Facilities

 



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

 



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

 



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

 



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

 



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

 



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

 



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