Recent Publications

462. "In Situ UV-Visible Spectroscopic Measurements of Kinetic Parameters and Active Sites for Catalytic Oxidation of Alkanes on Vanadium Oxides" (with Morris Argyle and Enrique Iglesia) J. Phys. Chem. B., 109, 2414-2420 (2005).

463. "A Comprehensive DFT Study of Nitrous Oxide Decomposition over Fe-ZSM-5" (with Andreas Heyden, Baron Peters, and Frerich J. Keil) J. Phys. Chem. B, 109, 1857-1873 (2005).

464. "Selective Oxidation of Methane over MoOx/SiO2: Isolation of the Kinetics of Reactions Occurring in the Gas Phase and on the Surfaces of SiO2 and MoOx" (with N. Ohler) J. Catal., 231, 115-130 (2005).

465. "Oxidative Dehydrogenation of Propane over V2O5/MoO3/Al2O3 and V2O5/Cr2O3/Al2O3: Structural Characterization and Catalytic Function" (with Shuwu Yang and Enrique Iglesia) J. Phys. Chem. B, 109 (18), 8987-9000 (2005).

466. "The Effects of Zirconia Morphology on Methanol Synthesis from CO and H2 over Cu/ZrO2 Catalysts: Part I - Steady-State Studies" (with Michael J. Rhodes) J. Catal., 233, 198-209 (2005).

467. "The Effects of Zirconia Morphology on Methanol Synthesis from CO and H2 over Cu/ZrO2 Catalysts: Part II - Transient Response Infrared Studies" (with Michael J. Rhodes) J. Catal., 233, 210-220 (2005).

468. "Catalysts from Self-Assembled Organometallic Block Copolymers" (with D.A. Durkee, H.B. Eitouni, E.D. Gomez, M.W. Ellsworth, and N.P. Balsara) Advanced Materials, 17, 2003-2006 (2005).

469. "Quantitative Analysis of Hydrogen Peroxide by 1H NMR" (with N. Stephenson) Anal. Bioanal. Chem., 381, 1289-1293 (2005).

470. "A Study of the Mechanism and Kinetics of Cyclooctene Epoxidation Catalyzed by Iron(III) Tetrakispentafluorophenyl Porphyrin" (with N. A. Stephenson) J. Am. Chem. Soc., 127, 8635-8643 (2005).

471. "Dimethyl Carbonate Production via the Oxidative Carbonylation of Methanol over Cu/SiO2 catalysts Prepared via Molecular Precursor Grafting and Chemical Vapor Deposition Approaches" (with Ian J. Drake, Kyle L. Fujdala, and T. Don Tilley) J. Catal., 230, 14-27 (2005).

472. "Kinetic Modeling of Nitrous Oxide Decomposition on Fe-ZSM-5 based on Parameters Obtained from First-Principles Calculations" (with A. Heyden and F. J. Keil) Journal of Catalysis, 233, 26-35 (2005).

473. "A High-Yield, Liquid-Phase Approach for the Partial Oxidation of Methane to Methanol Using SO3 as the Oxidant" (with S. Mukhopadhyay and M. Zerella) Advanced Synthesis and Catalysis, 347, 1203-1206 (2005).

474. "Liquid-phase Oxidation of Alkylaromatics by a H-atom Transfer Mechanism with a New Heterogeneous CoSBA-15 Catalyst" (with Richard L. Brutchey, Ian J. Drake, and T. Don Tilley) Chem. Commun., 3736-3738 (2005).

475. "New Fe/SiO2 Materials Prepared using Diiron Molecular Precursors: Synthesis, Characterization and Catalysis" (with Andrew W. Holland, Guangtao Li, Ahmed M. Shahin, Gar J. Long, T. Don Tilley) Journal of Catalysis, 235, 150-163 (2005).

476. "Effects of Cerium Incorporation into Zirconia on the Activity of Cu/ZrO2 for Methanol Synthesis via CO Hydrogenation" (with Konstantin A. Pokrovski and Michael D. Rhodes) Journal of Catalysis, 235, 368-377 (2005).

477. "Efficient Methods for Finding Transition States in Chemical Reactions: Comparison of Modified Dimer Method and Partitioned Rational Function Optimization Method" (with A. Heyden and F. J. Keil) Journal of Chemical Physics, 123, 224101-224114 (2005).

478. "Partial Oxidation of Methanol over Highly Dispersed Vanadia Supported on Silica SBA-15" (with C. Hess, Ian J. Drake and J. D. Hoefelmeyer) Catalysis Letters 105 (1-2) 1-8, (2005).

479. "Platinum-based Catalysts for the Hydroamination of Olefins with Sulfonamides and Weakly Basic Anilines" (with Dmitry Karshtedt and T. Don Tilley) Journal of the American Chemical Society 127 (36), 12640-12646, (2005).

480. "A Density Functional Theory Study of the Mechanism of Free Radical Generation in the System Vanadate/PCA/H2O2" (with Rustam Z. Khaliullin and Martin Head-Gordon) Journal of Physical Chemistry B 109 (38) 17984-17992 (2005).

481. "A Study of the Redox Properties of MoOx/SiO2" (with Nicholas Ohler) Journal of Physical Chemistry B 109 (49) 23419-23429 (2005).