Bert Chandler

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Professor, Chemical Engineering

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High-Temperature Size Exclusion Chromatography for Advanced Recycling: Systematic Errors in Analysis of Polyethylene─Alkane Mixtures

Jones, M. D., Barker, C. W., Motolani, F., Patter, R., Kilbey, S. M., Chandler, B. D., Long, B. K. & Vogt, B. D., Aug 22 2025, In: ACS Applied Polymer Materials. 7, 16, p. 10826-10835 10 p.

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Hydrocarbon Deposition during Polyolefin Upcycling: Irreversible Adsorption and Surface Reactions of Polyethylene and Ethylene Oligomers on Silica Supports

Motolani, F., Snellings, R. J., Aghamohammadi, S., Oh, H. J., Noh, G., Chandler, B. D. & Vogt, B., Mar 26 2025, In: Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research. 64, 12, p. 6475-6486 12 p.

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Molar-Mass-Dependent Partitioning of Polyethylene in Nanopores of Model Catalyst Supports from Small-Angle Neutron Scattering

Motolani, F., Jones, M. D., Nagy, G., Chandler, B. D., Long, B. K. & Vogt, B. D., Oct 28 2025, In: Langmuir. 41, 42, p. 28424-28433 10 p.

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Long-Range Metal-Sorbent Interactions Determine CO2 Capture and Conversion in Dual-Function Materials

Sapru, S., Hart, K. D., Zhou, C., Liccardo, G., Oh, J., Hollobaugh, M. J., Osio-Norgaard, J., Majumdar, A., Chandler, B. D. & Cargnello, M., Jan 21 2025, In: ACS nano. 19, 2, p. 2484-2496 13 p.

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Surface Entropy Mediated Hydrogen Spillover on Au/TiO2: Influences of Strongly Adsorbed Water on H2Adsorption Thermodynamics

Yun, T. Y., Battiste, A. M., Pathickal Abraham, A., Hart, K. D. & Chandler, B. D., Aug 20 2025, In: Journal of the American Chemical Society. 147, 33, p. 29908-29918 11 p.

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Upside-Down Adsorption: The Counterintuitive Influences of Surface Entropy and Surface Hydroxyl Density on Hydrogen Spillover

Hart, K. D., Hollobaugh, M. J., Battiste, A. M., Yun, T. Y., Abraham, A. P., Hamidizirasefi, M., Loscher, I. M. & Chandler, B. D., Nov 6 2024, In: Journal of the American Chemical Society. 146, 44, p. 30091-30103 13 p.

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Recommendations for improving rigor and reproducibility in site specific characterization

Wrasman, C. J., Bell, A. T., Chandler, B. D., Harris, J. W., Kwon, S., Ball, M. R., Krishna, S. H., Khatib, S. J., Bollini, P., Román-Leshkov, Y., “Bean” Getsoian, A., Weber, R. S., Lercher, J. A., Liu, D., Resasco, D. E., Bates, J. S., Hall, J. N., Lebrón-Rodríguez, E. A., Paz Herrera, L. & Notestein, J. M. & 1 others, Schaidle, J. A., May 2024, In: Journal of Catalysis. 433, 115451.

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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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