Session: Catalysis and Surface Science I: Novel materials


Monday, 25 June 2007: 9:40 AM-12:20 PM
Pencader 215
Catalysis and Surface Science I: Novel materials

Organizers:	Raul F. Lobo Jingguang G. Chen
Presider:	Raul F. Lobo
9:40 AM	2	Keynote: DFT Modeling of Novel Materials Matthew Neurock
10:20 AM	3	Mechanisms of Metal Atom Clustering and Nanofilament Formation in Vapor Deposition of Metal Atoms on Alkanethiolate Self-Assembled Monolayers on Au{111} Masato Maitani, Thomas A. Daniel, Orlando M. Cabarcos, David L. Allara
10:40 AM		Break
11:00 AM	4	Selective deposition of metals on patterned self-assembled monolayer surfaces: Towards molecular electronic circuitry Amy Walker
11:20 AM	5	Surface preparation of supported flat gold nanoparticles for use as Au{111} substrates Daminda H. Dahanayaka, Wesley D. Tennyson, Christopher E. Allen, Preston R. Larson, Daniel J. Wasielewski, Marshall D. McCutchen, David S. Hartnett, Matthew B. Johnson, Lloyd A. Bumm
11:40 AM	6	The Initial Stages of Self-Organization of Silica-Alumina Gels in Zeolite Synthesis Joseph M. Fedeyko, Dustin Fickel, Raul F. Lobo, Dionisios G. Vlachos
12:00 PM	7	The Effect of an Embedded Mid-Chain Dipole on the Properties and Characteristics of Ester-Functionalized Self-Assembled Monolayers on Au{111} Orlando M. Cabarcos, Andrey Shaporenko, Sundar Uppili, Michael Zharnikov, David L. Allara