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[105] Jason Adams, Mayank Tanwar, Haoyu Chen, Sucharita Vijayaraghavan, Tomas Ricciardulli, Matthew Neurock, David W. Flaherty, “Intentional Formation of Persistent Surface Redox Mediators by Adsorption of Polyconjugated Carbonyl Complexes to Pd Nano-particles”, Submitted.
[104] Richa Ghosh, Geoffrey M. Hopping, Jordan W. Lu, Drew W. Hollyfield, David W. Flaherty, “Alkene Epoxidation and Oxygen Evolution Reactions Compete for Reactive Surface Oxygen Atoms on Gold Anodes”, Submitted.
[103] Ching-Tien Chen, Anna Sviripa, Christopher Paolucci, David W. Flaherty, “Reactions of Surface Peroxides Govern Rates and Selectivities for C2H4 Epoxidation on Silver”, Submitted.
[102] Yongwoo Kim, Jieun Lee, Abiram Krishnan, Jing Luo, Xue Chen, Faisal M. Alamgir, David W. Flaherty, “Formation of Acetonitrile and Ethylene from Activation of Ethane over Cobalt-Exchanged Aluminosilicates: Active Sites and Reaction Pathways“, Appl. Catal., B 2024, 359, 124513.
[101] Adam Sibal, Richa Ghosh, David W. Flaherty, Ashlynn S. Stillwell, “Setting Benchmarks for Ethylene and Propylene Oxidation via Electrochemical Routes: A Process Design and Technoeconomic Analysis Approach“, Green Chem. 2024, 26, 9455–9475.
[100] David S. Potts, Jessica K. Komar, Matthew A. Jacobson, Huston Locht, David W. Flaherty, “Consequences of Pore Polarity and Solvent Structure on Epoxide Ring-Opening in Lewis and Brønsted Acid Zeolites“, JACS Au 2024, 4, 3501–3518.
*Featured on the cover of JACS Au.
[99] Ohsung Kwon, E. Zeynep Ayla, David S. Potts, David W. Flaherty, “Influence of Ti-incorporated Zeolite Topology and Pore Condensation on Vapor Phase Propylene Epoxidation Kinetics with Gaseous H2O2“, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2024, 63, e202405950.
[98] Ohsung Kwon, David S. Potts, David W. Flaherty, “Effects of Silanol Defects and Ti Site Location within Ti-MWW on Alkene Epoxidation with Aqueous Hydrogen Peroxide“, Appl. Catal., B 2024, 354, 124119.
[97] David W. Flaherty, Aditya Bhan, “Improving the Rigor and Reproducibility of Catalyst Testing and Evaluation in the Laboratory“, J. Catal. 2024, 431, 115408.
[96] Jason Adams, Haoyu Chen, Tomas Ricciardulli, Sucharita Vijayaraghavan, Abinaya Sampath, David W. Flaherty, “Distinct Site Motifs Activate O2 and H2 on Supported Au Nanoparticles in Liquid Water“, ACS Catal. 2024, 14, 3248–3265.
[95] Claudia E. Berdugo-Díaz, Melissa T. Manetsch, Jieun Lee, Yang Sik Yun, David F. Yancey, Steve J. Rozeveld, Jing Luo, Xue Chen, David W. Flaherty, “Ester Reduction on Bifunctional Metal-Acid Catalysts: Effect of Metal to Acid Ratio“, J. Catal. 2024, 430, 115346.
[94] Chris Torres, Ohsung Kwon, David S. Potts, David W. Flaherty, “Solvent Stabilization of Alkene Epoxidation Transition States within Ti-MFI: Interactions Near and Far From Active Sites“, J. Catal. 2024, 429, 115288.
[93] David S. Potts, Jessica Komar, Huston Locht, David W. Flaherty, “Understanding Rates and Regioselectivities for Epoxide Methanolysis within Zeolites: Mechanism and Roles of Covalent and Non-Covalent Interactions“, ACS Catal. 2023, 13, 14928–14944.
[92] Wenlin He, David S. Potts, Zhongyao Zhang, Bowei Liu, Robson L. Schuarca, Sonjong Hwang, Jesse Q. Bond, David W. Flaherty, Viktor John Cybulskis, “Lewis acidity and substituent effects influence aldehyde enolization and C-C coupling in beta zeolites“, J. Catal. 2023, 427, 115105.
[91] Chris Torres, David S. Potts, David W. Flaherty, “Solvent Mediated Interactions on Alkene Epoxidations in Ti-MFI: Effects of Solvent Identity and Silanol Density“, ACS Catal. 2023, 13, 8925–8942.
[90] Ohsung Kwon, E. Zeynep Ayla, David S. Potts, David W. Flaherty, “Effects of Solvent-Pore Interaction on Rates and Barriers for Vapor-Phase Alkene Epoxidation with Gaseous H2O2 in Ti-BEA Catalysts“, ACS Catal. 2023, 13, 6430–6444.
[89] David S. Potts, Chris Torres, Ohsung Kwon, David W. Flaherty, “Engineering Intraporous Solvent Environments: Effects of Aqueous-Organic Solvent Mixtures on Competition Between Zeolite-Catalyzed Epoxidation and H2O2 Decomposition Pathways“, Chem. Sci. 2023, 14, 3160–3181.
[88] Claudia E. Berdugo-Díaz, Melissa T. Manetsch, Yang Sik Yun, Jieun Lee, Jing Luo, Xue Chen, David W. Flaherty, “Ester Reduction with H2 on Bifunctional Metal-Acid Catalysts: Implications of Metal Identity on Rates and Selectivities“, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2023, 62, e202216165.
[87] Yuanya Zhao, Jason S. Adams, Aravind Baby, Matthew Kromer, David W. Flaherty, Joaquín Rodríguez-López, “Electrochemical Screening of Au/Pt Catalysts for the Thermocatalytic Synthesis of Hydrogen Peroxide Based on Their Oxygen Reduction and Hydrogen Oxidation Activity Probed via Voltammetric Scanning Electrochemical Microscopy“, ACS Sustain. Chem. Eng. 2022, 10, 51, 17207–17220.
[86] David S. Potts, Vijaya Jeyaraj, Ohsung Kwon, Richa Ghosh, Alexander M. Mironenko, David W. Flaherty, “Effect of Interactions Between Alkyl Chains and Solvent Structures on Lewis-Acid Catalyzed Epoxidations“, ACS Catal. 2022, 12, 21, 13372–13393.
[85] Ryan Miller, Youngsam Kim, Chang Gyun Park, Chris Torres, Byoungsoo Kim, Jonghwi Lee, David W. Flaherty, Hee-Sun Han, Young Jun Kim, Hyunjoon Kong “Extending the Bioavailability of Hydrophilic Antioxidants for Metal Ion Detoxification via Crystallization with Polysaccharide Dopamine“, ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces. 2022, 14, 35, 39759–39774.
[84] Claudia E. Berdugo-Díaz, Yang Sik Yun, Melissa Manetsch, Jing Luo, David G. Barton, Xue Chen, David W. Flaherty, “Pathways for Reactions of Esters with H2 over Supported Pd Catalysts: Elementary Steps, Site Requirements, and Particle Size Effects“, ACS Catal. 2022, 12, 15, 9717–9734.
[83] Abinaya Sampath, Tomas Ricciardulli, Pranjali Priyadarshini, Richa Ghosh, Jason S. Adams, David W. Flaherty, “Spectroscopic Evidence for the Involvement of Interfacial Sites in O-O Bond Activation Over Gold Catalysts“, ACS Catal. 2022, 12, 15, 9549–9558.
[82] Danim Yun, Zhongyao Zhang, David W. Flaherty, “Catalyst and Reactor Design Considerations for Selective Production of Acids by Oxidative Cleavage of Alkenes with H2O2“, React. Chem. Eng. 2022, 7, 2054–2065.
[81] Yu-Heng Deng, Tomas Ricciardulli, Jungeun Won, Matthew A. Wade, Simon A. Rogers, Stephen A. Boppart, David W. Flaherty, Hyunjoon Kong, “ Self-locomotive, antimicrobial microrobot (SLAM) swarm for enhanced biofilm elimination“, Biomaterials. 2022, 287, 121610.
[80] Yang Sik Yun, Claudia E. Berdugo-Díaz, Jing Luo, David G. Barton, Ida Chen, Jieun Lee, David W. Flaherty, “ The Importance of Brønsted Acid Sites on C-O Bond Rupture Selectivities during Hydrogenation and Hydrogenolysis of Esters“, J. Catal. 2022, 411, 212-225.
[79] E. Zeynep Ayla, Darshan Patel, Arzam Harris, David W. Flaherty, “ Identity of the Metal Oxide Support Controls Outer Sphere Interactions that Change Rates and Barriers for Alkene Epoxidations at Isolated Ti Atoms“, J. Catal. 2022, 411, 167-176.
[78] Zhongyao Zhang, Claudia E. Berdugo-Díaz, Daniel T. Bregante, Hongbo Zhang, and David W. Flaherty, “Aldol Condensation and Esterification over Ti-Substituted *BEA Zeolite: Mechanisms and Effects of Pore Hydrophobicity“, ACS Catal. 2022, 12, 1481-1496.
[77] Jun Zhi Tan, Daniel T. Bregante, Chris Torres, David W. Flaherty, “Transition State Stabilization Depends on Solvent Identity, Pore Size, and Hydrophilicity for Epoxidation in Zeolites“, J. Catal. 2022, 405, 91-104.
[76] Changming Liu, Devinda P. Wijewardena, Anna Sviripa, Abinaya Sampath, David W. Flaherty, Christopher Paolucci, “Computational and Experimental Insights into Reactive Forms of Oxygen Species on Dynamic Ag Surfaces under Ethylene Epoxidation Conditions“, J. Catal. 2022, 405, 445-461.
[75] Tomas Ricciardulli, Jason S. Adams, Marco DeRidder, Alexander P. van Bavel, Ayman M. Karim, David W. Flaherty, “H2O-Assisted O2 Reduction by H2 on Pt and PtAu Bimetallic Nanoparticles: Influences of Composition and Reactant Coverages on Kinetic Regimes, Rates, and Selectivities“, J. Catal. 2021, 404, 661-678.
[74] David S. Potts, Daniel T. Bregante, Jason S. Adams, Chris Torres, David W. Flaherty, “Influence of Solvent Structure and Hydrogen Bonding on Catalysis at Solid-Liquid Interfaces“, Chem. Soc. Rev. 2021, 50, 12308-12337.
*Featured on the cover of Chemical Society Reviews.
[73] Daniel Bregante, Laura Wilcox, Changming Liu, Christopher Paolucci, Rajamani Gounder, David Flaherty, “Dioxygen Activation Kinetics over Distinct Cu Site Types in Cu-CHA Zeolites“, ACS Catal. 2021, 11, 11873-11884.
[72] Yang Sik Yun, Claudia E. Berdugo-Díaz, David W. Flaherty, “”Advances in Understanding the Selective Hydrogenolysis of Biomass Derivatives, ACS Catal. 2021, 11, 11193-11232.
[71] Daniel T. Bregante, Matthew Chan, Jun Zhi Tan, E. Zeynep Ayla, Christopher P. Nicholas, Diwakar Shukla, David W. Flaherty, “The Shape of Water in Zeolites and its Impact on Epoxidation Catalysis“, Nature Catal. 2021, 4, 797-808.
[70] Jason Adams, Matthew Kromer, Joaquín Rodríguez-López, David Flaherty, “Unifying Concepts in Electro- and Thermocatalysis towards Hydrogen Peroxide Production“, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 7940-7957.
[69] Pranjali Priyadarshini, Tomas Ricciardulli, Jason S. Adams, Yang Sik Yun, David W. Flaherty, “Effects of Bromide Adsorption on the Direct Synthesis of H2O2 on Pd Nanoparticles: Formation Rates, Selectivities, and Apparent Barriers at Steady-State“, J. Catal. 2021, 399, 24-40.
[68] Tomas Ricciardulli, Sahithi Gorthy, Jason Adams, Coogan Thompson, Ayman Karim, Matthew Neurock, David Flaherty, “Effect of Pd Coordination and Isolation on the Catalytic Reduction of O2 to H2O2 over PdAu Bimetallic Nanoparticles”, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2021, 143, 5445-5464.
[67] Gina Noh, Erwin Lam, Daniel T. Bregante, Jordan Meyet, Petr Sot, David W. Flaherty, Christophe Copéret, “Lewis Acid Strength of Interfacial Metal Sites Drives CH3OH Selectivity and Formation Rates on Cu-based Hydrogenation Catalysts”, Angew. Chem. Int. Ed., 2021, 60, 9650-9659.
[66] Danim Yun, E. Zeynep Ayla, Daniel Bregante, David Flaherty, “Reactive Species and Reaction Pathways for the Oxidative Cleavage of 4-Octene and Oleic Acid with H2O2 over Tungsten Oxide Catalysts”, ACS Catal. 2021, 11, 3137-3152.
[65] Jason S. Adams, Ashwin Chemburkar, Pranjali Priyadarshini, Tomas Ricciardulli, Yubing Lu, Ayman M. Karim, Stuart Winikoff, Matthew Neurock, and David W. Flaherty, “Solvent Molecules Form Surface Redox Mediators In Situ and Cocatalyze O2 Reduction on Pd” Science 2021, 371, 626-632.
[64] Zhongyao Zhang, Jennifer Wilson, Brian Kitt, David Flaherty, “Effects of Oxygen Plasma Treatments on Surface Functional Groups and Shear Strength of Carbon Fiber Composites” ACS Appl. Polym. Mater. 2021, 3, 986-995.
[63] E. Zeynep Ayla, David S. Potts, Daniel T. Bregante, and David W. Flaherty, “Alkene Epoxidation with H2O2 over Group 4-6-Metal Substituted BEA Zeolites: Reactive Intermediates, Reaction Pathways, and Linear Free Energy Relationships” ACS Catal. 2021, 11, 139-154.
[62] Alex Ardagh, Daniel T. Bregante, David W. Flaherty, and Justin M. Notestein, “Controlled Deposition of Silica on Titania-silica to Alter the Active Site Surroundings on Epoxidation Catalysts” ACS Catal. 2020, 10, 13008-13018.
[61] Daniel T. Bregante, Jun Zhi Tan, Rebecca L. Schultz, E. Zeynep Ayla, David S. Potts, Chris Torres, and David W. Flaherty, “Catalytic Consequences of Oxidant, Alkene, and Pore Structure on Alkene Epoxidations within Titanium Silicates” ACS Catal. 2020, 10, 10169–10184.
[60] Daniel T. Bregante, David S. Potts, Ohsung Kwon, E. Zeynep Ayla, Jun Zhi Tan, David W. Flaherty, “Effects of Hydrofluoric Acid Concentration on the Density of Silanol Groups and Water Adsorption in Hydrothermally Synthesized Transition Metal Substituted Silicalite-1” Chem. Mater. 2020, 32, 7425-7437.
[59] SiWei A. Chang,‡ Abinaya Sampath,‡ and David W. Flaherty, “The Effects of P-Atoms on the Selective Dehydrogenation of C6H10 over Model Ru Surfaces” J. Phys. Chem. C 2020, 124, 18070–18080.
[58] Zhongyao Zhang, and David W. Flaherty, “Modified Potentiometric Titration Method to Distinguish and Quantify Oxygenated Functional Groups on Carbon Materials by pKa and Chemical Reactivity” Carbon 2020, 166, 436 – 445.
[57] Abinaya Sampath and David W. Flaherty, “Effects of Phosphorus Addition on Selectivity and Stability of Pd Model Catalysts during Cyclohexene Dehydrogenation” Catal. Sci. Tech. 2020, 10, 993-1005.
[56] Daniel T. Bregante, Jun Zhi Tan, Andre Sutrisno, and David W. Flaherty, “Heteroatom Substituted Zeolite FAU with Ultralow Al Contents for Liquid-Phase Oxidation Catalysis” Catal. Sci. Tech. 2020, 10, 635 – 647.
*Featured in the cover of the Catalysis Science & Technology.
[55] Yu-Tong Hong, Daniel T. Bregante, Johnny Ching-Wei Lee, Yongbeom Seo, Lawrence Schook, David W. Flaherty, Simon Rogers, Hyunjoon Kong, “Catalytic Microgelators for Decoupled Control of Gelation Rate and Rigidity of the Biological Gels” J. Control. Release 2020, 317, 166-180.
[54] Daniel T. Bregante and David W. Flaherty, “Impact of Specific Interactions Among Reactive Surface Intermediates and Confined Water on Epoxidation Catalysis and Adsorption in Lewis Acid Zeolites” ACS Catal., 2019, 9, 10951-10962.
[53] Pranjali Priyadarshini and David W. Flaherty, “Form of the Catalytically Active Pd Species during the Direct Synthesis of Hydrogen Peroxide” AIChE J. 2019, 65:e16829.
[52] Megan E. Witzke, Abdulrahman Almithn, Christian Coonrod, Mark Triezenberg, David Hibbitts, and David W. Flaherty, “In situ Spectroscopic Methods for Identifying Reactive Surface Intermediates during Hydrogenolysis Reactions: C-O Bond Cleavage on Nanoparticles of Nickel and Nickel Phosphides” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2019, 141, 16671-16684.
[51] Anda Sulce, David Flaherty, Sebastian Kunz, “Kinetic Analysis of the Asymmetric Hydrogenation of ß-Keto Esters over a-Amino Acid-Functionalized Pt Nanoparticles“, J. Catal., 2019, 374, 82-92.
[50] Daniel T. Bregante, Alayna M. Johnson, Ami Y. Patel, E. Zeynep Ayla, Michael J. Cordon, Brandon C. Bukowski, Jeffrey Greeley, Rajamani Gounder, David W. Flaherty, “Cooperative Effects between Hydrophilic Pores and Solvents: Catalytic Consequences of Hydrogen Bonding on Alkene Epoxidation in Zeolites” J. Am. Chem. Soc., 2019, 141, 7302-7319.
[49] Michael J. Cordon, Jamie W. Harris, Juan-Carlos Vega-Vila, Sukhdeep Kaur, Mohit Gupta, Megan E. Witzke, Evan C. Wegener, Jeffrey T. Miller, David W. Flaherty, David D. Hibbitts, and Rajamani Gounder, “The Dominant Role of Entropy in Stabilizing Sugar Isomerization Transition States within Hydrophobic Zeolite Pores” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 14244-14266.
[48] Abinaya Sampath, Siwei A. Chang, David W. Flaherty “Catalytic Hydrogen Transfer and Decarbonylation of Aromatic Aldehydes on Ru and Ru Phosphide Model Catalysts” J. Phys. Chem. C 2018, 122, 23600-23609.
[47] Neil M. Wilson, Johanna Shröder, Pranjali Priyadarshini, Daniel T. Bregante, Sebastian Kunz, and David W. Flaherty, “Direct Synthesis of H2O2 on PdZn Nanoparticles: The Impact of Electronic Modifications and Heterogeneity of Active Sites” J. Catal. 2018, 368, 261-274.
[46] Megan E. Witzke, Abdulrahman Almithn, Christian Coonrod, David Hibbitts, and David W. Flaherty, “Mechanisms and Active Sites for C-O Bond Rupture within 2-Methyltetrahydrofuran over Nickel Phosphide Catalysts” ACS Catal. 2018, 8, 7141-7157.
[45] Daniel T. Bregante, Ami Y. Patel, Alayna M. Johnson, and David W. Flaherty, “Catalytic Thiophene Oxidation by Groups 4 and 5 Framework-Substituted Zeolites with Hydrogen Peroxide: Mechanistic and Spectroscopic Evidence for the Effects of Metal Lewis Acidity and Solvent Lewis Basicity” J. Catal. 2018, 364, 415-425.
[44] Hongbo Zhang, Malek Y. Ibrahim, and David W. Flaherty, “Aldol Condensation among Acetaldehyde and Ethanol Reactants on TiO2: Experimental Evidence for the Kinetically Relevant Nucleophilic Attack of Enolates” J. Catal. 2018, 361, 290-302.
[43] Neil M. Wilson, Yung-Ting Pan, Yu-Tsun Shao, Jian-Min Zuo, Hong Yang, and David W. Flaherty, “Direct Synthesis of H2O2 on AgPt Octahedra: The Importance of Ag-Pt Coordination for High H2O2 Selectivity” ACS Catal. 2018, 8, 2880-2889.
[42] Daniel T. Bregante, Nicholas E. Thornburg, Justin M. Notestein, and David W. Flaherty, “Consequences of Confinement for Alkene Epoxidation with Hydrogen Peroxide on Highly Dispersed Group 4 and 5 Metal Oxide Catalysts” ACS Catal. 2018, 8, 2995-3010.
*Featured on the cover of ACS Catalysis and Mass Transfer
[41] David W. Flaherty, “Direct Synthesis of H2O2 from H2 and O2 on Pd Catalysts: Current Understanding, Outstanding Questions, and Research Needs” ACS Catal. 2018, 8, 1520-1527.
[40] Neil M. Wilson, Pranjali Priyadarshini, Sebastian Kunz, and David W. Flaherty, “Direct Synthesis of H2O2 on Pd and AuPd Clusters: Understanding the Effects of Alloying Pd with Au,” J. Catal. 2018, 357, 163-175.
[39] SiWei A, Chang, Vivek Vermani, and David. W. Flaherty, “Effects of Phosphorus on Bond Rupture in Acetic Acid Decomposition over Ru (0001) and Px-Ru(0001),” J. Catal. 2017, 353, 181-191.
[38] SiWei A, Chang, Vivek Vermani, and David. W. Flaherty, “Effects of Phosphorus and Alkyl Substituents on C-H, C-C, and C-O Bond Rupture within Carboxylic Acids on Ru(0001)“ J. Vac. Sci. Tech. 2017, 35, 05C309.
[37] Daniel T. Bregante and David W. Flaherty, “Periodic Trends in Olefin Epoxidation over Group IV and V Framework Substituted Zeolite Catalysts: A Kinetic and Spectroscopic Study” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2017, 139, 6888-6898.
*Highlighted by Illinois News Bureau, Phys.org, EurekAlert! (AAAS), ChemEurope, etc.
[36] Takahiko Moteki, Andrew T. Rowley, Daniel T. Bregante and David W. Flaherty, “Formation Pathways toward 2- and 4-Methylbenzaldehyde via Sequential Reactions from Acetaldehyde over Hydroxyapatite Catalyst” ChemCatChem 2017, 9, 1921-1929.
[35] Daniel T. Bregante, Pranjali Priyadarshini, and David W. Flaherty, “Kinetic and Spectroscopic Evidence for Reaction Pathways and Intermediates for Olefin Epoxidation on Nb in *BEA” J. Catal. 2017, 348, 75-89.
[34] Megan E. Witzke, Paul Dietrich, Malek Y. S. Ibrahim, Kenan Al-Bardan, Mark D. Triezenberg, and David. W. Flaherty, “Spectroscopic Evidence for Origins of Size and Support Effects on Selectivity of Cu Nanoparticle Dehydrogenation Catalysts” Chem. Comm. 2017, 53, 597-600.
[33] Neil M. Wilson,‡ Daniel T. Bregante,‡ Pranjali Priyadarshini, and David W. Flaherty, “Production and Use of H2O2 for Atom-Efficient Functionalization of Hydrocarbons and Small Molecules” Catalysis 2017, 29, 122-212.
[32] SiWei A, Chang and David. W. Flaherty, “Mechanistic Study of Formic Acid Decomposition over Ru(0001) and Px-Ru(0001): Effects of Phosphorous on C-H and C-O Bond Rupture” J. Phys. Chem. C 2016, 120, 25425-25435.
[31] Takahiko Moteki, Andrew T. Rowley, and David W. Flaherty, “Self-Terminated Cascade Reactions that Produce Methylbenzaldehydes from Ethanol” ACS Catal. 2016, 6, 7278-7282.
[30] Lipeng Wu, Takahiko Moteki, Amit A. Gokhale, David W. Flaherty and F. Dean Toste, “Production of Fuels and Chemicals from Biomass: Condensation Reactions and Beyond” Chem 2016, 1, 32-58.
[29] Takahiko Moteki and David W. Flaherty, “Mechanistic Insight to C-C Bond Formation and Predictive Models for Cascade Reactions among Alcohols on Ca- and Sr-Hydroxyapatites” ACS Catal. 2016, 6, 4170-4183. *ACS Editors’ Choice
[28] Neil M. Wilson and David W. Flaherty, “Mechanism for the Direct Synthesis of H2O2 on Pd Clusters: Heterolytic Reaction Pathways at the Liquid-Solid Interface” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2016, 138, 574-586. *ACS Editors’ Choice
*Featured on the cover of J. Am. Chem. Soc., highlighted by C & E News, the College of Engineering at Illinois, EurekAlert! (AAAS), ChemEurope, etc.
2016 and Prior Publications
[27] David D. Hibbitts, David W. Flaherty and Enrique Iglesia, “Effects of Chain Length and van der Waals Interactions on the Mechanism and Rates of Metal-Catalyzed Hydrogenolysis of n-Alkanes” J. Phys. Chem. C 2016, 120, 8125-8138.
[26] David D. Hibbitts, David W. Flaherty and Enrique Iglesia, “Role of Branching on the Rate and Mechanism of C-C Cleavage in Alkanes on Metal Surfaces” ACS Catal. 2016, 6, 469-482.
[25] David W. Flaherty, Alper Uzun and Enrique Iglesia, “Catalytic Ring Opening of Cycloalkanes on Ir Clusters: Alkyl Substitution Effects on the Structure and Stability of C-C Bond Cleavage Transition States” J. Phys. Chem. C 2015, 119, 2597-2613.
[24] Wen-Yueh Yu, Gregory M. Mullen, David W. Flaherty, and C. Buddie Mullins, “Selective hydrogen production from formic acid decomposition on Pd-Au bimetallic surfaces” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 11070-11078.
[23] David W. Flaherty, David D. Hibbitts and Enrique Iglesia, “Metal-Catalyzed C-C Bond Cleavage in Alkanes: Effects of Methyl Substitution on Transition State Structures and Stability” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2014, 136, 9664-9676.
[22] David W. Flaherty, David Hibbitts, Elif Gurbuz and Enrique Iglesia, “Theoretical and Kinetic Assessment of the Mechanism of Ethane Hydrogenolysis on Metal Surfaces Saturated with Chemisorbed Hydrogen” J. Catal. 2014, 311, 350-356.
[21] David W. Flaherty and Enrique Iglesia, “Enthalpic and Entropic Contributions that Determine Rates and Positions of C-C Bond Cleavage in n-Alkanes” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2013, 135, 18586-18599.
[20] Jing Wu, Nellymar Membreno, Wen-Yueh Yu, Jaclyn D. Wiggins-Camacho, David W. Flaherty, C. Buddie Mullins, and Keith J. Stevenson, “Influence of hydrofluoric acid formation on lithium ion insertion in nanostructured V2O5” J. Phys. Chem. C. 2012, 116, 21208-21215.
[19] Ting Yan, Daniel W. Redman, Wen-Yueh Yu, David W. Flaherty, Jose A. Rodriguez, and C. Buddie Mullins, “CO oxidation on inverse Fe2O3/Au(111) model catalysts” J. Catal. 2012, 294, 216-222.
[18] David W. Flaherty, Nathan T. Hahn, R. Alan May, Sean P. Berglund, Yong-Mao Lin, Keith J. Stevenson, Zdenek Dohnalek, Bruce D. Kay, and C. Buddie Mullins, “Reactive Ballistic Deposition of Nanostructured Model Materials for Electrochemical Energy Conversion and Storage” Acc. Chem. Res. 2012, 45, 434-443.
[17] David W. Flaherty, Wen-Yueh Yu, Zachary D. Pozun, Graeme Henkelman, and C. Buddie Mullins, “Mechanism for the water-gas shift reaction on monofunctional platinum and cause of catalyst deactivation” J. Catal. 2011, 282, 278-288.
[16] Ming Pan, David W. Flaherty, and C. Buddie Mullins, “Low-Temperature Hydrogenation of Acetaldehyde to Ethanol on H pre-covered Au(111)” J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2011, 2, 1363-1367.
[15] Sean P. Berglund, David W. Flaherty, Nathan T. Hahn, Allen J. Bard, and C. Buddie Mullins, “Photoelectrochemical Oxidation of Water using Nanostructured BiVO4 Films” J. Phys. Chem. C 2011, 115, 3794-3802.
[14] Yong-Mao Lin, Paul R. Abel, David W. Flaherty, J. Wu, Keith J. Stevenson, Adam Heller, and C. Buddie Mullins, “Morphology Dependence of the Lithium Storage Capability and Rate Performance of Amorphous TiO2Electrodes” J. Phys. Chem. C 2011, 115, 2585-2591.
[13] Ting Yan, Jinlong Gong, David W. Flaherty, and C. Buddie Mullins, “The effect of adsorbed water in CO oxidation on Au/TiO2(110)” J. Phys. Chem. C 2011, 115, 2057-2065.
[12] Nathan T. Hahn, H. Ye, David W. Flaherty, Allen J. Bard, and C. Buddie Mullins, “Reactive Ballistic Deposition of α-Fe2O3 Thin Films for Photoelectrochemical Water Oxidation” ACS Nano 2010, 4, 1977-1986.
[11] R. Alan May, David W. Flaherty, C. Buddie Mullins, and Keith J. Stevenson, “Hybrid generalized ellipsometry and quartz crystal microbalance nanogravimetry for the determination of adsorption isotherms on biaxial metal oxide films” J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2010, 1, 1264-1268.
[10] David W. Flaherty, R. Alan May, Sean P. Berglund, Keith J. Stevenson, and C. Buddie Mullins, “Low temperature synthesis and characterization of nanocrystalline titanium carbide with tunable porous architectures” Chem. Mater. 2010, 22, 319-329.
[9] David W. Flaherty, Sean P. Berglund, and C. Buddie Mullins, “Selective decomposition of formic acid on molybdenum carbide: A new reaction pathway” J. Catal. 2010, 269, 33-43.
[8] David W. Flaherty, Nathan T. Hahn, Todd R. Engstrom, Domingo Ferrer, Paul L. Tanaka, and C. Buddie Mullins, “Growth and characterization of high surface area titanium carbide” J. Phys. Chem. C 2009, 113, 12742-12752.
[7] Rotimi A. Ojifinni, Jinlong Gong, David W. Flaherty, Tae S. Kim, and C. Buddie Mullins, “The effect of annealing on reactivity of oxygen towards water, CO, and CO2 on Au(111)” J. Phys. Chem. C 2009, 113, 9820-9825.
[6] Jinlong Gong, David W. Flaherty, Ting Yan, and C. Buddie Mullins, “Selective oxidation of propanol on Au(111): Mechanistic insights into aerobic oxidation of alcohols” ChemPhysChem 2009, 9, 2461-2466.
[5] Rotimi A. Ojifinni, Jinlong Gong, Nathan S. Froemming, David W. Flaherty, Ming Pan, Graeme Henkelman, and C. Buddie Mullins, “Carbonate formation and decomposition on atomic oxygen pre-covered Au(111)” J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 11250-11251.
[4] Jinlong Gong, David W. Flaherty, Rotimi A. Ojifinni, John M. White, and C. Buddie Mullins, “Surface chemistry of methanol on clean and atomic oxygen pre-covered Au(111)” J. Phys. Chem. C 2008, 112, 5501-5509.
[3] J. E. Baio, H. Yu, D. W. Flaherty, H. F. Winters, D. B. Graves, “Electron-impact dissociation cross sections for CHF3 and C3F8” J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 2007, 40, 6969-6974.
[2] D. W. Flaherty, Z. Dohnalek, A. Dohnalkova, B. W. Arey, D. E. McCready, N. Pnnusamy, C. B. Mullins, and B. D. Kay, “Reactive ballistic deposition of porous TiO2 films: growth and characterization” J. Phys. Chem. C 2007, 111, 4765-4773.
[1] D. W. Flaherty, M. A. Kasper, J. E. Baio, D. B. Graves, H. F. Winters, C. Winstead, V. McKoy, “Electron Impact Cross Sections for C2F6” J. Phys. D: Appl. Phys. 2006, 39, 4393-4399.
[3] David Flaherty, Jing Luo, Xue Chen, David G. Barton, Claudia Berdugo-Diaz, Yangsik Yun, “Processes for Producing an Ether” 63/107,739
[2] David Flaherty, Daniel Bregante, “Synthesis of Heteroatom Incorporated Zeolites with Finely Resolved Control of Hydrophobicity and Silanol Densities” 63/032,320
[1] David Flaherty, Daniel Bregante, “Process for Removing and Incorporating Heteroatoms into Small Pore Zeotype Materials” 62/944,412
[15] Ohsung Kwon, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (2024) “Influence of Solvation and Microenvironment on Alkene Epoxidation with Hydrogen Peroxide within Titanium Silicates”
[14] David S. Potts, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (2024) “Engineering Intrapore Environments to Tune Rates and Selectivities for Liquid Phase Catalysis over Zeolites”
[13] Chris Torres, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (2023) “Solvent and Surface Effects on Alkene Oxidations Catalysis over Transition Metal Incorporated Zeolites”
[12] Claudia E. Berdugo-Díaz, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (2022) “Catalytic Routes for Oxygenate Conversion on Solid Acids and Supported Metal Nanoparticles”
[11] Tomas Ricciardulli, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (2022) “Active site requirements for selective catalytic O2 reduction with H2”
[10] E. Zeynep Ayla, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (2022) “Strategies to Tune Active Site Environments for Alkene Epoxidations with H2O2 Over Supported Transition Metal Atoms”
[9] Jason S. Adams, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (2022) “Organic Species, Alloys, and Support Identity Control H2 and O2 Activation to H2O2 Over Metal Nanoparticles”
[8] Abinaya Sampath, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (2022) “Spectroscopic and Kinetic Evidence for Origins of Selective Bond Activation Over Transition Metal Catalysts”
[7] Zhongyao Zhang, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign (2022) “Effects of Functional Groups on Physiochemical Properties of Carbon and Zeolites”
[6] Pranjali Priyadarshini, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2020) “Understanding the Effects of Promoters on the Direct Synthesis of Hydrogen Peroxide over Supported Palladium Catalysts”
[5] Daniel T. Bregante, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2020) “Catalytic Consequences of Inner- and Outer-Sphere Interactions at The Solid Liquid Interface in Zeolite”
[4] Megan E. Witzke, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2018) “Mechanistic and Spectroscopic Methods for Identifying Reactive Intermediate Structures and Active Site Properties over Metals, Metal Oxides, and Metal Phosphides”
[3] Neil M. Wilson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2017) “Mechanistic Insights into the Direct Synthesis of H2O2 on Transition Metal Catalysts”
[2] SiWei (Andy) Chang, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (2017) “Effects of Phosphorous on Bond Rupture During Hydrodeoxygenation and Dehydrogenation Reactions on Ruthenium ”
[1] David W. Flaherty, University of Texas at Austin (2010) “Methods for Modifying the Physical and Catalytic Properties of Surfaces“