2010 Annual Meeting

Session: Rational Catalyst Design I

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

Chair

Co-Chair

Robert M. Rioux, Pennsylvania State University

Presentations

08:30 AM

(48a) New Catalysts for Selective C-N Coupling Reactions During HCN Synthesis From Ammonia and Methane
Lars C. Grabow, Felix Studt, Frank Abild-Pedersen, Vivien G. Petzold, Jesper Kleis, Jens K. Nørskov

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
Sang Heup Moon, Ji Hoon Lee, Seok Ki Kim

09:12 AM

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

09:33 AM

(48d) Optimizing Base Strength of Nitrogen-Substituted FAU Zeolite
Vishal Agarwal, George W. Huber, W. Curtis Conner, Scott M. Auerbach

09:54 AM

(48e) New Bis(pyridyl)Siloxane-Pd(OAc)2 Catalytic Complexes for the Selective Oxidation of Alcohols to Aldehydes: A DFT Study
Ivan A. Konstantinov, John M. Galloway, Michael N. Missaghi, Harold H. Kung, Linda J. Broadbelt

10:15 AM

(48f) Optimal Broad Pore Networks to Improve Resistance to Catalyst Deactivation--Application to Hydrodemetalation
Sanjeev M. Rao, Marc-Olivier Coppens

10:36 AM

(48g) Methanol Electro-Oxidation: A First Principles Study
Peter Ferrin, Yoshitada Morikawa, Jeffrey A. Herron, Manos Mavrikakis