2010 Annual Meeting

Session: Rational Catalyst Design I

This session is devoted to papers describing experimental and theoretical efforts at rational catalyst design.

Chair

Ettireddy, P. R., Tenneco Inc

Co-Chair

Rioux, R. M., Pennsylvania State University

Presentations

08:30 AM

(48a) New Catalysts for Selective C-N Coupling Reactions During HCN Synthesis From Ammonia and Methane

Grabow, L. C., Studt, F., Abild-Pedersen, F., Petzold, V. G., Kleis, J., Nørskov, J. K.

08:51 AM

(48b) Surface Properties and Performance of Ag- and Cu-Promoted Pd/Al2O3 Prepared by Surface Redox Method in the Selective Hydrogenation of Acetylene

Moon, S. H., Lee, J. H., Kim, S. K.

09:12 AM

(48c) Size and Shape Specific Chemistry of Uniform, Well-Defined Ag Nanoparticles of Different Shapes in Catalytic Ethylene Epoxidation

Christopher, P., Linic, S.

09:33 AM

(48d) Optimizing Base Strength of Nitrogen-Substituted FAU Zeolite

Agarwal, V., Huber, G. W., Conner, W. C., Auerbach, S. M.

09:54 AM

(48e) New Bis(pyridyl)Siloxane-Pd(OAc)2 Catalytic Complexes for the Selective Oxidation of Alcohols to Aldehydes: A DFT Study

Konstantinov, I. A., Galloway, J. M., Missaghi, M. N., Kung, H. H., Broadbelt, L. J.

10:15 AM

(48f) Optimal Broad Pore Networks to Improve Resistance to Catalyst Deactivation--Application to Hydrodemetalation

Rao, S. M., Coppens, M. O.

10:36 AM

(48g) Methanol Electro-Oxidation: A First Principles Study

Ferrin, P., Morikawa, Y., Herron, J. A., Mavrikakis, M.