“Surface Reactivity and Restructuring at the Nanoscale”
Presented by Prof. Cynthia Friend, Harvard University
November 20, 2008 at 4:30pm
Room 209 Havemeyer
Reactions of interest to heterogeneous catalysis on Au are an exciting area of investigation. Selective olefin oxidation has been studied and a new class of reactions catalyzed by Au was discovered based on fundamental studies of surface chemistry. Nitrogen-containing species were synthesized on Au(111) using activation of ammonia. A combination of spectroscopic and chemical studies in conjunction with imaging of surface structure, shows that surface restructuring at the nanoscale occurs at low temperatures and that these structural changes play an important role in catalytic activity.
Hosted by the Women in Science at Columbia (WISC)
Tea & cookies will be served prior to the lecture in the Miller Seminar Room, 328 Havemeyer
