2005 Annual Meeting

Session: Synthesis and Characterization of Nanostructured Catalytic Materials

Chair

Daniel F. Shantz, Texas A&M University

Co-Chair

Christopher T. Williams, University of South Carolina

Presentations

08:00 AM

(478a) Calixarenes as Scaffolds for Catalytic Structures
Justin Notestein, Alexander Katz, Enrique Iglesia

08:20 AM

(478b) Synthesis of Dimethyl Carbonate, Dimethoxy Methane, and Methyl Formate on Cu-Y and Cu-Zsm-5
Alexis T. Bell, Ian J. Drake, Yihua Zhang

08:40 AM

(478c) Tuning the Electronic and Molecular Structures of Catalytic Active Sites with Oxide Support Nanoligands
Elizabeth I. Ross, Israel E. Wachs, A. Burrows

09:00 AM

(478d) Synthesis and Characterization of Dendrimer-Stabilized Bimetallic Pt-Cu Nanoparticles
Hong Xie, Christopher T. Williams

09:20 AM

(478e) Characterization and Kinetic Evaluation of Dendrimer-Derived Bimetallic Catalysts for the Selective Hydrogenation of 3,4-Epoxy-1-Butene
Christopher T. Williams, Dongxia Liu, John R. Monnier

09:40 AM

(478f) Characterization of Organsulfonic Acid-Functionalized Mesoporous Silica
Isa K. Mbaraka, Brent H. Shanks

10:00 AM

(478g) Support Effect on the Size of Au Particles on Functionalized Amorphous Silica
David R. Mullins, Wenfu Yan, Sheng Dai, Steven H. Overbury