CeRCaS Research Thrusts |
THRUST 1
Fundamentals of Metal Deposition
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THRUST 2
Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Solid-Solid Bonding
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THRUST 3
Precision site synthesis for specific reactions
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Potential Projects
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Pt Exchanged in Controlled Acid-Site Environments of ZSM-5: Synthesis, Characterization and Use as Dehydrogenation Catalyst (Kronawitter, Runnebaum, Katz, Gates, Ciston, Bare) Proposal Presentation (Fall 2020)
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Synthesis of supported Ag catalysts having variable and consistent particles sizes using Electroless Deposition Methods (Monnier, Diao) Proposal Presentation (Fall 2020)
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Selective hydrogenation of alkynes and 1,3-butadiene with zeolite-confined metals (Gates, Katz, Kulkarni, Ciston, Durkin, Bare) Proposal Presentation (Fall 2020)
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Synthesis, structure and catalytic studies of silica-graphene composite's-supported catalysts for selective hydrogenation reactions (Gupton, Regalbuto, Bertino) Proposal Presentation (Fall 2020)
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Developing a three-dimensional graphene oxide architecture with ultrasmall Pd particles as catalyst for Suzuki coupling (Regalbuto, Gupton) Proposal Presentation (Fall 2020)
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Effect of external surface sites by using MWW-Zeolite Structure and Delamination on Mo-Catalyzed Methane Dehydroaromatization (Runnebaum, Ciston, Bare, Gates, Katz) Proposal Presentation (Fall 2020)
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Synthesis of supported Pt-Sn catalysts using Galvanic Displacement and Electroless Deposition Methods (Monnier, Tengco, Runnebaum, Kronawitter) Proposal Presentation (Fall 2020)
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Hydrothermally Stable Catalysts for Sugar Hydrogenation (Runnebaum, Regalbuto, Ciston, Katz) Proposal Presentation (Fall 2020)
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Development of Metal Carbide Supported Catalysts for the Efficient and Selective Production of Long-chain Hydrocarbons via Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis (El-Shall, Gupton, Lauterbach)
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Development of Highly Dispersed Bimetallic Catalysts using the method of Galvanic Displacement (Diao, Monnier) Proposal Presentation (Fall 2020)
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Computational and experimental investigation of nickel-carbon and nickel-nitrogen bonding effects on oxygen reduction reaction activity (Tibbetts, El-Kaderi, Kulkarni)
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Structured phyllosilicate-supported Cu-Zn nanocomposites for selective CO2 hydrogenation (Tibbetts, Gupton, Williams)
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The preparation of macroscopic monolithic catalysts for electrochemical and flow syntheses (Gupton, Castano, Meekins) Proposal Presentation (Fall 2020)
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A Computational and Experimental Approach to Supported Bimetallic NickelPalladium Nanoparticles (Gupton, Reber, Monnier)
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Comparative Economic and Environmental Assessments of Propylene Oxide Technologies (Gupton, Roberts)
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A New Class of Bifunctional Catalysts: Isolated Pt Atoms on Carbon Nanodots (Lauterbach, Regalbuto) Proposal Presentation (Fall 2020)
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In situ XRD to study the effects of temperature and gas phase on the stability of monometallic catalysts and structure/stability of bimetallic catalysts (Year 2) (Monnier, Carpenter)
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Development of Highly Active Recyclable Heterogeneous Supported Bimetallic Nanocatalysts for Buchwald-Hartwig Amination Reactions (Sieber, Reber, El-Kaderi)
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Core-shell photocatalysts prepared by plasma gas-phase reactors for organic synthesis (Castano, Meekins, Gupton)
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Atomic Layer Deposition of Single-Atom Catalysts for Selective Hydrogenation of Alkenes (El-Kaderi, El-Shall, Regalbuto)
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Precision Site Synthesis for the Selective Hydrogenation of α,β-Unsaturated Aldehydes (Williams, Regalbuto, Gupton)
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Combining theory and experiment to identify optimal precursors for photochemical deposition of transition metal clusters on carbon supports (Tibbetts, Kulkarni)
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Magnetically recoverable, supported bimetallic catalysts having enhanced activity for cross-coupling reactions (Gupton, Monnier, Diao, Smith)
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Ultrasmall Bimetallic Catalysts for Ullmann Coupling Reaction (El-Kaderi, Gupton, Regalbuto)
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Continuous catalyst synthesis using a Spinning Disk Reactor (SDR) Experimentally driven, Machine-Learning Optimized (Gupton, Kulkarni)
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The Hydrodynamic Radius and its Effect on Adsorption (Gupton, Regalbuto, Khanna, Ferri)
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Simple Synthesis of Highly-Active and Stable Pt3Co/Carbon Oxygen Reduction Reaction Catalyst (El-Kaderi, Regalbuto, Weidner)
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Bimetallic catalyst synthesis with clean/less hazardous reducing agents and metal precursors (Monnier, Diao)
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The Effect of Nitrogen Doping on Carbon Supported Pt (Kaderi, Khanna, Regalbuto, Monnier)
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Evaluation of Heterogeneous Asymmetric Hyrdogenation Catalysts (Gupton, Monnier, Carpenter)
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Tailored catalytic surface growth through a highly controlled kinetic deposition plasma reactor (Gupton, Castano, Weidner)
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Evaluation of Iron-based/Graphene Catalysts for Fischer-Tropsch Synthesis of Zero-Sulfur Transportation Fuels (El-Shall, Lauterbach)
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One-step photochemical laser ablation synthesis of supported palladium nanoparticles (Tibbetts, Ferri, Gupton, Regalbuto)
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Understanding Active Sites in Bimetallic Catalysts for Hydrodeoxygenation (Chen, Heyden, Monnier)
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Laser-assisted photochemical synthesis of atypical alloyed bimetallic nanoparticles (Tibbetts, Ferri, Gupton, Khanna, Regalbuto)
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Novel approach for continuous synthesis of supported transition metals catalysts through X-ray radiolysis (Castano, Rojas, Gupton)
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Scalable Electrochemical Synthesis of Heterogeneous Catalysts with Controlled Faceting (Mustain, Monnier, Chen, Weidner, Tang, Carpenter)
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