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56th Annual Report on Research 2011
Under Sponsorship of the ACS Petroleum Research Fund
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Union University
47856-B6:
The Development of Accelerated Molecular Dynamics for Complex Gas-Phase Reactive Systems
Universite du Quebec a Montreal
48122-B1:
Cycloaddition Reactions for the Formation of Indolines, Indoles and Benzofurans, and Subsequent Functionalization Reactions
University of Akron
48735-ND7:
Photoisomerization Induced Mesophase Transitions in Mixtures of Crystalline Liquid Crystalline Azobenzene with Photocurable Mesogenic Monomers
49218-DNI7:
Assembly of Organometallics in Polymeric Templates for Metal Coated Mesoporous Materials
48968-ND7:
Design and Synthesis of n-Type Conjugated Polymers with Exceptionally High Electron Affinities for Photovoltaic Application
University of Alabama
46670-G8:
High Resolution Characterization of Crude Oil Distribution at the Pore Scale: Effects on Enhanced Petroleum Recovery
University of Arizona
49621-ND8:
Systematic Investigation of the Planar Shape of Rock Fractures using PFC3D Numerical Experiments
48729-ND8:
Wind Erosion in the Qaidam Basin: Records, Rates, and Broader Implications
University of British Columbia
49106-ND3:
Catalytic C-H Functionalization of sp3 Hybridized Bonds Adjacent to Nitrogen. New Metal Complexes for the Atom Economic Synthesis of alpha-Chiral Amines
49675-SE:
Schiff Base Macrocycles and Materials, at Pacifichem, December 15-20, 2010, Honolulu, HI
University of California (Berkeley)
49727-DNI6:
Modeling the Interplay of Protein Motion and Solvation in Modulating Enzyme Activity
47935-AC8:
The Role of Sediment Supply in Morphodynamics: Bars, Bends, and Planform
University of California (Davis)
48766-ND10:
Photocatalytic Conversion of Cellulosic Biomass into Gaseous Fuels
49119-ND4:
Transition State Complexation in the Design of Hydrocarbon Rearrangements
49178-DNI9:
Non-Coalescence of Oppositely Charged Water Drops During Electrostatic Dehydration of Petroleum
49181-DNI1:
New Catalytic Asymmetric Reactions of Allylsilanes and Isatins
49976-DNI10:
3-D Quantification of Catalysts in a Reducing Environment
University of California (Los Angeles)
48349-AC8:
Investigating the Mechanics of V-shaped Conjugate Strike-slip Systems and Implications for Hydrocarbon Exploration
University of California (Merced)
48820-ND10:
Metal Nanoparticle Enhancement of Organic Polymer Solar Cell Efficiency: Raman and Optical Studies
University of California (Riverside)
48736-ND2:
Distinguishing Between Marine and Nonmarine Deposition on Early Earth: New Perspectives on Precambrian Source Rocks Gained from Modern Lakes
50350-DNI1:
Regioselective Catalytic C-H Oxidation of Hydrocarbons in Aqueous Solution
University of California (Santa Barbara)
48780-DNI5:
Near-Field Vibrational Spectroscopy and Imaging of Chemical Species on Individual Nanoparticles During Catalytic (De)Hydrogenation
49165-DNI9:
Mechanism of CH3ReO3 Activation for Olefin Metathesis on Amorphous Silica-Alumina
49221-ND5:
PGM-Substituted Complex Oxide Catalysts for Selective Hydrocarbon Transformations
49719-ND7:
Novel Approaches to Photovoltaic Devices and Materials
50549-DNI6:
A Systematic, Multiscale Approach to Simple Liquid-State Property Models
University of California (Santa Cruz)
49137-ND10:
Nanoplasmonics-Based Photovoltaics
49237-ND8:
A Paleotemperature Proxy Record Across the End-Permian Extinction Horizon and Through the Triassic Recovery Interval from Oxygen Isotopes in Conodont Apatite
University of Central Florida
48268-G6:
Theoretical Investigation for the Enhanced Absorption of Nanostructured Semi-Conductor Materials
University of Central Oklahoma
47193-B9:
Simulation and Experimental Investigation of Energy Losses in Dividing Flow
University of Cincinnati
48701-AC5:
Nanoparticle Layer-by-Layer Assembly for Fuel Cell Electrodes
49646-DNI3:
New Catalysis with Nickel Pincer Complexes
University of Colorado at Boulder
50581-DNI7:
Phase Separations and Morphological Evolutions of Polymer Blends under Two Dimensional Confinements
University of Connecticut
47274-AC7:
Early Transition Metal Catalyzed Living Radical and Ring Opening Polymerizations for Complex Copolymer Architectures
49007-DNI10:
Electroceramic Materials for High-Purity Hydrogen Extraction from Liquid Hydrocarbon Fuels: Fundamental Investigations of Coupled Electrochemical and Catalytic Phenomena
49194-DNI8:
Microbial Processes During Early Diagenesis of Carbonate Reservoirs: A Laboratory Approach
49866-ND7:
Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Soft Lithography: Crossover between Molecular and Macroscopic Properties
50863-ND7:
Ion gels from block copolymers composed of liquid crystalline units and brush-like moieties in ionic liquids
University of Delaware
47540-AC9:
Next Generation Regulatory Controller for Chemical Processes
48480-AC5:
Redox Centers from Brønsted Acid Sites and Defects in H-Zeolites: Formation, Structure and Reactivity in Hydrocarbon Catalysis
49945-ND2:
Diatom-Bound Nitrogen Isotopes as a Diagenetically Stable Proxy for Southern Ocean Nutrient Utilization and Early Pliocene Climatic Warmth
50330-DNI1:
Arylalkoxylation of Alkynes and Olefins via Transition Metal-Catalyzed C-O Activation
University of Denver
49785-ND4:
Topologically Diverse New Polycyclic Scaffolds via Key Photochemical Steps
University of Florida
47951-AC7:
Replacing Polyvinyl Chloride with Novel Thermoplastics Derived from Natural Gas
49572-DNI6:
Vibrational and Electronic Spectroscopy of Cationic Diamondoids
49618-ND2:
Post-depositional Dissolution of Carbonate Minerals: Origins of Secondary Porosity in Modern Carbonate Platforms
49987-ND9:
Effect of Bulking Additives on Biochemical Conversion of Biomass in High-Solids Fermentors
University of Georgia
48917-DNI7:
Reconstituting Enzymes for Direct Electron Transfer through Surface Initiated Polymerization of Conjugated Polymers
50223-DNI6:
Vibrational Spectroscopy of Transient Combustion Intermediates Trapped in Helium Nanodroplets
50265-DNI10:
Novel Long-Persistent Near Infrared Phosphors for Efficient Solar Energy Absorption and Conversion
University of Hartford
48431-B10:
Effects of Mechanical Stress on the Phase Stability in Metal-Hydrogen Systems
University of Hawaii (Manoa)
47576-AC2:
A Refined Chronology of Late Eocene to Late Oligocene Coral Reefs: Implications for Coral Calcification Under a Regime of Declining Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide and Changing Ocean Chemistry
University of Houston
47345-AC10:
Energy Conversion and Power Generation in New Non-Pb Based Piezoelectric Oxide Materials: Synthesis, Characterization, and Structure-Property Relationships
50390-DNI10:
Control of Interpenetration in Metal-Organic Frameworks via Spatial Protecting Groups
University of Illinois (Chicago)
47684-AC5:
Transmission Infrared Studies of Hydrogen Storage Materials
49836-ND1:
New Cycloaddition Reactions of Anionically Activated Dipoles
50491-DNI1:
[3,3]-Rearrangements of O-Vinyl Oximes: Stereoselective Synthesis of 1,4-Dicarbonyl Compounds
50512-DNI2:
Determination of Subsurface Residence Time, Migration Rate, and Extent of Fluid-Rock Reaction for Carbon-Rich Fluids Using Noble Gas Radionuclides
University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign)
47563-AC3:
New Chiral Solid Catalysts for Oxidation Reactions
48907-ND4:
Monovalent, Ultra Long-Lived Fluorescent Organic Nanoparticles
49668-ND1:
A Systematic Evaluation of Chiral Phase Transfer Catalysts
49946-ND5:
Nanoscale Thermal Lubrication
University of Iowa
49839-ND3:
Novel N-Heterobicyclic Dicarbenes and C2-Symmetric Bicyclic Guanidinates as Dinucleating Ligands in Transition Metal Chemistry
University of Kansas
50266-DNI10:
Hot Carrier Transport in Graphene
50287-DNI3:
Physical Properties and Reactivities of Peroxomanganese(III) Complexes
University of Kentucky
49910-ND6:
Spectroscopy and Structures of Transition Metal Oxide Clusters
University of Louisville
49202-DNI5:
Rational Design of Zeolite Nanocrystals and Membranes at Different Length Scales for Carbon Dioxide Separation
50401-DNI3:
Periodic Mesoporous Silicas as Supports for Late Metal Olefin Polymerization
University of Maryland
48850-ND2:
Temperature Dependence of 13C-18O 'Clumping' in Synthetic Aragonite: Calibration of a New Paleothermometer
50421-DNI10:
Interfacial Chemistry of Carbon-Based Photovoltaics
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
49028-DNI2:
A New Hypothesis for Interpreting the Sedimentary Cerium Anomaly Paleo-Redox Proxy in Oil Shale Depositional Environments: The Influence of Particulate Carrier Fluxes (Mn, Fe, Algal Tissue)
University of Massachusetts
50407-DNI5:
Instabilities and Morphologies of Stressed Elastic Films
University of Massachusetts (Amherst)
48858-DNI7:
Supramolecular Assembly of Polymers at Interfaces
49892-ND7:
Block Copolymers with Photocleavable Junctions
48942-ND7:
Phase Transitions in Mixtures of Micelles and Polyelectrolytes: Electrostatic Assembly of Soft Colloids
University of Miami
49017-ND8:
Controls on Cold-Water Coral Mound Morphology in the Straits of Florida
University of Michigan
48748-ND10:
Intermediate-band Optoelectronic Transitions in ZnTeO for High-efficiency Solar Energy Conversion
48781-ND4:
Mechanism of Aldehyde Decarbonylase, a Novel Enzyme Involved in Hydrocarbon Biosynthesis
48872-ND7:
Small-Angle Dynamic Light Scattering of Dilute Poly(ethylene oxide) Aggregates
University of Minnesota
47231-AC8:
Shapes, Scales and Spacing of Channel-belt Sand Bodies in Ancient and Experimental Avulsion-dominated Alluvial Basins
48883-ND4:
Novel Hydrogen-Bonded Acids and Bases
49591-DNI5:
Selective Catalytic Synthesis of Branched C4-C7 Hydrocarbons by Low Temperature C1 Homologation Reactions over Medium and Large Pore Acidic Zeolites: A Mechanistic Study
49790-DNI10:
Harnessing Surface Plasmon Subwavelength Optics in Metallic Nanostructures for Enhanced Efficiency in Thin-Film Solar Cells
50395-DNI3:
Strategies for the Reduction of Carbon Dioxide to Methanol
University of Missouri (Kansas City)
50444-DNI10:
Investigating Electron-Hole Pair Creation and Lifetimes in Amorphous Hydrogenated Boron Carbide
University of Nebraska (Omaha)
49405-UR8:
Shallow Fracture Formation and Fluid Mobilization During Diagenetically Driven Deformation: the Tertiary Badlands Chalcedony Vein Systems of South Dakota and Nebraska
University of Nevada (Reno)
47836-AC2:
Use of Geochemical Proxies to Evaluate Paleosalinity and Carbon Flux in the Bell Canyon Formation, Guadalupe Mountains West Texas
49184-ND3:
Designed Porphyrin-Peptide-Peptide Nucleic Acid Hybrids as Oxidation Catalysts
University of New Mexico
48797-ND6:
Catalytic Mechanisms for Hydrogen Production by Methanol Steam Reforming
48822-ND3:
pi-Bonded Cationic Ligands as Catalysts and Precursors
49008-DNI10:
Uncovering and Understanding Morphology- Dependent Charge Transport and Trapping in Polymer Photovoltaic Materials
University of New Orleans
48796-DNI10:
Direct Growth of Type II Core/Shell Nanowire Array on Transparent Conducting Oxide (TCO) Substrate for Potential Solar Cell Application
50310-DNI8:
Sequence Stratigraphic Architecture Along Depositional-Strike in Shallow-Marine Outcrops, Wasatch Plateau, Utah
University of North Alabama
48614-B8:
Tectonic Evolution of the Caribbean Basin and Gulf of Mexico: Constraints from the Paleobiogeography of Greater Antillean Late Cretaceous Ostracodes
University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill)
49187-DNI10:
Control of Fundamental Length Scales in Polymer Solar Cells
50214-DNI8:
Geochemical and Petrographic Investigation of a Novel Calcite-Aragonite Sea Transition in Terminal Proterozoic Time (549 - 548 Ma)
50245-DNI1:
Transition Metal Catalyzed [2+2+2] Cycloadditions for Carbocycle Synthesis
University of North Texas
50283-DNI10:
Atomistic Simulations of the Chemistry of Environmentally Assisted Cracking in Nickel-Chromium Alloys
University of Notre Dame
47810-AC1:
Computational Design, Virtual Screening, and Experimental Validation of Chiral Catalysts
50379-DNI2:
Nanostructures Formation by Aromatic Hydrocarbons on Calcite
University of Oklahoma
50000-DNI6:
Probing Regular Solution Theory for Mixed Amphoteric/Ionic Surfactant Systems by Molecular Dynamics Simulations
University of Oregon
48864-DNI1:
Exploring the B-N/C=C Isosterism in Carbon-Rich Compounds
University of Pennsylvania
48955-ND1:
Design and Synthesis of Novel Chiral Clefts and Helical Structures
49260-ND10:
Organic and Inorganic Architectures for Solution-Processable, Solar Photovoltaics
49946-ND5:
Nanoscale Thermal Lubrication
University of Pittsburgh
49002-DNI10:
Tailorable Organic Nanoscale Piezoelectrics for Energy Harvesting
49302-ND9:
Bubble Detachment on Micro/Nano Structured Solid Surfaces in Energy Applications
University of Puerto Rico
49192-ND5:
Development Of A Scattering Characterization Technique To Study The Nucleation And Growth Mechanism Of Supported Metals
University of Richmond
48322-GB1:
Synthesis of Chiral Carboxylic Acid Derivatives via Three-Component Coupling Reactions with Ynoate Electrophiles
University of Rochester
48829-DNI1:
Transition-Metal Catalyzed Direct Addition of Organohalides to Carbonyls and Imines
48922-DNI1:
Asymmetric Decarboxylative Protonation of Alpha-Aminomalonic Esters for the Synthesis of Alpha-Amino Acids
49931-DNI6:
Two-Dimensional Raman Spectroscopy of Metallocenes: Probing the Dynamics of Organometallic Bonds
University of San Diego
50385-UNI5:
The Role of Defects in Sulfur Removal Over Titanium Dioxide
University of Saskatchewan
49214-ND6:
Photoluminescence Upconversion in Solution and Solid-State via Triplet-Triplet Annihilation
University of South Carolina
46170-AC8:
Absheron Allochthon: Evidence for South Caspian Seafloor Deformation in Response to Climatically Driven Hydrate Dissociation
University of South Florida
48982-ND5:
An Investigation of Rolling and Sliding Friction on the Nanoscale
University of Southern California
49734-DNI10:
Development of Stereoregular Electroactive Block Copolymers for the Supramolecular Assembly of Organic Photovoltaics
University of Tennessee
41866-AC8:
Ocean Circulation, Nutrient Cycling, and the S-isotope composition of Early Paleozoic marine systems
University of Texas (Austin)
48799-ND9:
Evaluation of Nanoparticle-Stabilized Emulsions for Improved Oil Recovery
48813-ND10:
Renewable Energy from a Neglected Photovoltaic Material: Boron Arsenide
49881-DNI7:
Understanding the Diffusion of Polymers Confined between Interfaces
University of Texas (El Paso)
48312-AC8:
Constraints on the Structure of the Border Ranges Fault System, South-Central Alaska from Integrated 3-D Inversion of Gravity/Magnetic Data
University of Texas (San Antonio)
49201-ND4:
A Protein Scaffold Approach to Photochemical H2 Production
University of Texas (Tyler)
50548-UNI7:
Thermophoresis of a Dye-Labeled Polyelectrolyte: Experiment and Simulations
University of Texas Medical Branch
49968-DNI4:
NMR Study of Kinetics of Protein/Cellulose Interactions
University of the Pacific
49930-ND6:
Energetics of the Ligand and Solvent Coordination of Catalytically Important Organometallic Complexes
University of Toronto
49733-ND1:
Catalytic Asymmetric Incorporation of CO2: Complex Molecule Synthesis from a Renewable Source of Carbon
University of Utah
47341-AC8:
Controls on Marginal Marine and Nonmarine Stratigraphic Architecture: New Constraints from the Cretaceous Straight Cliffs Formation, Utah
47560-AC8:
Glauconite Character and Ichnofabric Signature of Parasequences within Condensed Sections in Passive Margin Settings
48765-DNI10:
Solid-State Dye-Sensitized Solar Cells: Fabrication and Fundamental Investigations
48916-DNI10:
Mapping of Recombination Mechanisms in Hydrogenated Amorphous Silicon with Coherent Spin Control -- a 21st Century Approach to Unsolved 20th Century Solar Cell Efficiency Challenges
49052-ND9:
Interaction of Expanding Microbubbles with Heavy Hydrocarbon in Multiphase Environment
University of Victoria
48878-ND3:
'Nindigo': Indigo Diimines as a New Functional Bridging Ligand Family
49195-ND3:
Prising Open the Black Box: Probing the Nature of Methylaluminoxane Using Mass Spectrometry
University of Virginia
50554-DNI9:
Gas Expanded Lubricants - Improving Energy Efficiency Using 'Smart' Fluids
University of Washington
49704-DNI2:
The Use of Carbonate 'Clumped Isotope' Thermometry to Quantify Temperatures of Burial and Diagenesis from 0-200C
University of West Georgia
50147-UR6:
Understanding the Role of Metal Ions in Mass Spectrometric Ionization Processes: Experimental and Computational Studies
University of Wisconsin (Eau Claire)
48348-B3:
Fundamental Studies of Metalloporphyrin Catalyzed Oxidation of Dibenzothiophenes
University of Wisconsin (Madison)
48873-DNI5:
Nuclear Spin Relaxation and Restricted Diffusion in Microtesla Magnetic Fields
49817-ND1:
Photocatalysis with Visible Light
50028-DNI10:
Theoretical Study of Charge Carrier Transport in Nanocomposite Photovoltaic Devices
50206-DNI1:
Development of New Homogeneous Catalysts for the Activation of N2O
University of Wisconsin (Milwaukee)
49726-ND5:
Transparent Conducting Oxide Materials For Solar Cells
University of Wisconsin (Stevens Point)
50058-UNI1:
Elaboration of Petroleum-Derived Aromatics for the Generation of Conjugated Discotic and Cruciform Structures: Controlling Electronic Properties via Transition Metal Coordination
University of Wyoming
47231-AC8:
Shapes, Scales and Spacing of Channel-belt Sand Bodies in Ancient and Experimental Avulsion-dominated Alluvial Basins
48773-DNI8:
Evaluation of CO2 Modeling Uncertainties in Deep Saline Aquifers: a Flow Relevance Study using Experimental Stratigraphy and Field Verification (Mt. Simon Sandstone, lllinois Basin)
49016-DNI9:
The Roles of Fluid Properties, Half-Cycle Slug Size, and Timing of Cyclic Injection on Water Alternating Gas Injection Performance in Near-Miscible and Miscible CO2 Flooding
50026-ND2:
A Geochemical and Experimental Evaluation of Geologic CO
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