Publications

A. Peer-reviewed Publications

Research Articles in Archival Journals and Books

1. S.A. Goddard, M.D. Amiridis, J.E. Rekoske, N. Cardona-Martinez, and J.A. Dumesic, "Kinetic Simulation of Heterogeneous Catalytic Processes: Ethane Hydrogenolysis over Supported Group VIII Metals", Journal of Catalysis , 117(1) , 155-169, (1989).

 

2. M.D. Amiridis, J.E. Rekoske, J.A. Dumesic, D.F. Rudd, N.D. Spencer, and C.J. Pereira, "Simulation of Methane Partial Oxidation over Silica-Supported MoO 3 and V 2 O 5 ", AIChE Journal , 37(1) , 87-97, (1991).

 

3. R. Schmidt, M.D. Amiridis, J.A. Dumesic, L.M. Zelewski, and W.S. Millman, " In Situ Mossbauer Spectroscopy Studies of Fe-Y Zeolites for the Selective Catalytic Reduction of Nitric Oxide by Ammonia", Journal of Physical Chemistry , 96(20) , 8142-8149, (1992).

 

4. M.D. Amiridis, F.A. Puglisi, J.A. Dumesic, W.S. Millman, and N.-Y. Topsoe, "Kinetic and Infrared Spectroscopic Studies of Fe-Y Zeolites for the Selective Catalytic Reduction of Nitric Oxide by Ammonia", Journal of Catalysis , 142(2) , 572-584, (1993).

 

5. C.J. Pereira and M.D. Amiridis, "NOx Control from Stationary Sources: Overview of Regulations, Technology and Research Frontiers", ACS Symposium Series, 587 , 1-13, (1995).

 

6. M.D. Amiridis, B.K. Na and E.I. Ko, "Selective Catalytic Reduction of NO by NH 3 over Aerogels of Titania, Silica and Vanadia", ACS Symposium Series, 587 , 32-41, (1995).

 

7. M.D. Amiridis and J.P. Solar, "Selective Catalytic Reduction of Nitric Oxide by Ammonia over V 2 O 5 /TiO 2 , V 2 O 5 /TiO 2 /SiO 2 and V 2 O 5 -WO 3 /TiO 2 : Effect of Vanadia Content on the Activation Energy", Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research , 35(3) , 978-981, (1996).

 

8. I.E. Wachs, G. Deo, B.M. Weckhuysen, A. Andreini, M.A. Vuurman, M. deBoer, and M.D. Amiridis, "The Selective Catalytic Reduction of NO with NH 3 over Supported Vanadia Catalysts", Journal of Catalysis , 161(1) , 211-221, (1996).

 

9. M.D. Amiridis, I.E. Wachs, G. Deo, J.-M. Jehng, and D.S. Kim, "Reactivity of V 2 O 5 /TiO 2 Catalysts for the Selective Catalytic Reduction of NO with NH 3 : Influence of Vanadia Loading, H 2 O and SO 2 ", Journal of Catalysis , 161(1) , 247-253, (1996).

 

10. M.D. Amiridis, T. Zhang, and R.J. Farrauto, "Selective Catalytic Reduction of Nitric Oxide by Hydrocarbons", Applied Catalysis B: Environmental , 10(1-3) , 203-227, (1996).

 

11. C. Lin, J.A. Ritter, and M.D. Amiridis, "Effect of Thermal Treatment on the Nanostructure of SiO 2 -Al 2 O 3 Xerogels", Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids , 215(2-3) , 146-154, (1997).

 

12. K.L. Roberts and M.D. Amiridis, "Kinetic Investigation of the Selective Catalytic Reduction of Nitric Oxide by Propylene over Pt/Al 2 O 3 ", Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Re s earch , 36(9) , 3528-3532, (1997).

 

13. C.H. Ho, S.A. Chen, M.D. Amiridis, and J.W. Van Zee, "Dispersion Polymerization of Styrene in Alcohol Media: Effect of Initiator Concentration, Solvent Polarity, and Temperature on the Rate of Polymerization", Journal of Polymer Science, Part A: Polymer Chemistry , 35 , 2907-2915, (1997).

 

14. M.D. Amiridis, K.L. Roberts, and C.J. Pereira, "The Selective Catalytic Reduction of NO by Propylene over Pt Supported on Dealuminated Y Zeolite", Applied Catalysis B: Environm ental , 14(1-4) , 203-209, (1997).

 

15. T. Zhang and M.D. Amiridis, "Hydrogen Production via the Direct Cracking of Methane over Silica-Supported Nickel Catalysts", Applied Catalysis A: General , 167(2) , 161-172, (1998).

 

16. S. Krishnamoorthy, J.P. Baker, and M.D. Amiridis, "Catalytic Oxidation of 1,2-Dichlorobenzene over V 2 O 5 /TiO 2 -based Catalysts", Catalysis Today , 40(1) , 39-46, (1998).

 

17. D.K. Captain, K.L. Roberts and M.D. Amiridis, "The Selective Catalytic Reduction of NO by Propylene over Pt/SiO 2 ", Catalysis Today , 42(1-2) , 93-100, (1998).

 

18. M.D. Amiridis, R.V. Duevel and I.E. Wachs, "The Effect of Metal Oxide Additives on the Reactivity of V 2 O 5 /TiO 2 Catalysts for the Selective Catalytic Reduction of Nitric Oxide by Ammonia", Applied Catalysis B: Environm ental , 20(2) , 111-122, (1999).

 

19. S. Krishnamoorthy and M.D. Amiridis, "Kinetic and In-situ FTIR Studies of the Catalytic Oxidation of 1,2- Dichlorobenzene over V 2 O 5 /Al 2 O 3 Catalysts", Catalysis Today , 51(2) , 3-14, (1999).

 

20. S. Lomnicki, I. Yeskendirov, Z. Xu, M. Waters and M.D. Amiridis, “ Catalytic Destruction of Polychlorinated Organics over Commercial SCR Catalysts ” , Organohalogen Compounds , 40 , 481-484, (1999).

 

21. D.K. Captain and M.D. Amiridis, " In situ FTIR Studies of the Selective Catalytic Reduction of NO by C 3 H 6 over Pt/Al 2 O 3 ", Journal of Catalysis , 184(2) , 377-389, (1999).

 

22. V. Rajagopalan and M.D. Amiridis, ""Hot Coal Gas" Desulfurization by Perovskite-Type Sorbents", Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research , 38(10) , 3886-3891, (1999).

 

23. R. Aiello, J.E. Fiscus, H.C. zur Loye and M.D. Amiridis, "Hydrogen Production via the Direct Cracking of Methane over Ni/ SiO 2 : Catalyst Deactivation and Regeneration", Applied Catalysis A: General , 192(2) , 227-234, (2000).

 

24. S. Krishnamoorthy, J.A. Rivas and M.D. Amiridis, "Catalytic Oxidation of 1,2-Dichlorobenzene over Supported Transition Metal Oxides", Journal of Catalysis , 193(2) , 264-272, (2000).

 

25. D.K. Captain and M.D. Amiridis, "NO Reduction by Propylene over Pt/SiO 2 : An In-situ FTIR Study", Journal of Catalysis , 194 , 222-232, (2000).

 

26. K. Poplawski, J. Lichtenberger, F.J. Keil, K. Schnitzlein and M.D. Amiridis, "Catalytic Oxidation of 1,2-Dichlorobenzene over ABO 3 -Type Perovskites", Catalysis Today , 62 , 329-336, (2000).

 

27. M.T. Drexler and M.D. Amiridis, "Heterogeneous Synthesis of Flavanone over MgO", Catalysis of Organic Reactions , ed. by M.E. Ford, Marcell Deker, Inc., 451-457, (2000).

 

28. C.M. Parler, J.A. Ritter and M.D. Amiridis, "Infrared Spectroscopic Study of Sol-Gel Derived Mixed-Metal Oxides", Journal of Non-Crystalline Solids , 279(2-3) , 119-125, (2001).

 

29. J.J. Krueger, M.D. Amiridis and H.J. Ploehn, “ Modeling Mass Transfer and Interfacial Reactions in Three Liquid Phase Transfer Catalysis ” , Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research , 40(14) , 3158-3163, (2001).

 

30. C. Mihut, D.K. Captain, F. Gadala-Maria and M.D. Amiridis, "Review: Recycling of Nylon from Carpet Waste", Polymer Engineering & Science , 41(9) , 1457-1470, (2001) .

 

31. Y. Fan, V. Rajagopalan, G.E. Suares and M.D. Amiridis, “ Use of an “ Unreacted Shrinking Core ” Model in the Reaction of H 2 S with Perovskite-Type Sorbents ” , Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research , 40(22) , 4767-4770, (2001).

 

32. C. Mihut, B.D. Chandler and M.D. Amiridis, "Bimetallic Pt-Au Cluster-Derived Catalysts for the Selective Catalytic Reduction of NO by Propylene", Catalysis Communications , 3(3) , 91-97, (2002).

 

33. M.T. Drexler and M.D. Amiridis, “ Kinetic Investigation of the Heterogeneous Synthesis of Flavanone over MgO ” , Catalysis Letters , 79(1-4) , 175-181, (2002).

 

34. S.C. Hargrove-Leak and M.D. Amiridis, "Substitution Effects in the Heterogeneous Catalytic Synthesis of Flavanones over MgO", Catalysis Communications , 3(12) , 557-563, (2002).

 

35. D.K. Captain, C. Mihut, J.A. Dumesic and M.D. Amiridis, "On the Mechanism of the NO Reduction by Propylene over Supported Pt Catalysts", Catalysis Letters , 83(3-4) , 109-114, (2002).

 

36. C. Mihut, C. Descorme, D. Duprez and M.D. Amiridis, "Kinetic and Spectroscopic Characterization of Cluster-Derived Supported Pt-Au Catalysts", Journal of Catalysis , 212(1) , 125-135, (2002).

 

37. M.T. Drexler and M.D. Amiridis, "The Effect of Solvents on the Heterogeneous Synthesis of Flavanone over MgO", Journal of Catalysis , 214(1) , 136-145, (2003) .

 

38. S. Lomnicki, J. Lichtenberger, Z. Xu, M. Waters, J. Kosman and M.D. Amiridis, "Catalytic Oxidation of 2,4,6-Trichlorophenol over Vanadia/Titania-Based Catalysts", Applied Catalysis B: Environm ental, 46(1) , 105-119, (2003) .

 

39. M.D. Amiridis, C. Mihut, M. Maciejewski and A. Baiker, "The Selective Catalytic Reduction of NO by Hydrocarbons over Pt- and Ir-based catalysts", Topics in Catalysis , 28(1-4) , 141-150, (2004).

 

40. J. Lichtenberger and M.D. Amiridis, "Catalytic Oxidation of Chlorinated Aromatics over V 2 O 5 /TiO 2 Catalysts", Journal of Catalysis , 223(2) , 296-308, (2004).

 

41. S.H. Overbury, L. Ortiz-Soto, H. Zhu, B. Lee, M.D. Amiridis and S. Dai, "Comparison of Au Catalysts Supported on Mesoporous Titania and Silica: Separation of the Effects of Au Particle Size and Metal-Support Interactions", Catalysis Letters, 95(3-4) , 99-106, (2004).

 

42. Z. Liu and M.D. Amiridis, "FT-IRRAS Spectroscopic Studies of the Interaction of Avidin with Biotinylated Dendrimer Surfaces", Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces , 35(3-4) , 197-203, (2004).

 

43. G. Lafaye, C.T. Williams and M.D. Amiridis, "Synthesis and Microscopic Characterization of Dendrimer-derived Ru/Al 2 O 3 Catalysts", Catalysis Letters , 96(1-2) , 43-47, (2004).

 

44. D.S. Deutsch, G. Lafaye, D. Liu, B.D. Chandler, C.T. Williams and M.D. Amiridis, "Decomposition and Activation of Pt-Dendrimer Nanocomposites on a Silica Support", Catalysis Letters , 97(3-4) , 139-143, (2004).

 

45. Y. Su and M.D. Amiridis, " In-situ FTIR Studies of the Mechanism of NOx Storage and Reduction on Pt/Ba/Al 2 O 3 Catalysts", Catalysis Today , 96(1-2) , 31-41, (2004).

 

46. J. Lichtenberger and M.D. Amiridis, "Deactivation of V 2 O 5 /TiO 2 Catalysts During the Oxidation of meta -Dichlorobenzene in the presence of Methyl-Naphthalene", Catalysis Today , 98(3) , 447-453, (2004).

 

47. G. Lafaye, C. Mihut, C. Especel, P. Marecot and M.D. Amiridis, "FTIR Characterization Studies of Alumina-Supported Bimetallic Rh-Ge Catalysts Prepared by Surface Redox Reactions", Langmuir , 20(24) , 10612-10616, (2004) .

 

48. Z. Liu, M.D. Amiridis and Y. Chen, "Characterization of CuO supported on Tetragonal-ZrO 2 ", Journal of Physical Chemistry B , 109(3) , 1251-1255, (2005) .

 

49. O.S. Alexeev, F. Li, M.D. Amiridis, and B.C. Gates, "Effects of Adsorbates on Supported Platinum and Iridium Clusters: Characterization in Reactive Atmospheres and During Alkene Hydrogenation Catalysis by X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy ", Journal of Physical Chemistry B , 109(6) , 2338-2349, (2005) .

 

50. T. Mizugaki, C.E. Hetrick, M. Murata, K. Ebitani, M.D. Amiridis, and K. Kaneda, "Quaternary Ammonium Dendrimers as Lewis Base Catalysts for the Mukaiyama-Aldol Reaction", Chemistry Letters , 34(3) , 420-421, (2005) .

 

51. S.C. Hargrove-Leak, J. Lichtenberger and M.D. Amiridis, "Investigation of Chlorine Substitution Effects in the Claisen-Schmidt Condensation of 2'-hydroxyacetophenone with Chlorobenzaldehydes over MgO", Catalysis of Organic Reactions , ed. by J. Sowa, CRC Press, 385-391, (2005).

 

52. S.Y. Chin, O.S. Alexeev, and M.D. Amiridis, "Preferential Oxidation of CO under Excess H 2 Conditions over Ru Catalysts", Applied Catalysis A: General , 286(2) , 157-166, (2005) .

 

53. Z. Liu and M.D. Amiridis, "Quantitative FT-IRRAS Spectroscopic Studies of the Interaction of Avidin with Biotin on Functionalized Quartz Surfaces", Journal of Physical Chemistry B , 109(35) , 16866-16872, (2005).

 

54. Z. Liu and M.D. Amiridis, "FT-IRRAS Quantitative Analysis of Specific Avidin Adsorption on Biotinylated Au Surfaces", Surface Science , 596(1-3) , 117-125, (2005).

 

55. O.S. Alexeev, S.Y. Chin, M.H. Engelhard, L.B. Ortiz-Soto, and M.D. Amiridis, "Effects of Reduction Temperature and Metal-Support Interactions on the Catalytic Activity of Pt/?-Al 2 O 3 and Pt/TiO 2 for the Oxidation of CO in the Presence and Absence of H 2 ", Journal of Physical Chemistry B , 109(49) , 23430-23443, (2005).

 

56. S.Y. Chin, Y.-H. Chin, and M.D. Amiridis, "Hydrogen Production via the Catalytic Cracking of Ethane over Ni/SiO 2 Catalysts", Applied Catalysis A: General , 300(1) , 8-13, (2006).

 

57. S.Y. Chin, C.T. Williams and M.D. Amiridis, "FTIR Studies of CO Adsorption on Al 2 O 3 - and SiO 2 -Supported Ru Catalysts", Journal of Physical Chemistry B , 110(2) , 871-882, (2006).

 

58. J. Lichtenberger, S.C. Hargrove-Leak and M.D. Amiridis, " In situ FTIR Study of the Adsorption and Reaction of 2'-Hydroxyacetophenone and Benzaldehyde on MgO", Journal of Catalysis , 238(1) , 165-176, (2006).

 

59. L.B. Ortiz-Soto, J.R. Monnier, and M.D. Amiridis, "Structure-Sensitivity of Propylene Hydrogenation over Cluster-Derived Bimetallic Pt-Au Catalysts", Catalysis Letters , 107(1-2) , 13-17, (2006).

 

60. L.B. Ortiz-Soto, O.S. Alexeev, and M.D. Amiridis, "Low Temperature Oxidation of CO over Cluster-Derived Platinum-Gold Catalysts", Langmuir , 22(7) , 3112-3117, (2006) .

 

61. Z. Liu, J.A. Cortes, M. Mustian and M.D. Amiridis, "Effect of Basic Properties of MgO on the Heterogeneous Synthesis of Flavanones", Applied Catalysis A: General , 302(2) , 232-236, (2006).

 

62. G. Lafaye, A. Siani, P. Marecot, M.D. Amiridis and C.T. Williams, "Particle Size Control in Dendrimer-Derived Supported Ruthenium Catalysts", Journal of Physical Chemistry B , 110(15) , 7725-7731, (2006).

 

63. A. Siani, B.K. Captain, O.S. Alexeev, E. Stafyla, A.B. Hungria, P.A. Midgley, Sir J.M. Thomas, R.D. Adams and M.D. Amiridis, "Improved CO Oxidation Activity in the Presence and Absence of Hydrogen over Cluster-derived PtFe/SiO 2 Catalysts", Langmuir , 22(11) , 5160-5167, (2006) .

 

64. A.I. Serykh and M.D. Amiridis, "DRIFTS Evidence for the Formation of Binuclear Cu(I)-Dinitrogen Complexes upon Adsorption of N 2 on CuZSM-5", Microporous and Mesoporous Materials , 94(1-3) , 320-324, (2006) .

 

65. S.Y. Chin, O.S. Alexeev and M.D. Amiridis, "Structure and Reactivity of Pt-Ru/SiO 2 Catalysts for the Preferential Oxidation of CO under Excess H 2 ", Journal of Catalysis , 243(2) , 329-339, (2006) .

 

66. O.S. Alexeev, A. Siani, G. Lafaye, C.T. Williams, H.J. Ploehn and M.D. Amiridis, "EXAFS Characterization of Dendrimer-Pt Nanocomposites Used for the Preparation of Pt/?-Al 2 O 3 Catalysts", Journal of Physical Chemistry B , 110(49) , 24903-24914, (2006).

 

67. D.S. Deutsch, C.T. Williams and M.D. Amiridis, "Synthesis of Supported Metal Catalysts from Dendrimer-Metal Precursors", Handbook of Catalyst Preparation , ed. by J. Regalbuto, CRC Press, 209-235, (2006).

 

68. Y. Su, K.S. Kabin, M.P. Harold and M.D. Amiridis, " Reactor and in-situ FTIR studies of Pt/BaO/Al 2 O 3 and Pd/BaO/Al 2 O 3 NOx Storage and Reduction (NSR) Catalysts ", Applied Catalysis B: Environm ental , 71(3-4) , 207-215, (2007) .

 

69. A. Siani, O.S. Alexeev, C.T. Williams, H.J. Ploehn and M.D. Amiridis, "EXAFS Characterization of Dendrimer-Derived Pt/?-Al 2 O 3 ", AIP Conference Proceedings , 882 , 737-739, (2007) .

 

70. D.S. Deutsch, A. Siani, P.T. Fanson, H. Hirata, S. Matsumoto, C.T. Williams and M.D. Amiridis, "FTIR Investigation of the Thermal Decomposition of Poly(amidoamine) (PAMAM) Dendrimers and Dendrimer-Metal Nanocomposites Supported on Al 2 O 3 and ZrO 2 ", Journal of Physical Chemistry C , 111(11) , 4246-4255, (2007).

 

71. O.S. Alexeev, S. Krishnamoorthy, C. Jensen, M.S. Ziebarth, G. Yaluris, T.G. Roberie and M.D. Amiridis, " In-situ FTIR Characterization of the Adsorption of CO and its Reaction with NO on Pd-based FCC Low NOx Combustion Promoters", Catalysis Today , in press (6/15/07).

 

72. O.S. Alexeev, S. Krishnamoorthy, M.S. Ziebarth, G. Yaluris, T.G. Roberie and M.D. Amiridis, "Characterization of Pd-based FCC CO/NOx Control Additives by In-situ FTIR and Extended X-Ray Absorption Fine Structure Spectroscopies", Catalysis Today , in press (6/22/07).

 

Research Articles in Refereed Conference Proceedings

 

73. S. Krishnamoorthy and M.D. Amiridis, "Use of V 2 O 5 /TiO 2 -based Catalysts for Emission Control Applications", Proceedings 4th International Conference on the Protection and Restoration of the Environment , 469-475, (1998).

 

74. D.K. Captain, C. Mihut and M.D. Amiridis, "Selective Catalytic Reduction of Nitric Oxide over Supported Platinum Catalysts", Proceedings 5th International Conference on the Protection and Restoration of the Environment , 1007-1014, (2000).

 

75. J. Lichtenberger and M.D. Amiridis, "Catalytic Destruction of Chlorinated Aromatics over V 2 O 5 /TiO 2 Catalysts", Proceedings 6th International Conference on the Protection and Restoration of the Environment , 1057-1063, (2002).

 

76. S. Yu and M.D. Amiridis, " In situ FTIR Studies of NOx Storage Reduction Catalysts", Proceedings 7th International Conference on the Protection and Restoration of the Environment , XV3 1-8, (2004).

 

B. Patents

 

1. "Compositions for Use in Catalytic Cracking to Make Reduced Sulfur Content Gasoline", U.S. Patent No. 6,036,847 (3/14/00); European Patent Application EP 0798362 [with M.S. Ziebarth, R.H. Harding, and R.F. Wormsbecher].

-. "Supported Catalysts with Controlled Metal Cluster Size", U.S. Patent applied for (8/24/06); [with P.T. Fanson, H. Hirata, C.T. Williams, D.S. Deutsch, A. Siani and S. Matsumoto].

 

C. Non-refereed Publications

 

1. M.D. Amiridis, B.K. Na and E.I. Ko, "Selective Catalytic Reduction of NO by NH 3 over Aerogels of Titania, Silica and Vanadia", Preprints - American Chemical Society, Division of Petroleum Chemistry , 39 , 116-120 (1994).

 

2. M.D. Amiridis and F. Gadala Maria, "Chemical Engineering at The University of South Carolina", Chemical Engineering Education , 30(1) , 2, (1996).

 

3. M.D. Amiridis, D.K. Captain, K.L. Roberts, and J.A. Dumesic, "Kinetic and In-situ FTIR Studies of the Selective Catalytic Reduction of NO by Propylene over Supported Pt Catalysts", Preprints - American Chemical Society, Division of Petroleum Chemistry , 42 , 851-854 (1997).

 

4. V. Rajagopalan and M.D. Amiridis, "Novel Perovskite Based Sorbents for Hot Coal Gas Desulfurization", Proceedings AIChE Topical Conference on Pollution Prevention and Environmental Risk Reduction , 450-456, (1998).

 

5. M.T. Drexler and M.D. Amiridis, "Solvent Effects on the Heterogeneous Synthesis of Flavanone over MgO", Proceedings AIChE Topical Conference on Pharmaceuticals & Biotechnology , 322-328, (2001).

 

6. D. Deutsch, A. Siani, O. Alexeev, C. Williams and M.D. Amiridis, "Development of Supported Catalysts from Metal-Dendrimer Nanocomposite Precursors", Proceedings 4th Chemical Engineering Conference for Collaborative Research in Mediterranean Countries , 235-238, (2006).