Director(s):
Dion Vlachos
Lead Institution:
University of Delaware
Mission:
To design and characterize novel catalysts for the efficient conversion of the complex molecules comprising biomass into chemicals and fuels.
Research Topics:
catalysis (homogeneous), catalysis (heterogeneous), biofuels (including algae and biomass), bio-inspired, hydrogen and fuel cells, materials and chemistry by design, synthesis (novel materials), synthesis (self-assembly), synthesis (scalable processing)
Materials Studied:
MATERIALS: metal, oxide, cellulose, ionic liquid, porous
INTERFACES: metal/oxide, gas/liquid, gas/solid, liquid/solid, solid/solid
NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS: 3D
Experimental and Theoretical Methods:
X-ray diffraction and scattering, X-ray spectroscopy, electron microscopy, scanning probe microscopy, surface science, molecular dynamics (MD), density functional theory (DFT), monte carlo (MC), quantum mechanics, classical mechanics, continuum modeling, mesoscale modeling, multiscale modeling, high-throughput screening methods
Partner Institutions:
- Brookhaven National Laboratory
- California Institute of Technology
- Columbia University
- University of Delaware
- Lehigh University
- University of Massachusetts, Amherst
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- University of Minnesota
- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
- University of Pennsylvania
- Princeton University
- Rutgers University