daniel Wei, David Sholl and Carsten Sievers

1:50 PM
(327e) Oxygenate Chemistry on Platinum-Molybdenum Bimetallic Surfaces
Allison Robinson and J. Will Medlin

2:10 PM
(327f) Kinetics of Gas Phase Formic Acid Decomposition on Platinum Single Crystals and Polycrystalline Surfaces
Michael D. Detwiler, Amir Gharachorlou, Dmitry Zemlyanov, W. Nicholas Delgass and Fabio H. Ribeiro

2:30 PM
(327g) A Theoretical Understanding of Amino Acid Interaction with Graphene and Its Derivatives
Liangliang Huang, Keith E. Gubbins and Teresa Bandosz
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