Please access files related to each project through the shared OneDrive folder.
CeRCaS Research Thrusts |
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| THRUST 1 Fundamentals of Metal Deposition |
THRUST 2 Thermodynamics and Kinetics of Solid-Solid Bonding |
THRUST 3 Precision site synthesis for specific reactions |
Current Projects |
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| Project 59 Bimetallic Single Atoms, Clusters, and Nanoparticles via Switched Solvent Chelate Enhanced Synthesis (Regalbuto, Williams) |
Project 64 Synthesis of Supported Ruthenium Nanoparticles over Surface Functionalized Alumina: Extension of Project 47 (Lauterbach, Regalbuto) |
Project 67 Understanding Humid CO2 Adsorption Under Equilibrium Control in Small-Pore Zeolites(Katz, Kulkarni, Monnier) |
| Project 60 Influence of Drying Parameters on Metal Dispersion of Supported Pt Catalysts (Williams, Regalbuto, Gupton) |
Project 65 Probing reversible nanoparticle formation and resulting zeolite damage in Pt-medium-pore-zeolite systems (Runnebaum, Kronawitter, Kulkarni, Bare, Katz, Gates) |
Project 68 Understanding olefin feedstock aromatization with MFI-supported non-precious metal catalysts (Runnebaum, Kronawitter, Katz, Gates, Bare) |
| Project 61 Understanding Pt utilization by quantitative characterization of isolated Pt modified by promoters on alumina supports (Kronawitter, Runnebaum, Kulkarni, Katz, Gates, Bare) |
Project 66 Understanding the high chemical and thermal stability of the copper-chromium oxide catalyst (Reber, Castano) |
Project 69 Promoted copper-based bimetallic catalysts prepared using electroless deposition and galvanic displacement for carbon dioxide conversion to higher alcohols (Project 55 Year 2) (Tengco, Monnier) |
| Project 62 Periodic Trends in the Synthesis of Transition Metal/Graphene Solid Matrix Catalysts (Gregory, Yue, Gupton) |
Project 70 Design of electrodes for combined thermal-electrocatalytic olefin upgrading using air and water as co-reactants (Kronawitter, Runnebaum) |
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| Project 63 Navigating the Solvent Space of SwiSS (Williams, Regalbuto, Monnier, Gupton) |
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Concluding Projects |
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| Project 46 Single Atom Catalysts via Switched Solvent Synthesis (SwiSS) AND From Isolated Atoms to 2d-Raft Clusters via Switched Solvent Synthesis(Williams, Regalbuto, Blom, Gupton, Ciston) |
Project 51 Chemistry and catalysis of atomically dispersed Pt and Pd in zeolites (Kronnawitter, Runnebaum, Kulkarni, Bare, Katz, Gates) |
Project 55 Improved Catalysts for Direct Reduction of CO2 to Methanol Using Bimetallic Catalysts Using Electroless Deposition Methods (Monnier, Tengco) |
| Project 47 Synthesis of Well Defined Ru-Nanoparticles on an Oxide Support (Lauterbach, Regalbuto) |
Project 52 Understanding the CO2 Binding Site Created in Humid Environments in K-MER (Katz, Kulkarni, Monnier) |
Project 56 Effect of extraframework Al and/or P species on alkane cracking catalysis (Katz, Kronnawitter, Runnebaum, Kulkarni, Gates) |
| Project 48 Bimetallic Catalysts on Commercial Extruded Supports Prepared by Electroless Deposition (Tengco, Monnier) |
Project 53 Enabling Rigorous Quantification of Humid CO2 Adsorption/Desorption in Zeolites (Katz, Kulkarni) |
Project 57 Non-Precious Metal Phosphides and Nitrides as HER and OER Catalysts (Y-Lin, H-Lin, McEwen) |
| Project 49 Imaging atomically dispersed and aggregated metals supported on and encapsulated in zeolites (Katz, Ciston, Gates, Kulkarni, Kronawitter, Runnebaum, Bare) Reversible formation of encapsulated nanoparticles from atomically dispersed Pt in zeolites (Kronnawitter, Runnebaum, Kulkarni, Bare, Monnier, Katz, Gates) |
Project 54 Controlling Selectivity in Enantioselective Catalysts Using Partial Confinement in Zeolitic External Surface Pockets (Gupton, Raine, Katz) |
Project 58 Supported Mixed Metal Oxide Catalysts for Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Ethane to Ethylene (Tengco, Monnier) |
| Project 50 Facile Synthesis of Pd/GO Catalysts Immobilized on an Oxide Support (Gupton, Carpenter) |
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Concluded Projects |
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| Project 1 Continuous Production of Metal Nanoparticles using Microwave Irradiation (Gupton, Carpenter, Monnier) |
Project 2 Enhanced stability of catalytic surfaces by bimetallic core-shell structures (Monnier, Regalbuto, Khanna) |
Project 3 Evaluation of Palladium/Graphene Surface Properties for Cross-Coupling and C-H activation (Gupton, El-Shall, Ellis, Williams) |
| Project 4 "Real World" Nanoparticle Synthesis on Model Supports (Chen, Regalbuto) |
Project 6 Cross coupling from a heterogeneous system based on homogeneous molecular catalyst (Vannucci, Yu) |
Project 5 Continuous catalytic oxidation in pharmaceutical processing (Awad, El-Shall, Gupton, Monnier) |
| Project 7 Statistical design for guided nanoparticle synthesis (Lauterbach, Hattrick-Simpers, Wen) |
Project 11 In situ XRD to study the effects of temperature and gas phase on the stability of monometallic catalysts and structure/stability of bimetallic catalysts (Monnier, Carpenter) |
Project 10 Catalytic Upgrading of Hydrocarbons by Selective Oxidation (Williams, Adams, Khanna) |
| Project 8 Fundamental Studies of Pd/Graphene for Cross Coupling and C-H activation(Ellis, Gupton, Gilliland, Chen, Regalbuto) |
Project 13 Hydrogenation activity of Pd particles on modified carbon supports (Chen, Regalbuto, Gupton) |
Project 14 Mechanistic Understanding of Ethane Partial Oxidation over bifunctional MoV- based catalysts (Lauterbach, Carpenter) |
| Project 9 Continuous producion of Suppported Monometallic and Bimetallic Catalysts for Methanol Formation (Carpenter, Monnier, Tang) |
Project 15 Boron nitride (BN) supported metal and metal oxide catalysts for selective oxidation reactions (Diao, Regalbuto, Monnier) |
Project 16 Solid-supported catalysts design for optimized electrocatalytic oxidation of alkenes to ketones (Gupton, Castano, Roper) |
| Project 12 3D Printed Catalytic Monolith (Ferri, Gupton) |
Project 20 Hydrogenation Activity on Pd Surfaces Modified by Carbon (Project 13 Year 2) (Chen, Regalbuto, Gupton) |
Project 17 Ultrasmall Bimetallic Catalysts for Selective Hydrogenation of Alkenes (El-Kaderi, El-Shall, Regalbuto) |
| Project 18 3D Printed Catalytic Monolith Year 2: Rational investigation into how catalyst synthesis method affects the nanoparticle surface chemistry and activity on 3dP monoliths (Ferri, Gupton) |
Project 28 Stabilizing Enantioselective Catalysts in Hemispherical Pockets on Zeolite Supports (Gupton, Katz, Ciston, Bare, Durkin, Gates) |
Project 21 Macroscopic monolithic Pd/Graphene catalysts for regioselective electrochemical oxidation of alkenes (Gupton, Castano, Weidner) |
| Project 19 Thermodynamic Analysis of SEA Using Metal Adsorption Isotherm Data (Gupton, Regalbuto) |
Project 29 Extra-framework-cation probes of Al sites in MFI catalysts: Imaging, spectroscopy, theory (Kulkarni, Kronawitter, Runnebaum, Ciston, Gates, Bare) |
Project 22 Computational and experimental analysis of Ag catalysts with GNP or bimetallic materials on direct propylene oxide synthesis (Gupton, Reber, Monnier) |
| Project 25 Producing Supported Nanoparticles of Variable Size with Tight Size Distributions via SEA (Gupton, Regalbuto) |
Project 30 Hydrogenation Activity of Pd particles on Graphene and Carbon-Coated Oxide Supports (Chen, Regalbuto) |
Project 23 Bimetallic Indium-Copper Catalysts for Hydrogenation of Syngas-Derived Dimethyl Oxalate to Ethylene Glycol (Williams, Gupton, Regalbuto) |
| Project 26 Strong Electrostatic Adsorption on Commercial Extruded Supports (Regalbuto, Shimpalee) |
Project 39 Stabilizing Enantioselective Catalysts in Hemispherical Pockets on Zeolite Supports (Gupton, Katz) |
Project 24 CO2 Sequestration on Modified Zeolite Supports (Katz, Regalbuto) |
| Project 27 Precision tuning of supported nanoparticle size via ED (Tengco, Monnier) |
Project 40 Design and Synthesis of Non-Precious Metal Nanofoam Catalysts for Water-Splitting (Lin-Y, Lin-H, McEwen) |
Project 31 Multicomponent H2O-CO2 Adsorption in Zeolites (Katz, Kulkarni, Monnier) |
| Project 35 Simple Synthesis of Supported Single Atom Catalysts via Chelate Fixation (Regalbuto, Williams, Gates, Shakouri) |
Project 41 Elucidating the structural differences in compositionally similar zeolite catalysts using acid catalyzed reactions and incisive characterization tools (Kulkarni, Kronawitter, Runnebaum, Ciston, Katz, Gates, Bare) Pt Exchanged in Controlled Acid-Site Environments of ZSM-5: Synthesis, Characterization and Use as Dehydrogenation Catalyst (Kronawitter, Runnebaum, Katz, Gates, Ciston, Bare) |
Project 32 Selective Continuous Flow Electrocatalytic Oxidation of Alkenes (Castano, Meekins, Gupton) |
| Project 36 Zeolite-based catalysts for the conversion of oxygenated polymer waste (Katz, Lauterbach) |
Project 42 Imaging heavy metal ions in zeolites as reporters of local internal structure (Katz, Ciston, Gates, Kulkarni, Bare) |
Project 33 Rational Synthesis of Heterogeneous Catalysts for Direct Hydroamination of Olefins (Gupton, Roper, Khanna) |
| Project 37 Bimetallic Single Atom Catalysts via Chelate Fixation for Selective Hydrogenation of α,β-Unsaturated Aldehydes (Chen, Williams, Regalbuto, El-Kaderi, Gupton, Shakouri) |
Project 34 Zeolite-based catalysts for the conversion of oxygenated polymer waste (Katz, Lauterbach) |
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| Project 38 Development of Highly Dispersed Bimetallic Catalysts using the method of Galvanic Displacement (Monnier, Tengco) |
Project 43 Catalyst Enabled Tandem Wacker/Reductive Amination of Alkenes under Continuous Flow (Gupton, Castano, Monnier) |
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| Project 44 CO2 Adsorption/Desorption from Zeolites Under Humid Environments (Katz, Kulkarni, Monnier) |
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| Project 45 Development of Highly Active Recyclable Heterogeneous Supported Bimetallic Nanocatalysts for Buchwald-Hartwig Amination Reactions (Sieber, Reber, El-Kaderi) |
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Potential ProjectsClick on the link above to access the table of proposed projects for IAB Evaluation |
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