Associate Professor Graeme Henkelman from University of Texas í Austin Chemistry Department will be visiting VoN this Friday. He will present the above titled seminar. The Chemistry department at UT Austin is one of the top 30 chemistry departments in the world. Dr Henkelman´s representative work is showcased in prolific publications this year, as his presentation will focus on his current research activities.
• L. Zhang, H.-Y. Kim, and G. Henkelman, CO Oxidation at the Au-Cu Interface of Bimetallic Nanoclusters Supported on CeO2(111), J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 4, 2943-2947 (2013).
• D. F. Yancey, S. T. Chill, L. Zhang, A. I. Frenkel, G. Henkelman, and R. M. Crooks, A theoretical and experimental examination of systematic ligand-induced disorder in Au dendrimer-encapsulated nanoparticles,Chem. Sci. 4, 2912-2921 (2013)
• R. Iyyamperumal, L. Zhang, G. Henkelman, and R. M. Crooks, Efficient electrocatalytic oxidation of formic acid using Au@Pt dendrimer-encapsulated nanoparticles, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 135, 5521-5524 (2013).
• D. Pozun, S. E. Rodenbusch, E. Keller, K. Tran, W. Tang, K. J. Stevenson, and G. Henkelman, A systematic investigation of p-nitrophenol reduction by bimetallic dendrimer encapsulated nanoparticles, J. Phys. Chem. C 117, 7598-7604 (2013).
• M. Pan, A. J. Brush, Z. D. Pozun, H.-C. Ham, W.-Y. Yu, G. Henkelman, G. S. Hwang, and C. B. Mullins,Model studies of heterogeneous catalytic hydrogenation reactions with gold, Chem. Soc. Rev. 42, 5002-5013 (2013).
• H.-Y. Kim and G. Henkelman, CO oxidation at the interface of Au nanoclusters and the stepped-CeO2(111) surface by the Mars-van Krevelen mechanism, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 4, 216-221 (2013).