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57th Annual Report on Research 2012
Under Sponsorship of the ACS Petroleum Research Fund
American Chemical Society
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Union University
47856-B6:
The Development of Accelerated Molecular Dynamics for Complex Gas-Phase Reactive Systems
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
University of Alberta
51503-ND5:
Correlating Molecular Environment with Performance in Immobilized Green Catalysts Using Nonlinear Optical Techniques
University of Arizona
51001-ND2:
Compound-Specific Isotopes of Methanogenic Precursors in Coal: Laboratory, Field and Modeling Studies
49621-ND8:
Systematic Investigation of the Planar Shape of Rock Fractures using PFC3D Numerical Experiments
51026-ND10:
Novel Utilization of Elemental Sulfur for Nanocomposite Materials and Energy Storage
50941-ND7:
Tetrazines for Hydrogen Storage
University of British Columbia
50647-ND1:
Reactivity of Vinyl Boronates in Enantioselective Ene and Hetero-Ene Reactions
University of California (Davis)
51459-DNI5:
Engineering Interfacial Properties of Emulsions to Limit Transport of Free Radicals and Oxygen Across the Interface
50985-ND9:
Vibration-Induced Stress and Surface Deformation in Bingham Fluids
50892-ND10:
Surface Supported Rare Earth Element Based Nanomaterials as a Composite in Solar Cell Electrodes
University of California (Irvine)
49733-ND1:
Catalytic Asymmetric Incorporation of CO2: Complex Molecule Synthesis from a Renewable Source of Carbon
University of California (Los Angeles)
51052-DNI6:
Theory of Heterogeneous Oxidation of Carbon Monoxide by Sub-nano Surface-Deposits from Electronic Structure to Catalysis
50630-ND10:
Carbon Nanoelectrodes: Generating Hydrogen from Water
51182-DNI2:
Hot and Heavy or Cool and Fresh: Resolving Meteoric from Burial Diagenesis Using Clumped Isotopes
51077-ND3:
Non-Innocent Ligands as a Redox Switch for Copolymerization Reactions
University of California (Merced)
48820-ND10:
Metal Nanoparticle Enhancement of Organic Polymer Solar Cell Efficiency: Raman and Optical Studies
University of California (Riverside)
50350-DNI1:
Regioselective Catalytic C-H Oxidation of Hydrocarbons in Aqueous Solution
51581-DNI1:
Pyrrole-Based Organocatalysts for Chemical Rearrangements and Living Polymerizations
University of California (San Diego)
51045-ND6:
Energetics and Dynamics of Biofuel Reactive Intermediates
51311-DNI10:
Functional Nanostructured Oxides for Electrochemical Energy Storage
University of California (Santa Barbara)
51307-ND5:
Theoretical and Experimental Study of Dynamic Boundary Conditions at Surfactant-Laden Interfaces
50549-DNI6:
A Systematic, Multiscale Approach to Simple Liquid-State Property Models
48780-DNI5:
Near-Field Vibrational Spectroscopy and Imaging of Chemical Species on Individual Nanoparticles During Catalytic (De)Hydrogenation
49719-ND7:
Novel Approaches to Photovoltaic Devices and Materials
University of Central Florida
48268-G6:
Theoretical Investigation for the Enhanced Absorption of Nanostructured Semi-Conductor Materials
University of Chicago
51312-ND10:
Electrochemistry, Surface Chemistry, and Luminescence of Single Fluorophore
University of Colorado (Boulder)
51019-DNI10:
Development of Novel Facilitated Transport Membranes Consisting of Structure-Tunable Molecular Cages for Efficient Olefin/Paraffin Separation
50581-DNI7:
Phase Separations and Morphological Evolutions of Polymer Blends under Two Dimensional Confinements
50885-ND9:
Toward the Quantitative Prediction of Instabilities in Solids Flows
University of Connecticut
50863-ND7:
Ion Gels from Block Copolymers Composed of Liquid Crystalline Units and Brush-Like Moieties in Ionic Liquids
49866-ND7:
Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Soft Lithography: Crossover between Molecular and Macroscopic Properties
University of Dayton
51198-UR8:
Brachiopod Shell Beds as Indicators and Predictors of Ancient Hydrocarbon Seeps: Assessing their Geological, Paleoecological, Evolutionary and Biostratigraphical Significance
University of Delaware
49945-ND2:
Diatom-Bound Nitrogen Isotopes as a Diagenetically Stable Proxy for Southern Ocean Nutrient Utilization and Early Pliocene Climatic Warmth
50801-DNI10:
Novel CO2 Reduction Catalysts Driven by Visible Light
50330-DNI1:
Arylalkoxylation of Alkynes and Olefins via Transition Metal-Catalyzed C-O Activation
51472-DNI3:
Electrocatalysts for the Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer Promoted Reduction of Carbon Dioxide
University of Denver
49785-ND4:
Topologically Diverse New Polycyclic Scaffolds via Key Photochemical Steps
University of Florida
49618-ND2:
Post-depositional Dissolution of Carbonate Minerals: Origins of Secondary Porosity in Modern Carbonate Platforms
47951-AC7:
Replacing Polyvinyl Chloride with Novel Thermoplastics Derived from Natural Gas
49572-DNI6:
Vibrational and Electronic Spectroscopy of Cationic Diamondoids
50780-ND5:
Targeted Delivery of Organometallic Complexes to Low-Coordination Sites on Oxide Surfaces
49987-ND9:
Effect of Bulking Additives on Biochemical Conversion of Biomass in High-Solids Fermentors
University of Georgia
50265-DNI10:
Novel Long-Persistent Near Infrared Phosphors for Efficient Solar Energy Absorption and Conversion
50223-DNI6:
Vibrational Spectroscopy of Transient Combustion Intermediates Trapped in Helium Nanodroplets
University of Houston
50390-DNI10:
Control of Interpenetration in Metal-Organic Frameworks via Spatial Protecting Groups
University of Illinois (Chicago)
50859-ND10:
Colloidal Synthesis of Zinc Phosphide and Tantalum Oxynitride Nanocrystals for Solar Energy Generation
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
49836-ND1:
New Cycloaddition Reactions of Anionically Activated Dipoles
University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign)
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
50287-DNI3:
Physical Properties and Reactivities of Peroxomanganese (III) Complexes
50266-DNI10:
Hot Carrier Transport in Graphene
51236-ND8:
Microbial Influence on Seal Integrity During CO2 Injection
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
51566-ND3:
Electrochemically-Controlled Alkene Binding Affinity of Surface-Immobilized Metal-Thiolate Complexes
50401-DNI3:
Periodic Mesoporous Silicas as Supports for Late Metal Olefin Polymerization
University of Maryland
50421-DNI10:
Interfacial Chemistry of Carbon-Based Photovoltaics
47610-AC9:
Dynamics of Three-Dimensional Droplets Sliding on Solid Substrates
51429-ND4:
Photochemical Reduction of Carbon Dioxide using Organic Photocatalysts
University of Massachusetts (Amherst)
50717-ND7:
Macromolecular Pealing Mechanism for Clay/Polymer Nanocomposites
50407-DNI5:
Instabilities and Morphologies of Stressed Elastic Films
49892-ND7:
Block Copolymers with Photocleavable Junctions
University of Miami
51521-DNI6:
Testing Models of Multi-Component Diffusion and Spin Relaxation in Porous Media under Radio Frequency Excitation in NMR
University of Michigan
51115-DNI10:
Fundamental Investigation of Carrier Multiplication Processes in Carbon Nanomaterials
51339-DNI5:
Surface Enhanced Raman Spectroscopy of Group IV Semiconductor Electrodeposition and Deoxygenation
51142-ND5:
From First Principles Studies to Novel Electro-Catalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction: Design, Synthesis and Testing
51512-DNI5:
Hygro-Responsive Surfaces: A New Approach for Oil-Water Emulsion Separation
51511-DNI10:
Silicon Quantum Dot Superlattices for High Efficiency Thermoelectrics
University of Minnesota
50606-ND9:
Wetting Failure in Fluid-Fluid Displacement
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
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 (Las Vegas)
51561-DNI9:
Studies of Streaming Potentials Generated by a Two-Phase Flow with Applications to Detecting Water Encroachment towards Oil Wells
University of Nevada, Reno
51442-DNI1:
Design and Development of Heterocycloaddition Reactions of Aza-Oxyallylcationic Intermediates for Chemical Synthesis
University of New England
51292-UNI4:
Using the Photo-Fries Reaction as a Photochemical Probe to Quantify the Cage Effects of Ionic Liquids
University of New Mexico
48797-ND6:
Catalytic Mechanisms for Hydrogen Production by Methanol Steam Reforming
49008-DNI10:
Uncovering and Understanding Morphology- Dependent Charge Transport and Trapping in Polymer Photovoltaic Materials
University of New Orleans
50310-DNI8:
Sequence Stratigraphic Architecture Along Depositional-Strike in Shallow-Marine Outcrops, Wasatch Plateau, Utah
48796-DNI10:
Direct Growth of Type II Core/Shell Nanowire Array on Transparent Conducting Oxide (TCO) Substrate for Potential Solar Cell Application
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)
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 Carolina (Wilmington)
50667-UNI1:
Synthesis and Borate-Catalyzed Kinetic Resolution of Terminal Aziridines
University of North Texas
50283-DNI10:
Atomistic Simulations of the Chemistry of Environmentally Assisted Cracking in Nickel-Chromium Alloys
University of Northern Iowa
50639-UR8:
Tests for the Possibility of Photosymbiosis in Late Paleozoic Fusuline Foraminifera
University of Notre Dame
50379-DNI2:
Nanostructures Formation by Aromatic Hydrocarbons on Calcite
University of Oklahoma
51448-ND5:
Novel Mixed Metal Carbide Catalysts for Petroleum Processing
University of Ottawa
50715-ND1:
Organocatalytic Tether Formation
50994-ND6:
Ion-Molecule Chemistry of Bare Metal Anions
University of Pennsylvania
50911-ND7:
Reworkable Dry 'Superglue': A Shape Memory Chemical Velcro Approach to Sustainable Bonding/Debonding
51132-DNI5:
Electric Field-Induced Interfacial Behavior of Janus Particles at an Oil-Water Interface
49946-ND5:
Nanoscale Thermal Lubrication
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
51272-UR6:
Understanding Diradical Behavior in Asphaltene Model Compounds
51029-UNI1:
Calcium Catalyzed Homologous Conjugate Addition Reactions
University of Rochester
51202-ND8:
Fluid Flow Analysis in Fractured Rock using Structural Geometry and Geochemical Tracers (Noble Gas Isotopes and Trace Elements)
University of San Diego
50385-UNI5:
The Role of Defects in Sulfur Removal Over Titanium Dioxide
University of San Francisco
51170-UNI6:
Synchrotron Photoionization Studies of Reaction Products and Intermediates of Biofuel Molecules Combustion
University of South Carolina
51000-DNI6:
Effects of Quantum Motion of Nuclei on Reactivity of Hydrocarbons Studied in the Approximate Quantum Trajectory Framework
University of Texas (Austin)
51230-DNI8:
The Interpretation of Geochemical Patterns Through the Hyperbolic Theory for Reactive Transport in Porous Media
50793-DNI8:
Decoupling Tectonic and Autogenic Controls on the Development of Cyclic Fluvial Strata: Flume Experiments
51157-DNI8:
Rock-Physics and Seismic Modeling of the Haynesville Shale
48813-ND10:
Renewable Energy from a Neglected Photovoltaic Material: Boron Arsenide
50789-DNI8:
Evaluating Why Flash Floods are Different: An Experimental Investigation of Sediment Transport and Sorting by Rapidly Changing Hydrographs
University of Texas (Dallas)
51245-UNI8:
Enhanced Oil Recovery by Analysis and Control of Vortex Flow in Porous Media
University of Texas (Tyler)
50548-UNI7:
Thermophoresis of a Dye-Labeled Polyelectrolyte: Experiment and Simulations
University of Texas-Pan American
51497-UNI10:
Studies on the Synergistic Effects of Each Component of Hierarchical Ternary Nanocomposites for Lithium-Ion Battery Cathodes
University of the Pacific
49930-ND6:
Energetics of the Ligand and Solvent Coordination of Catalytically Important Organometallic Complexes
University of Tulsa
51041-ND9:
Accurate Hydraulic Fracture Characterization Using Microseismic and Production/Welltest Data
50999-DNI2:
The Control of Dissolved Organic Matter Compositions on the Production of Biogenic Methane in Unconventional Gas Reservoirs
University of Utah
50790-ND8:
Influence of Cell Surface Properties and Structures on Microbial Deposition in Porous Media in the Absence and Presence of Energy Barriers
49052-ND9:
Interaction of Expanding Microbubbles with Heavy Hydrocarbon in Multiphase Environment
University of Virginia
50554-DNI9:
Gas Expanded Lubricants - Improving Energy Efficiency Using 'Smart' Fluids
University of Washington
51545-DNI1:
Organocatalyzed Electroorganic Synthesis
51178-ND3:
The Role of Protons in Charge Transfer Reactions of Metal Oxide/Solution Interfaces
49704-DNI2:
The Use of Carbonate 'Clumped Isotope' Thermometry to Quantify Temperatures of Burial and Diagenesis from 0-200C
University of Washington (Seattle)
50753-ND10:
Energy Conversion from New Environmentally Benign and Low-Cost Photovoltaic Nanomaterials
University of West Georgia
50147-UR6:
Understanding the Role of Metal Ions in Mass Spectrometric Ionization Processes: Experimental and Computational Studies
University of Winnipeg
51374-UR10:
New Multiferroics Based on 2D Frustrated Sublattices
University of Wisconsin (Eau Claire)
51259-UNI1:
The Design, Synthesis, and Characterization of 'Smart' Donor-Acceptor Biaryls
University of Wisconsin (Madison)
51155-DNI6:
Bridging the Materials and Pressure Gaps in Rh-Catalyzed Syngas Conversion
50206-DNI1:
Development of New Homogeneous Catalysts for the Activation of N2O
50690-ND3:
Dimetal Nitrido Chemistry
University of Wisconsin (Milwaukee)
50631-DNI10:
Novel Nanocomposite Materials for Efficient Photocatalytic Reduction of CO2 to Fuels
49726-ND5:
Transparent Conducting Oxide Materials For Solar Cells
University of Wyoming
50026-ND2:
A Geochemical and Experimental Evaluation of Geologic CO2-SO2 Co-Sequestration
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