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Current Research Projects

Ambient Pressure X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy studies on Bimetallic Nanopartcle Catalysts

restructing nanoparticleses

A New Size Regime for Catalysis Studies:  Dendrimer-based Model Catalyst Studies

Spectroscopic, Microscopic, Analytical, and Theoretical Studies of a series of Amino Acids and Model Peptides adsorbed on Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Surfaces

Probing Hot Electron Flow in Catalytic Nanodiodes

Ru capping layer cleaning methods optimization to avoid erosion and corrosion of the mask for the Extreme Ultraviolet lithography

Core-Shell Structure Nanocatalysts for High Temperature Reactions

Spectroscopic, Microscopic, Analytical, and Theoretical Studies of a Series of Model Peptides adsorbed on Hydrophobic and Hydrophilic Surfaces

Catalytic Hydrogenation of α,β-Unsaturated Aldehydes on the Platinum Surface: A Sum Frequency Generation Study

In-Situ Sum Frequency Generation Vibrational Spectroscopy of Hydrocarbon Reaction Studies of a Monolayer of Capped Platinum Nanoparticles

Platinum Nanoparticles of Well-Defined Size and Shape for Model Heterogeneous Catalysis

Catalytic Reactions of C6 Hydrocarbons on Platinum Surfaces: Sum Frequency Generation Study

Hot Electron Flow Generated by Gas Phase Exothermic Catalytic Reactions Using Metal-Semiconductor Nanodiodes