RELATED PAPERS:

1. Sarah E. Smith, Zachary J. Huba, Fahad Almalki, J.R. Regalbuto, John Monnier, and Everett E. Carpenter, "Continuous flow synthesis of Cu@M (M=Ni, Co) core/shell nanocomposites," Journal of Flow Chemistry, 2016 in press

2. Sarah E. Smith, Ali R. Siamaki, B. Frank Gupton, and Everett E. Carpenter, "CuPd nanoparticles as a catalyst in carbon-carbon cross-coupling reactions by a facile oleylamine synthesis," RSC Adv., 2016, 6, 91541-91545

PAPERS:

1. K.C. O'Connell, J.R. Regalbuto, and J.R. Monnier, "The stabilization of Au shells on high surface free energy Pt and Ru cores and subsequent evaluation for direct hydrochlorination of acetylene," In preparation.

2. K.C. O'Connell, J.R. Regalbuto, and J.R. Monnier, "The curious relationship of sintering to activity in supported gold catalysts for the hydrochlorination of acetylene," Appl. Catal. B: Env. 225, 2018, 264.

3. A.P. Wong, J.M.M. Tengco, S. Karakolis, A. Reber, J.R. Regalbuto, S. Khanna, and J.R. Monnier, "Preparation, characterization, and thermal stability of Ag shell-Ir core bimetallic particles prepared by electroless deposition of Ag on ultra-small Ir cores," In preparation.

4. A.C. Reber, A. Wong, J.M.M. Tengco, J.R. Regalbuto, J.R. Monnier, and S. Khanna, "The effect of composition and support on the stability of bimetallic core-shell nanoparticles." In preparation.

5. A.C. Reber, A. Wong, J.M.M. Tengco, J.R. Regalbuto, J.R. Monnier, and S. Khanna, "The role of hydroxylation on the strength of cluster-surface binding on ?-alumina." In preparation


PRESENTATIONS:

1. J.R. Monnier, A. Wong, J.M.M. Tengco, A. Reber, J.R. Regalbuto, and S. Khanna, and "Enhanced Stability of catalytic surfaces by bimetallic core-shell structures," invited lecture for "Symposium in honor of Stu Soled: ENFL Distinguished Researcher Award," 251st National Meeting of the ACS, San Diego, March 14, 2016.

2. S.N. Khanna, A.C. Reber, Y.Yang, B.F. Gupton, A. Wong, J.M.M. Tengco, J.R. Regalbuto, and J.R. Monnier, "Role of Support in Reducing Sintering, Improving catalytic activity, and Stabilizing Magnetic order in deposited Clusters." Cluster Surface Interaction Workshop, Argonne National Laboratory, June 2, 2016.

3. S.N. Khanna, A.C. Reber, Y.Yang, B.F. Gupton, A. Wong, J.M.M. Tengco, J.R. Regalbuto, and J.R. Monnier, "Effect of support in reducing sintering, improving catalytic activity, and stabilizing magnetic order in deposited clusters." 4th International Conference on the Dynamics at the Nanoscale, Bad Ems, Germany, October 7, 2016.

4. S. N. Khanna, A. C. Reber, Y. Yang, B. Frank Gupton, J. R. Monnier and J. R. Regalbuto, "Stable Nanocatalysts and Novel Nanomagnets for Energy and Environment" Invited Talk at "ACCMS-TM 2016 International Conference", Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India., Sept. 22-24, 2016.

5. A.P. Wong, J.M.M. Tengco, A. Reber, S. Karakolis, J.R. Regalbuto, S. Khanna, and J.R. Monnier, "Stabilization of Catalytic Surfaces using Bimetallic Core-Shell Structures," to be presented at NAM 25, Denver, CO, June 4-9, 2017.

6. S.N. Khanna, A. Reber, and A.W. Castleman, "Superatoms to Nanoscale Materials: Will's Dream," Castleman Symposium on Cluster Science , National Academy of Science, Washington, D.C., April, 2017.

7. A. Reber, and S. Khanna, "Role of Support in Reducing Sintering and Improving Catalytic Activity," Castleman Symposium on Cluster Science , National Academy of Science, Washington, D.C., April, 2017.

PATENTS AND PATENT APPLICATIONS:

1. J. Monnier, J. Regalbuto, and K. O'connell, "SUPPORTED , BIMETALLIC NANOPARTICLES FOR SELECTIVE CATALYSIS," US 10,016,751 B2, July 10, 2018.

PAPERS:

1. (Inside cover of Nanoscale) Yang, Y.; Castano, C. E.; Gupton, B. F.; Reber, A. C.; and Khanna, S. N., "A fundamental analysis of enhanced cross-coupling catalytic activity for palladium clusters on graphene supports." Nanoscale, 2016, 8, 19564. DOI: 10.1039/C6NR06793J

2. Sudha Korwar, Michael Burkholder, Stanley Gilliland, B. Frank Gupton, and Keith C. Ellis*, Chelation-Directed Arylation Reactions Catalyzed by Pd(II) Nanoparticles Supported on Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes." Chemical Communications 53, 2017, 7022.

3. Gilliland, S. E. III; Tengco, J. M.; Y. Yang; Regalbuto, J. R.; Castano, C. E.; and Gupton, B.F. "Electrostatic adsorption-microwave synthesis of palladium nanoparticles on graphene for improved cross-coupling activity." Applied Catalysis A: General, 550, 2017, 168-175.

PAPERS:

1. R. Banerjee, Q. Liu, J.M.M. Tengco and J.R. Regalbuto, "Detection of Ambient Oxidation of Ultrasmall Supported Platinum Nanoparticles with Benchtop Powder X-ray Diffraction," Catalysis Letters, 147, 2017, 1754.

2. G. S. Seuser, R. Banerjee, K. Metavarayuth, S. Karakalos, Y. Lin, J. R. Regalbuto and D. A. Chen, "Understanding uptake of Pt precursors during strong electrostatic adsorption on single-crystal carbon surfaces," Topics in Catalysis, 16, 2018, 379.

3. R. Banerjee, A. Wong, S. Karakalos, D. Chen and John R.Regalbuto, "The Role of Support Microporosity in the Spontaneous Oxidation of Ultra-small Platinum Nanoparticles," in preparation for JACS


PRESENTATIONS:

1. R. Banerjee, Q.Liu, J. M. M. Tengco, J. Samad and J. R.Regalbuto, "Role of Support in the Spontaneous Oxidation of Ultra-small Platinum Nanoparticles," Southeastern Catalysis Society Meeting, Asheville, NC, September 18, 2016.

2. G. S. Seuser, R. Banerjee, J.R. Regalbuto, and D.A. Chen, " Strong electrostatic adsorption of platinum precursors on a model carbon support" (poster), Southeastern Catalysis Society Meeting, Asheville, NC, September 18, 2016.

3. G. S. Seuser, R. Banerjee, J.R. Regalbuto, and D.A. Chen, "Strong electrostatic adsorption of platinum precursors on a model carbon support" (poster), Southeastern American Chemical Society Meeting, Columbia, SC, October 25, 2016

PAPERS:

1. A. A. Ibrahim, A. Lin, F. Zhang, K.M. AbouZeid, and M. S. El-Shall, "Palladium Nanoparticles Supported on Hybrid MOF-PRGO for Catalytic Hydrodeoxygenation of Vanillin as a Model for Biofuel Upgrade Reactions" ChemCatChem 2016, 10.1002/cctc.201600956.

PAPERS:

1. Key, R. J.; Vannucci, A. K., "C-C and C-N Cross-Coupling Catalysis Performed by a Molecular Nickel Complex Bound to a Metal Oxide Surface," Org. Lett. 2019, in prep

2. Key, R. J.; Short, A. E.; Gregory, S. A.; Losego, M. D.; Vannucci, A. K., "Heteroarene Cross-Coupling in Aqueous Solutions by a Hybrid Molecular/Heterogeneous Nickel Catalyst," Green Chem. 2019, in prep.

PRESENTATIONS:

1. Key, R. J.; Vannucci, A. K., "Immobilization of a Molecular Nickel Cross-Coupling Catalyst on Oxide Supports via Atomic Layer Deposition." Oral Presentation. 255th American Chemical Society National Meeting and Exposition. New Orleans, LA, United States, March 18-22, 2018, INOR-1187.

PRESENTATIONS:

1. Lauterbach, J., "Synthesis-property-mechanism relationships for catalysts via statistically guided methods." Invited Talk. 255th American Chemical Society National Meeting. New Orleans, LA, United States, March 18-22, 2018, CATL-7

2. Jimenez, J., Mingle, K., Bureerug, T., Wen, C., Lauterbach, J., "Guided Mixed Oxide Synthesis for Ethane Partial Oxidation." Oral Presentation, 16th Annual Fall Symposium of the Southeastern Catalysis Society. Asheville, NC, United States, September 24-25, 2017.

3. Jimenez, J., Mingle, K., Wen, C., Lauterbach, J., "Statistically Guided Synthesis of MoV-Based Mixed-Oxide Catalysts for Ethane Partial Oxidation." Oral Presentation, 2018 Annual AIChE Conference. Pittsburgh, PA, United States, October 29th, 2018

PAPERS:

1. Jimenez, J., Mingle, K., Bureerug, T., Wen, C., Lauterbach, J., "Statistically Guided Synthesis of MoVBased Mixed Oxide Catalysts for Ethane Partial Oxidation," Catalysts 8, 2018, 370.

PRESENTATIONS:

1. R. Banerjee, Q.Liu, J. M. M. Tengco, J. Samad and J. R.Regalbuto, "Role of Support in the Spontaneous Oxidation of Ultra-small Platinum Nanoparticles," Southeastern Catalysis Society Meeting, Asheville, NC, September 18, 2016.

2. G. S. Seuser, R. Banerjee, J. R. Regalbuto, and D. A. Chen, " Strong electrostatic adsorption of platinum precursors on a model carbon support" (poster), Southeastern Catalysis Society Meeting, Asheville, NC, September 18, 2016.

3. G. S. Seuser, R. Banerjee, J. R. Regalbuto, and D. A. Chen, "Strong electrostatic adsorption of platinum precursors on a model carbon support" (poster), Southeastern American Chemical Society Meeting, Columbia, SC, October 25, 2016.

4. G. S. Seuser, "Nucleation of Transition Metals on Model Carbon Supports" University of South Carolina, Department of Chemistry, Physical Chemistry Division Seminar, March 13, 2017.

5. R. Banerjee and J. R. Regalbuto, "Rectifying the characterization of carbon supported Pd: Chloride poisoning, carbon decoration, or both?", National Meeting and Exposition of the American-Chemical-Society (ACS) on Chemistry's Impact on the Global Economy, Washington, DC August 20-24, 2017.

6. R. Banerjee and J. R. Regalbuto, "Ambient oxidation of ultrasmall platinum nanoparticles," National Meeting and Exposition of the American Chemical-Society on Chemistry's Impact on the Global Economy Location: Washington, DC, August 20-24, 2017.

7. Y. Yang, M. Burkholder, S. E. Gilliland, C. Castano and B. F. Gupton, "Ni-Pd nanoparticle @ Graphenenanotube hybrids as robust catalysts in cross-coupling reactions" (poster), National American Chemical Society Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 19, 2018.

8. Y. Yang, A. Reber, S. E. Gilliland, C. Castano, S. Khanna and B. F. Gupton, "Effect of graphene support on the activity of first-row transition metal clusters for cross-coupling reactions" (poster), National American Chemical Society Meeting, New Orleans, LA, March 19, 2018.

9. S. Smith, S. Ghobadi, S. E. Gilliland, C. Castano and B. F. Gupton, "Encapsulated heterogeneous catalysts in monolithic structures for continuous flow catalytic reactions" (talk), Techconnect 2018, Anaheim, CA, May 15, 2018.

10. S. E. Gilliland, G. S. Seuser, Y. Yang, J. R. Regalbuto, D. A. Chen and B. F. Gupton, "Palladium graphene nanocatalysts synthesized by electrostatic adsorption-microwave irradiation for enhanced crosscoupling activity" (talk), Techconnect 2018, Anaheim, CA, May 15, 2018.

PAPERS:

1. R. Banerjee, D. A. Chen, S. Karakalos, M.L.C. Piedboeuf, N. Job, and J. R. Regalbuto, "Ambient Oxidation of Ultrasmall Platinum Nanoparticles on Microporous Carbon Catalyst Supports," ACS Applied Nano Materials, 1 (10), 2018, 5876.

2. G. S. Seuser, A. J. Brandt, R. Banerjee, S. Farzandh, H. N. Tian, J. R. Regalbuto and D. A. Chen, "Comparison of Pd and Pt Deposition on Graphitic Surfaces by Strong Electrostatic Adsorption," in preparation.

3. S. E. Gilliland, J. M. M. Tengco, Y. Yang, J. R. Regalbuto, C. E. Castano and B. F. Gupton, "Electrostatic Adsorption-microwave Synthesis of Palladium Nanoparticles on Graphene for Improved Cross-coupling Activity," Applied Catalysis A: General, 550, 2018, 168-175.

4. R. Banerjee, J. L. Contreras-Mora, S. K. McQuiston, B. Bolton, B. A. T. Mehrabi and J. R. Regalbuto, "Electrostatic Adsorption of Platinum onto Carbon Nanotubes and Nanofibers for Nanoparticle Synthesis," The Journal of Carbon Research, 4, 2018, 12.

5. Yuan Yang, Arthur C.Reber, Stanley E.Gilliland III, Carlos E.Castano, B. Frank Gupton, Shiv N.Khanna. "More than just a support: Graphene as a solid-state ligand for palladium-catalyzed cross-coupling reactions. Journal of Catalysis, 360, 2018, 20.

6. Yuan Yang, Stanley E. Gilliland, III, Sajjad Ghobadi, Michael Burkholder, Sarah E. Smith, B. Frank Gupton and Carlos E. Castano "Three dimensional composites of graphene as supports in Pd-catalyzed synthetic applications" Reaction Chemistry & Engineering, 2018.

7. Caleb J. Kong, Stanley E. Gilliland, III, Brian R. Clark and B. Frank Gupton. "Highly-active, graphene-supported platinum catalyst for the solventless hydrosilylation of olefins" Chemical Communications, 54, 2018, 13343.

PATENTS AND PATENT APPLICATIONS:

1. Gilliland, S. et al., "GRAPHENE BASED MATERIALS AS SOLID-STATE LIGANDS FOR PALLADIUM CATALYSTS," VCU and USC invention disclosures, 2018.

PRESENTATIONS:

1. Monnier, J.R., "The use of Electroless Deposition to prepare true bimetallic catalysts. Development of method and catalytic applications," Seminar, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Wisconsin-Madison, March 22, 2018.

2. Monnier, J.R., Tate, G., Development of continuous method of electroless deposition for preparation of supported bimetallic catalysts. Oral Presentation, 12th International Symposium on the Scientific Bases for the Preparation of Heterogeneous Catalysts. Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium, July 8-12, 2018.

3. Diao, W.J., Wong, A., Tengco, J., Regalbuto, J.R., and Monnier, J.R., "Stabilization of catalytic surfaces using bimetallic core-shell structures," 256th ACS Meeting, Boston, 2018.

PAPERS:

1. G.L. Tate, A. Kenvin, W. Diao, and J.R. Monnier, Preparation of Pt-containing bimetallic and trimetallic catalysts using continuous electroless deposition methods," Catalysis Today 2018, in press.

2. B.A. Tavakoli Mehrabadi, R.D. White, A. Shakouri, J.R. Regalbuto, J.W. Weidner and J.R. Monnier, "Combination of Strong Electrostatic Adsorption and Electroless Deposition Methods for Preparation of Ru-Pt Bimetallic Catalysts for Direct Methanol Fuel Cell Applications," Catalysis Today 2018, in press.

3. A.P. Wong, J.M.M. Tengco, S. Karakolis, A. Reber, J.R. Regalbuto, S. Khanna, and J.R. Monnier, "Preparation, characterization, and thermal stability of Ag shell-Ir core bimetallic particles prepared by electroless deposition of Ag on ultra-small Ir cores," in preparation

PAPERS:

1. A.C. Reber and S.N. Khanna, "The Effect of Embedding Platinum Clusters in Alumina on Sintering, Coking, and Activity, J. Phys. Chem. C 121, 2017, 21527-21534.

2. Y. C. Yang, A. Reber, S. E. Gilliland, C. Castano, B. F. Gupton and S. Khanna, "More Than Just a Support: Graphene as a Solid-state Ligand for Palladium-catalyzed Cross-coupling Reactions," Journal of Catalysis, 360, 2018, 20-26.

3. A. Shakouri, J. Tedder, N. Wakdikar, C.T. Williams, and R.D. Adams, "Oxidation of Ethylbenzene over RuCu Bimetallic Catalysts Prepared from Organometallic Clusters, in preparation.

PRESENTATIONS:

1. Monnier, J.R., The use of Electroless Deposition to prepare true bimetallic catalysts - Development of method and catalytic applications. Dept of Chemical Engineering Graduate Seminar - University of Wisconsin - Madison, March 22, 2018

PAPERS:

1. Wong, A.P., Tengco, J.M.M., Reber, A., Eskandari, S., Khanna, S., Monnier, J.R., Regalbuto, J.R., Stabilization of Catalytic Surfaces using Bimetallic Core-Shell Structures. In preparation.

2. Eskandari, S., Wong, A., Tengco, J.M.M., Shakouri, A., Regalbuto, J.R., Monnier, J.R., Evaluation of Ag-Ir/Al2O3 bimetallic catalysts prepared by electroless deposition for hydrogenation of propylene and hydrogenolysis of methyl cyclopentane. In preparation.

PRESENTATIONS:

1. S. Farzandh, D. Shakya, R. Banerjee, J. R. Regalbuto and D. A. Chen, "Comparison of Hydrogenation Activity Pd Particles Supported on Carbon and Oxides," (poster) planned for Orlando ACS Meeting April 2019.

PAPERS:

1. D. Shakya, R. Banerjee, S. Farzandh, J. R. Regalbuto and D. A. Chen, "Comparison of Hydrogenation Activity Pd Particles Supported on Carbon and Oxides," in preparation

PATENTS AND PATENT APPLICATIONS:

1. J. Monnier, W. Diao, J. Regalbuto, J-M. Tengco, D. Ginosar, and B. Adhikari, "Novel boron nitride supported Pt-Ir catalysts for reduction of SO3," Invention Disclosure, University of South Carolina, Technology Commercialization, October 17, 2018.

PAPERS:

1. Wong, A., Liu, Q., Griffin, S., Nicholls, A., and Regalbuto, J.R., A Simple Synthesis of Highly Dispersed, Homogeneously Alloyed, Supported Bimetallic Nanoparticles, Science 358 (2017) 1427.