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58th Annual Report on Research 2013
Under Sponsorship of the ACS Petroleum Research Fund
American Chemical Society
PRF Annual Report
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Universite Laval
51719-ND10:
New Strategies for the Preparation of Graphene Nanoribbons
University of Alabama (Tuscaloosa)
52190-DNI9:
Linking Fractional Free Volume to Gas Solubility and Membrane Permeability in Ionic Liquids
University of Alabama at Birmingham
51827-ND7:
Photolabile Protecting Group-Based New Method for the Development of Photodegradable Polymers
University of Alberta
51641-ND9:
Controlling the Partial Coalescence of Particle Stabilized Droplets
51503-ND5:
Correlating Molecular Environment with Performance in Immobilized Green Catalysts Using Nonlinear Optical Techniques
University of Arizona
51754-DNI3:
Prodigiosin-Based Platforms in Metalloradical Complexes for Dioxygen Activation and Oxidative Catalysis
51001-ND2:
Compound-Specific Isotopes of Methanogenic Precursors in Coal: Laboratory, Field and Modeling Studies
51026-ND10:
Novel Utilization of Elemental Sulfur for Nanocomposite Materials and Energy Storage
50941-ND7:
Tetrazines for Hydrogen Storage
University of Bristol
51822-ND2:
Ni Isotopes as Novel Methanogenesis Tracers in Organic-rich Sediments
University of British Columbia
50647-ND1:
Reactivity of Vinyl Boronates in Enantioselective Ene and Hetero-Ene Reactions
University of California (Davis)
51836-ND9:
Multiscale Modelling of the Interface of Model Crude Oils with Water
50892-ND10:
Surface Supported Rare Earth Element Based Nanomaterials as a Composite in Solar Cell Electrodes
50985-ND9:
Vibration-Induced Stress and Surface Deformation in Bingham Fluids
51459-DNI5:
Engineering Interfacial Properties of Emulsions to Limit Transport of Free Radicals and Oxygen Across the Interface
University of California (Los Angeles)
51077-ND3:
Non-Innocent Ligands as a Redox Switch for Copolymerization Reactions
50630-ND10:
Carbon Nanoelectrodes: Generating Hydrogen from Water
51052-DNI6:
Theory of Heterogeneous Oxidation of Carbon Monoxide by Sub-nano Surface-Deposits from Electronic Structure to Catalysis
51182-DNI2:
Hot and Heavy or Cool and Fresh: Resolving Meteoric from Burial Diagenesis Using Clumped Isotopes
University of California (Merced)
52056-ND10:
Metal Oxide Cathodes and High-Conductivity Ionic Liquids for Next-Generation Batteries
University of California (Riverside)
52255-DNI3:
Armor Plated Ligands: Synthesis and Applications in Catalytic Alkane Functionalization
51581-DNI1:
Catalytic Synthesis of Tetrasubstituted Propargylamines Directly from Simple Starting Materials
University of California (San Diego)
52515-ND7:
Interactions, Phase Behavior, and Clustering Dynamics of Polymer-Grafted, Shaped Nanoparticles
51311-DNI10:
Functional Nanostructured Oxides for Electrochemical Energy Storage
51045-ND6:
Energetics and Dynamics of Biofuel Reactive Intermediates
University of California (Santa Barbara)
52040-ND1:
Oximes as More Nucleophilic and Chiral Water
52295-DNI9:
Multi-Scale Investigation of Viscoelastic Micellar Fluids in Complex Flows
49165-DNI9:
Mechanism of CH3ReO3 Activation for Olefin Metathesis on Amorphous Silica-Alumina
51307-ND5:
Theoretical and Experimental Study of Dynamic Boundary Conditions at Surfactant-Laden Interfaces
University of Central Florida
51768-ND10:
Super-Adiabatic Combustion in Porous Media with Catalytic Enhancement for Thermoelectric Power Conversion
University of Chicago
51312-ND10:
Electrochemistry, Surface Chemistry, and Luminescence of Single Fluorophore
University of Cincinnati
51850-DNI7:
N-Alkyl Urea Peptoid Oligomers as a New Type of Self-Assembling, Highly Versatile Soft Materials for Applications Involving Organogelators
51787-DNI2:
Terrestrial Biomarker Transport Mechanisms and Implications for Interpreting Terrestrial Biomarker Signals in Oils and Bitumens
University of Colorado, Boulder
51019-DNI10:
Development of Novel Facilitated Transport Membranes Consisting of Structure-Tunable Molecular Cages for Efficient Olefin/Paraffin Separation
50885-ND9:
Toward the Quantitative Prediction of Instabilities in Solids Flows
51804-DNI10:
Hybrid Inorganic-Organic Nanoscale Arrays: Structural Control and Mechanisms of Formation
University of Connecticut
50863-ND7:
Ion Gels from Block Copolymers Composed of Liquid Crystalline Units and Brush-Like Moieties in Ionic Liquids
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
50801-DNI10:
Novel CO2 Reduction Catalysts Driven by Visible Light
51706-DNI1:
Remote Directed Carbon-Hydrogen Activation using Bifunctional Catalysts
51472-DNI3:
Electrocatalysts for the Proton-Coupled Electron Transfer Promoted Reduction of Carbon Dioxide
University of Denver
52463-DNI10:
Quantized Phonon Dynamics for Thermoelectrics
University of Florida
52424-ND5:
In-situ Monitoring of Heterogeneous Catalytic Reactions Under Realistic Conditions
52258-ND5:
Application of Parahydrogen Enhanced NMR to Heterogeneous Hydrogenation on Supported Metal Catalysts
51880-ND4:
The Selective and Sequential Chemistry of Electronically-Coupled Lactones
51715-ND3:
A New Method to Link Metal Ions via Cycloaddition of Metal-Azides to Metal-Acetylides
50780-ND5:
Targeted Delivery of Organometallic Complexes to Low-Coordination Sites on Oxide Surfaces
52242-ND3:
Polynuclear Manganese-Oxo Clusters as New Types of Homogeneous Electrocatalysts for Water Oxidation
University of Houston
52537-DNI7:
Effects of Confinement on Phase Behavior, Structure, and Dynamics of Attractive Colloidal Suspensions
52279-DNI5:
Rapid Prediction of Sulfide and Oxide Catalyst Surface Structures Using Insight from Density Functional Theory
51958-ND8:
Scaling of Deposition Rates and Deposits from Buoyant River Plumes
52422-DNI5:
Design of Zeolite Growth Modifiers: A Hierarchical Approach to Optimize Nanoporous Catalysts
University of Illinois (Chicago)
50491-DNI1:
[3,3]-Rearrangements of O-Vinyl Oximes: Stereoselective Synthesis of 1,4-Dicarbonyl Compounds
51853-ND7:
Synthesis and Design of New N-Heteroaromatic Materials
50859-ND10:
Colloidal Synthesis of Zinc Phosphide and Tantalum Oxynitride Nanocrystals for Solar Energy Generation
University of Kansas
52073-DNI1:
Development of Novel, Stable and User-Friendly Trifluoromethylation Reagents
51236-ND8:
Microbial Influence on Seal Integrity During CO2 Injection
University of Kentucky
51860-DNI10:
Robust Redox Shuttles for Overcharge Protection of Lithium Ion Batteries
University of Louisville
51566-ND3:
Electrochemically-Controlled Alkene Binding Affinity of Surface-Immobilized Metal-Thiolate Complexes
University of Manchester
52054-DNI6:
Fundamental studies of the morphology and dynamics of the phase entrapment in immiscible two-phase flow through porous media
University of Maryland
52089-DNI5:
Metal Clusters Sequestered in Micropores of Hierarchical Lamellar Zeolites: Protected Active Sites and Enhanced Mass Transport for Heteroatom-Tolerant Catalysts
51429-ND4:
Photochemical Reduction of Carbon Dioxide Using Organic Photocatalysts
52666-ND6:
Cold Water: A Novel Supercritical-Fluid Solvent
52387-ND8:
Pressurized Hydraulic Fracturing of the Devonian Marcellus Shale with Liquid CO2: Impact on Enhanced Gas Recovery
University of Maryland Center for Environmental Science
52128-DNI2:
Understanding Factors that Control Gas Hydrate Stability: Does Microbial Activity Induce Gas Hydrate Dissolution?
University of Massachusetts
50407-DNI5:
Instabilities and Morphologies of Stressed Elastic Films
University of Massachusetts (Amherst)
50717-ND7:
Macromolecular Pealing Mechanism for Clay/Polymer Nanocomposites
University of Miami
51756-ND3:
Catalytic Carbonylation of Ketenes under Oscillating Pressures of Carbon Monoxide
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
51512-DNI5:
Hygro-Responsive Surfaces: A New Approach for Oil-Water Emulsion Separation
51142-ND5:
From First Principles Studies to Novel Electro-Catalysts for Oxygen Reduction Reaction: Design, Synthesis and Testing
51511-DNI10:
Silicon Quantum Dot Superlattices for High Efficiency Thermoelectrics
University of Minnesota
52655-ND4:
Hydrogen Bond Catalysis and Anion Molecular Recognition
50606-ND9:
Wetting Failure in Fluid-Fluid Displacement
University of Minnesota (Duluth)
51984-UR9:
Fluid Flow and Solute Migration in Supercritical Fluid Chromatography
University of Missouri (Columbia)
51865-DNI10:
Understanding Ionic Liquid Aided Graphene Production by Exfoliation of Graphite
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
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
University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill)
52325-DNI3:
Cation-Crown Ether Interactions to Control Ligand Hemilability and Catalyst Function
52447-DNI1:
Metal Catalyzed C-H Bond Activation and Allyl Addition: Development of New Transition Metal Catalysis for Practical and Uniquely Efficient Carbon-Carbon Bond Forming Reactions
52494-DNI6:
Dynamics and Kinetics of Carbon Dioxide in Nano-Porous Materials Environment from Quantum Molecular Dynamics Simulations
University of North Carolina (Wilmington)
50667-UNI1:
Synthesis and Borate-Catalyzed Kinetic Resolution of Terminal Aziridines
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
52488-DNI1:
Formation of Cyano-Carbenes from Alkynes and Azides Using Hypervalent Iodine
University of Northern Colorado
52309-ND10:
Exploratory Synthesis and Characterization of Pyrochlore Oxynitrides for Solid State Lighting
University of Notre Dame
51675-ND6:
Towards Spatially Resolved, Ultrafast Imaging of Individual Reduced Graphene Oxide Sheets
52648-ND6:
Solvation Dynamics in Ionic Liquids
52167-ND1:
Chemical and Conformationally Driven Switches in Covalent Gas Separation Materials
52636-DNI5:
Effects of Oxygen Vacancies of Catalyst Surfaces on Reactivity and Selectivity of Carbon Dioxide Reduction with Hydrogen
University of Oklahoma
52114-ND8:
Characterizing Quartz Microtextures in a Proglacial and Nonglacial Fluvial System as a Means Toward Improved Paleoenvironmental Analysis: A Pilot Study
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
University of Richmond
51029-UNI1:
Calcium Catalyzed Homologous Conjugate Addition Reactions
51272-UR6:
Understanding Diradical Behavior in Asphaltene Model Compounds
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 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 Southern California
52352-DNI5:
Green Solventless Fabrication of Ionic Liquid/Polymer Composites Using Vapor Phase Polymerization
University of Tennessee
52053-ND10:
High Pressure Properties of Materials
52616-DNI6:
Organic Solvent-Specific Gating Motions of an Extremophilic Lipase
University of Texas (Austin)
51157-DNI8:
Rock-Physics and Seismic Modeling of the Haynesville Shale
52335-DNI9:
Tuning the Performance of Microchannel Steam Methane Reforming Reactors via Modular Design and Phase Change Temperature Control
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
50789-DNI8:
Evaluating Why Flash Floods are Different: An Experimental Investigation of Sediment Transport and Sorting by Rapidly Changing Hydrographs
52340-DNI9:
Coupled Fluid and Solid Mechanics Study for Improved Permeability Estimation of Damaged Formations Near Wellbore
51948-DNI3:
New Hybrid Catalyst Materials: Confined Growth of Noble Metal Nanoparticles at Well-Defined Seed Points inside Phosphine Coordination Materials
University of Texas (Dallas)
51245-UNI8:
Enhanced Oil Recovery by Analysis and Control of Vortex Flow in Porous Media
University of Texas (El Paso)
52216-UR10:
X-ray and Neutron Scattering Studies of Proton Conduction Pathways and Dynamics in Doped Pyrophosphates
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 Toronto
52539-ND9:
Fundamental Studies of the Removal of Particulate Fines From Solvents Using Water Droplets as Collector Particles
51929-ND1:
Self-Assembly of Catalysts and Ligands by Reversible Covalent Interactions of Organoboron Compounds
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
52222-ND2:
Linking Coastal Terrestrial Ecosystems and Eustatic Sea-Level Changes: A Case Study in the Tornillo Group (Big Bend National Park, TX)
University of Washington
51178-ND3:
The Role of Protons in Charge Transfer Reactions of Metal Oxide/Solution Interfaces
51545-DNI1:
Organocatalyzed Electroorganic Synthesis
52582-DNI10:
Optoelectronic Investigation of Fundamental Mass Transport Mechanisms in Metallic Solid-Solution Nanocrystals
51837-DNI6:
Theoretical Considerations of Conjugated Polymer Self-Assembly
University of Washington (Seattle)
50753-ND10:
Energy Conversion from New Environmentally Benign and Low-Cost Photovoltaic Nanomaterials
University of Winnipeg
52231-UR1:
Boron-Based Directing Groups for Directed Lithiation Reactions
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)
52125-DNI4:
Watching Single Catalyst Molecules in Action
51155-DNI6:
Bridging the materials and pressure gaps in Rh-catalyzed syngas conversion
50690-ND3:
Dimetal Nitrido Chemistry
University of Wisconsin (Milwaukee)
50631-DNI10:
Novel Nanocomposite Materials for Efficient Photocatalytic Reduction of CO2 to Fuels
University of Wisconsin (Stevens Point)
51747-UR3:
Hydrogen Production via Homogeneous Catalysis: Investigations of the Water-Gas-Shift Reaction
UT Southwestern Medical Center
51707-DNI1:
Novel Catalytic Enantioselective [3,3]-Sigmatropic Rearrangements for the Preparation of Highly Substituted Fused Heterocycles and Biaryls
51710-DNI1:
Enantioselective Allylic Amination of Olefins
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