2006 AIChE Annual Meeting

Session: Size Effects in Catalysts at the Nanoscale

This session invites paper which discuss how catalytic activity is affected by particle size.

Chair

Christopher Williams, University of South Carolina

Co-Chair

Morris D. Argyle, Brigham Young University

Presentations

03:15 PM

Welcoming Remarks

03:18 PM

(308a) Nano-Scale Effects in the Oxidation and the Reactivity of Platinum Clusters

Ye Xu, William A. Shelton, William F. Schneider

03:39 PM

(308b) Effect of Pt Cluster Size on the Reaction of No and O2 to No2 on Supported and Model Catalysts

Shadab Mulla, Lasitha Cumaranatunge, Andrew Smeltz, Zhen Chen, W. Nicholas Delgass, William Epling, Fabio H. Ribeiro

04:00 PM

(308c) Stabilization of Platinum Nanoparticles by Substitutional Boron Dopants in Carbon Supports

Chethan Acharya, Heath Turner

04:21 PM

(308d) On the Activity of Cationic Au Species during the Preferential Co Oxidation on Low Content Au/Ceo2Catalysts

Sergio A. Gómez, José A. Hernández, Gustavo A. Fuentes

04:42 PM

(308e) Synthesis and Characterization of Dendrimer-Derived Ir/Γ-Al2O3 Catalysts

Yaritza M. López-De Jesús, Oleg S. Alexeev, Christopher Williams

05:03 PM

(308f) Performance Testing and Structural Characterization of Gamma-Al2o3-Supported Rhenium Clusters and Particles for Methylcyclohexane Conversion

Rodrigo J. Lobo, Alper Uzun, Simon R. Bare, Michael J. McCall, Bruce C. Gates

05:24 PM

(308g) Sol-Gel Synthesis of Vanadium Phosphorus Oxides as Catalyst for the Partial Oxidation of Butane to Maleic Anhydride

Juan M. Salazar, Keith Hohn