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Center for Rational Catalyst Synthesis:
facilities

 

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Atomic Force, Scanning Tunneling and Aberration Corrected Analytical Electron Microscopies (USC and VCU)
Imaging and elemental mapping of metal nanoparticles

 

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X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy/Secondary Ion Mass Spectroscopy (USC and VCU)
Surface composition of catalysts

 

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Reactivity Testing (USC and VCU)
Catalytic activity and selectivity over wide ranges of pressure, temperature, and concentration

 

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High Throughput Testing (USC)
For catalyst screening and nanoparticle synthesis

 

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In-Situ Vibrational Spectroscopy (USC)
Catalytic mechanisms of gas and liquid phase reactions via SERS, ATR-IR, SFS, FTIR

 

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Surface Science (USC and VCU)
Surface and nanoparticle chemistry via STM, XPS, LEIS, LEED, TPD

 

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Physisorption, Chemisorption, Ammonia TPD (USC)
Surface area and acid site characterization