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The Surface
Chemistry and Catalysis Group at Oak Ridge National Laboratory
conducts research into surface chemistry and fundamentals of catalytic
reactions at metal surfaces, metal oxide surfaces and supported
For more information, contact Steve Overbury at (865) 574-5040. 
CSD
Organization - Research Groups
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metal
catalysts. Two approaches include "surface science" studies
of model surfaces and a "catalytic" studies of high surface
area, novel materials.Research is also ongoing in chemical sensors using
ion mobility and
differential ionmobility mass spectrometry as chemical sensors and Nanowirestructuresfor
LEDs and g-ray detection. A major portion of
the group's effort is involved in the Catalytic Nanomaterials sub-task
at the Center for Nanophase Materials Sciences (CNMS). Major portions
of the group's basic research are sponsored by the DOE's Chemical Sciences
Division of Basic Energy Sciences and the DOE's Scientific User Facilities
Division within the Office of Basic Energy Sciences. Other sponsors include
DOE's Office of Fossil Energy, SERDP and NA-22 programs, and private sponsors
such as Eastman Chemical. 
Research
areas include: the surface chemistry of reducible oxide surfaces, the
effects of oxide reducibility upon surface chemistry on model oxide surfaces
and on supported metal particles, adsorption states and evolution of small
molecules on oxide and metal surfaces probed both experimentally and using
computer modeling (DFT), catalysis by supported Au and Rh surfaces; structure
function relationships in Au catalysts, oxidation reactions, effects of
nano-structuring and functional modification of supports upon surface
chemistry and catalytic reactions; CO hydrogenation reactions for selective
formation of ethanol. 
