Argonne scientists to give 20 presentations at 234th American Chemical
Society national meeting
Argonne, Ill. (Aug. 15, 2007) – Eighteen scientists from the U.S. Department
of Energy's Argonne national Laboratory will give 20 presentations of their
research at the 234th national meeting and exposition of the American
Chemical Society (ACS), to be held in Boston from Aug. 19-23. The ACS
maintains a membership of more than 158,000 scientists, making it the world's
largest scientific society devoted to a single discipline. More than 13,500
people are expected to attend the fall meeting.
Some of the planned presentations describe research that attempt to find solutions
to America's energy problems by looking at the behaviors of coal, ethanol
or propane. Others describe methods of hydrogen production, including reforming.
Many of the papers describe Argonne's basic science research.
"The papers that are presented at the American Chemical Society meetings
represent some of the most cutting-edge work in all of chemistry," said
Al Sattelberger, Argonne associate laboratory director for physical sciences
and interim associate laboratory director for applied science and technology. " Argonne's large and diverse delegation to the conference shows that the laboratory
continues to play a leadership role in chemistry research."
The papers that will be presented at the conference and their Argonne authors
are:
- "67 Cu separation from zinc by sublimation and ion exchange," by
Delbert L. Bowers.
- "Approach to provide samples for basic research: Argonne premium coals," by
Randall E. Winans.
- "Challenges in hydrocarbon reforming for fuel cell applications," by
Michael Krumpelt.
- "Chemical storage – cathodes," by Michael M. Thackeray.
- "Coal structure and reactivity: a physical organic chemistry approach," by
Randall E. Winans.
- "Computational models of ion hydration," by Troy W. Whitfield.
- "Development of dense membranes for hydrogen production from coal," by
U. Balachandran.
- "Hydrogen production by steam reforming of ethanol at elevated pressure," by
Sheldon H.D. Lee.
- "Ionization mechanisms and pathways in liquid water," by Christopher
G. Elles.
- "Nanoscale investigations of electrocatalysts from first principles," by
Jeffrey P. Greeley.
- "Oxidative dehydrogenation of propane over nanostructured membrane
catalyst," by Christopher L. Marshall.
- "Quantitative Raman analysis based on hole-enhanced Raman scattering," by
Hao Chen.
- "Solvated electron and solvated atom," by Ilya Shkrob.
- "Summary of nuclear operations at the Radioactive Scrap and Waste
Facility (RSWF)," by M.A. Lehto.
- "Superheavy shell gaps from nobelium 2-quasiparticle energies," by
T.L. Khoo.
- "Synchrotron studies of actinide speciation in solution," by
L. Soderholm.
- "Tetraalkylphosphonium polyoxometalate ionic liquids: synthesis and
characterization," by M.R. Antonio.
- "The foundation of the approach of Active Thermochemical Tables: the
analysis and manipulation of the Thermochemical Network Graph," by
Abel Fernandez.
- "Transient X-ray absorption spectroscopy of the aqueous BR atom and
Br 2 - anion: solvation and reactivity," by Christopher G. Elles.
- "Transparent conducting oxides at high aspect ratios," by Jeffrey
W. Elam.
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