In This Issue Director’s Update: A New Year and a New Era Reaction-Driven Restructuring of Bimetallic Nanoparticle Catalysts Nanoscale Chemical Imaging of a Working Catalyst Reminder: Experimental Safety Sheet Procedure UEC Corner: Introducing the 2009 Committee Honors and Awards: Eli Rotenberg and Richard Saykally A Successful SES IV in San Francisco Operations News Links InterviewRead More Read more »
Nanoscale Chemical Imaging of a Working Catalyst
Researchers identified the chemical species present for an iron-based Fischer–Tropsch synthesis catalyst and to image their distribution on the nanoscale. When developed further, this new tool may give chemists the ability to design and tailor catalysts for maximum selectivity and efficiency in a wide range of chemical processes. Read more »
Reaction-Driven Restructuring of Bimetallic Nanoparticle Catalysts
Researchers have used an ambient-pressure x-ray photoelectron spectroscopy (APXPS) apparatus to demonstrate that bimetallic nanoparticle catalysts can undergo profound structural and chemical changes in response to reactive environments at ambient pressures, thereby opening the way for engineering catalysts with enhanced activity and selectivity. Read more »