2011 Annual Meeting

Session: Catalytic Biomass Conversion to Chemicals II

Co-Chair

Brent H. Shanks, Iowa State University

Presentations

03:15 PM

(573a) Oxidation of Polyols Using Au-Pd and Au-Pt Alloy Supported Nanocrystals
Peter Miedziak, Gemma L. Brett, Yulia Ryabenkova, Meenakshisundaram Sankar, Albert F. Carley, Ram C. Tiruvalam, Andrew A. Herzing, David W. Knight, Stuart H. Taylor

03:55 PM

(573b) Selective Dehydration of Polyols to Commodity Chemicals
Brent H. Shanks

04:20 PM

(573c) Ab-Initio Study of Glycerol Dehydration Mechanisms with Explicit Solvent Treatment
Tim Courtney, Jingguang G. Chen, Stavros Caratzoulas