Bert Chandler

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Professor, Chemical Engineering

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Recent Publications

The role of surface hydroxyls in the entropy-driven adsorption and spillover of H2 on Au/TiO2 catalysts

Mahdavi-Shakib, A., Whittaker, T. N., Yun, T. Y., Sravan Kumar, K. B., Rich, L. C., Wang, S., Rioux, R. M., Grabow, L. C. & Chandler, B. D., Aug 2023, In: Nature Catalysis. 6, 8, p. 710-719 10 p.

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Surface Hydroxyl Chemistry of Titania- and Alumina-Based Supports: Quantitative Titration and Temperature Dependence of Surface Brønsted Acid-Base Parameters

Yun, T. Y. & Chandler, B. D., Feb 8 2023, In: ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces. 15, 5, p. 6868-6876 9 p.

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Hydrogen Adsorption at the Au/TiO2 Interface: Quantitative Determination and Spectroscopic Signature of the Reactive Interface Hydroxyl Groups at the Active Site

Mahdavi-Shakib, A., Rich, L. C., Whittaker, T. N. & Chandler, B. D., Dec 17 2021, In: ACS Catalysis. 11, 24, p. 15194-15202 9 p.

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Kinetics of H2 Adsorption at the Metal–Support Interface of Au/TiO2 Catalysts Probed by Broad Background IR Absorbance

Mahdavi-Shakib, A., Kumar, K. B. S., Whittaker, T. N., Xie, T., Grabow, L. C., Rioux, R. M. & Chandler, B. D., Mar 29 2021, In: Angewandte Chemie - International Edition. 60, 14, p. 7735-7743 9 p.

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Supported Ni-Au Colloid Precursors for Active, Selective, and Stable Alkyne Partial Hydrogenation Catalysts

Bruno, J. E., Dwarica, N. S., Whittaker, T. N., Hand, E. R., Guzman, C. S., Dasgupta, A., Chen, Z., Rioux, R. M. & Chandler, B. D., Feb 21 2020, In: ACS Catalysis. 10, 4, p. 2565-2580 16 p.

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Combining Benzyl Alcohol Oxidation Saturation Kinetics and Hammett Studies as Mechanistic Tools for Examining Supported Metal Catalysts

Mahdavi-Shakib, A., Sempel, J., Babb, L., Oza, A., Hoffman, M., Whittaker, T. N., Chandler, B. D. & Austin, R. N., Sep 4 2020, In: ACS Catalysis. 10, 17, p. 10207-10215 9 p.

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Water Poisons H2 Activation at the Au-TiO2 Interface by Slowing Proton and Electron Transfer between Au and Titania

Sravan Kumar, K. B., Whittaker, T. N., Peterson, C., Grabow, L. C. & Chandler, B. D., Mar 25 2020, In: Journal of the American Chemical Society. 142, 12, p. 5760-5772 13 p.

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On the Limited Role of Electronic Support Effects in Selective Alkyne Hydrogenation: A Kinetic Study of Au/MO x Catalysts Prepared from Oleylamine-Capped Colloidal Nanoparticles

Bruno, J. E., Sravan Kumar, K. B., Dwarica, N. S., Hüther, A., Chen, Z., Guzman, C. S., Hand, E. R., Moore, W. C., Rioux, R. M., Grabow, L. C. & Chandler, B. D., Mar 20 2019, In: ChemCatChem. 11, 6, p. 1650-1664 15 p.

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Evaluating differences in the active-site electronics of supported Au nanoparticle catalysts using Hammett and DFT studies

Kumar, G., Tibbitts, L., Newell, J., Panthi, B., Mukhopadhyay, A., Rioux, R. M., Pursell, C. J., Janik, M. & Chandler, B. D., Mar 1 2018, In: Nature Chemistry. 10, 3, p. 268-274 7 p.

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CO Oxidation Kinetics over Au/TiO2 and Au/Al2O3 Catalysts: Evidence for a Common Water-Assisted Mechanism

Saavedra, J., Pursell, C. J. & Chandler, B. D., Mar 14 2018, In: Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140, 10, p. 3712-3723 12 p.

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H 2 Oxidation over Supported Au Nanoparticle Catalysts: Evidence for Heterolytic H 2 Activation at the Metal-Support Interface

Whittaker, T., Kumar, K. B. S., Peterson, C., Pollock, M. N., Grabow, L. C. & Chandler, B. D., Dec 5 2018, In: Journal of the American Chemical Society. 140, 48, p. 16469-16487 19 p.

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An extra layer of complexity

Chandler, B. D., Jan 24 2017, In: Nature Chemistry. 9, 2, p. 108-109 2 p.

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Two-Color Metal-Enhanced Fluorescence Using Gold Slotted Nanogratings

Hure, R., Simoneau, S., Chandler, B. D. & Steele, J. M., Oct 1 2017, In: Plasmonics. 12, 5, p. 1621-1626 6 p.

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Water Influences the Activity and Selectivity of Ceria-Supported Gold Catalysts for Oxidative Dehydrogenation and Esterification of Ethanol

Mullen, G. M., Evans, E. J., Sabzevari, I., Long, B. E., Alhazmi, K., Chandler, B. D. & Mullins, C. B., Feb 3 2017, In: ACS Catalysis. 7, 2, p. 1216-1226 11 p.

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Co adsorption on Au/Tio2 Catalysts: Observations, quantification, and explanation of a broad-band infrared signal

Powell, C. D., Daigh, A. W., Pollock, M. N., Chandler, B. D. & Pursell, C. J., 2017, In: Journal of Physical Chemistry C. 121, 39

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