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Selected Publications from more than 120 technical papers:
since 2000  |  1990-1999  I  prior to 1990

Since 2000

  1. Joseph Lessard, Ioannis Valsamakis and Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos, Novel Au/La2O3 and Au/La2O2SO4 Catalysts for the Water-Gas Shift Reaction Prepared via an Anion Adsorption Method, ChemComm 48 (40): 4857-4859 (2012).
  2. Georgios Kyriakou, Matthew B. Boucher, April D. Jewell, Emily A. Lewis, Timothy J. Lawton, Ashleigh E. Baber, Heather L. Tierney, Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos, and E. Charles H. Sykes, "Isolated Metal Atom Geometries as a Strategy for Selective Heterogeneous Hydrogenations", Science, 335: 1209-1212 (2012).
  3. Rui Si, Joan Raitano, Nan Yi, Lihua Zhang, Siu-Wai Chan, and Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos, "Structure sensitivity of the low-temperature water-gas shift reaction on Cu–CeO2 catalysts", Catalysis Today, 180: 68-80 (2012).
  4. Youjin Lee, Guanghui He, Austin J. Akey, Rui Si, Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos, and Irving P. Herman, "Raman Analysis of Mode Softening in Nanoparticle CeO2−δ and Au-CeO2−δ during CO Oxidation", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 133: 12952-12955 (2011).
  5. Ioannis Valsamakis and Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos, "Sulfur-tolerant Lanthanide Oxysulfide Catalysts for the High-Temperature Water-Gas Shift Reaction", Appl. Catal. B, 106: 255-263 (2011).
  6. Zheng Zhou, Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos, and Howard Saltsburg, "Decoration with Ceria Nanoparticles Activates Inert Gold Island/Film Surfaces for the CO Oxidation Reaction", Journal of Catalysis, 280:255-263 (2011).
  7. Matthew B. Boucher, Simone Goergen, Nan Yi, and Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos, 'Shape Effects' in Metal Oxide Supported Nanoscale Gold Catalysts, Phys. Chem. Chem Phys., 13: 2517-2527 (2011).
  8. M. B. Boucher, N. Yi, F. Gittleson, B. Zugic, H. Saltsburg, and M. Flytzani-Stephanopoulos, Hydrogen Production from Methanol over Gold Supported on ZnO and CeO2 Nanoshapes, J. Phys. Chem. C, 115:1261-1268 (2011).
  9. Y. Zhai, D. Pierre, R. Si, W. Deng, P. Ferrin, A. U. Nilekar, G. Peng, J. A. Herron, D. C. Bell, H. Saltsburg, M. Mavrikakis, and M. Flytzani-Stephanopoulos, Alkali-Stabilized Pt-OHx Species Catalyze Low-Temperature Water-Gas Shift Reactions, Science 329:1633-1636 (2010).
  10. P. Kracke, T. Haas, H. Saltsburg, and M. Flytzani-Stephanopoulos, CO Oxidation on Unsupported Dendrimer-Encapsulated Gold Nanoparticles, J. Phys. Chem. C 114:16401–16407 (2010).
  11. L.F. Allard, M. Flytzani-Stephanopoulos, S.H. Overby, " Behavior of Au Species in Au/Fe2O3 Catalysts Characterized by Novel In Situ Heating Techniques and Aberration-Corrected STEM Imaging", Micros. Microanal. 16: 375-385 (2010).
  12. N.Yi, R. Si, H. Saltsburg and M. Flytzani-Stephanopoulos, "Active gold species on cerium oxide nanoshapes for methanol steam reforming and the water gas shift reactions," Energy Environ. Sci., 3: 831 - 837 (2010).
  13. I. Valsamakis, R. Si, M. Flytzani-Stephanopoulos. "Stability of Lanthanum oxide-based H2S sdorbents in realistic fuel processeor/fuel cell." J. Power Sources, 195:2815-2822 (2010).
  14. N. Yi, R. Si, H Saltsburg, M. Flytzani-Stephanopoulos. "Steam reforming of methanol over ceria and gold-ceria nanoshapes." Appl. Catal. B., 95:87-92 (2010).
  15. K.T. Rim, D. Eom, L. Liu, E. Stolyarova, J.M. Raitano, S.-W. Chan, M. Flytzani-Stephanopoulos, G. W. Flynn, "Charging and Chemical Reactivity of Gold Nanoparticles and Adatoms on the (111) Surface of Single-Crystal Magnetite: A Scanning Tunneling Microscopy/Spectroscopy Study," J. Phys. Chem. C, 113: 10198-10205 (2009).
  16. L.F. Allard, A. Borisevich, W. Deng, R. Si, M. Flytzani-Stephanopoulos, S.H. Overbury, "Evolution of gold structure during thermal treatment of Au/FeOx catalysts revealed by aberration-corrected electron microscopy," J. Electron Microscopy, 58:199-212 (2009).
  17. X. She, M. Flytzani-Stephanopoulos, C. Wang, Y. Yang, C.H.F. Peden, "SO2 -induced stability of Ag-alumina catalysts in the SCR of NO with methane," Applied Catalysis B: Environmental, 88:98-105 (2009).
  18. W. Deng, A.I. Frenkel, R. Si, M. Flytzani-Stephanopoulos, "Reaction-relevant gold structures in the low temperature water-gas shift reaction on Au-CeO2 ," J. Phys. Chem. C (2008) 112:12834-12840.
  19. Z. Zhou, M. Flytzani-Stephanopoulos, S. Kooi, H. Saltsburg, "The Role of the Interface in CO Oxidation on Au/CeO2 Multi-layer Nanotowers," Advanced Functional Materials (2008) 18: 2801-2807.
  20. R. Si and M. Flytzani-Stephanopoulos, "Shape and Crystal Plane Effect of Nanoscale Ceria on the Activity of Au-CeO2 Catalysts for the Water-Gas Shift Reaction," Angewandte Chemie International Edition 47:2884-2887 (2008).
  21. D. Pierre, W. Deng and M. Flytzani-Stephanopoulos, "The Importance of Strongly Bound Pt-CeOx Species for the Water-gas Shift Reaction: Catalyst Activity and Stability Evaluation," Topics in Catalysis 46: 363-373 (2007).
  22. W. Deng, C. Carpenter, N. Yi, and M. Flytzani-Stephanopoulos, "Comparison of the activity of Au/CeO2 and Au/Fe2O3 catalysts for the CO oxidation and the water-gas shift reactions" Invited paper. Topics in Catalysis 44:199-208 (2007).
  23. X. She and M. Flytzani-Stephanopoulos, "Activity and stability of Ag-alumina for the selective catalytic reduction of NOx with methane in high-content SO2 gas streams," Catalysis Today 127: 207-218 (2007).
  24. F.C. Meunier, D. Reid, A. Goguet, S. Shekhtman, C. Hardacre, R. Burch, W. Deng and M. Flytzani-Stephanopoulos, "Quantitative analysis of the reactivity of formate species seen by DRIFTS over a Au/Ce(La)O2 water–gas shift catalyst: First unambiguous evidence of the minority role of formates as reaction intermediates" Journal of Catalysis 247: 269-79 (2007).
  25. M. Manzoli, F. Boccuzzi, A. Chiorino, F. Vindigni, W. Deng, and M. Flytzani-Stephanopoulos, "Spectroscopic features and reactivity of CO adsorbed on different Au/CeO2 catalysts," Journal of Catalysis 245: 308-15 (2007).
  26. M. Flytzani-Stephanopoulos, M. Sakbodin, Z. Wang. "Regenerative adsorption and removal of H2S from hot fuel gas streams by rare earth oxides." Science 312: 1508-10 (2006).
  27. W. Deng and M. Flytzani-Stephanopoulos, "On the issue of the deactivation of nanostructured gold-ceria and platinum-ceria catalysts for the water-gas shift reaction in practical fuel cell applications", Angewandte Chemie International Edition 45: 2285-2289 (2006).
  28. X. She and M. Flytzani-Stephanopoulos, "The role of Ag-O-Al species in silver-alumina catalysts for the selective catalytic reduction of NOX with methane" J. Catalysis 237, 79-93 (2006).
  29. Q. Fu, W. Deng, H. Saltsburg and M. Flytzani-Stephanopoulos, "Activity and stability of low-content gold-ceria catalysts for the water-gas shift reaction", invited paper, Appl. Catal. B 56 (1-2), 57-68 (2005).
  30. Z. Wang and M. Flytzani-Stephanopoulos, "Cerium Oxide Based Sorbents for Regenerative Hot Reformate Gas Desulfurization", Energy and Fuels 19, 2089-2097 (2005).
  31. W. Deng, J. DeJesus, H. Saltsburg and M. Flytzani-Stephanopoulos; "Low-content gold-ceria catalysts for the water-gas shift and preferential CO oxidation reactions", Appl. Catal. A 291 (1-2), 126-135 (2005).
  32. X. Qi and M. Flytzani-Stephanopoulos, "Activity and stability of Cu-CeO2 catalysts in high-temperature water-gas shift for fuel cell applications", invited paper, Ind. & Eng. Chem. Res., 43, 3055-3062 (2004).
  33. M. Flytzani-Stephanopoulos, "Water gas-shift with integrated H2-separation process" Final Report to DOE/NETL, Grant # DE-FG2600NT40819 (March 2004).
  34. Y Liu, Q. Fu and M. Flytzani-Stephanopoulos, "Preferential oxidation of CO in H2 over CuO-CeO2 catalysts", Catalysis Today, 93-95, 241-246 (2004).
  35. Q. Fu, H. Saltsburg, and M. Flytzani-Stephanopoulos, "Active non-metallic Au and Pt Species on Ceria-based Water-gas shift Catalysts", Science 301, 935-938 (2003).
  36. M. Flytzani-Stephanopoulos and W. Liu, "Sulfur Oxides Removal-heterogeneous", invited chapter, Encyclopedia of Catalysis, J. Wiley & Sons, 2002.
  37. M. Kobayashi and M. Flytzani-Stephanopoulos, "Reduction and Sulfidation Kinetics of Cerium Oxide and Cu-modified Cerium Oxide", Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 41 (13), 3115-3123 (2002).
  38. P. Ciambelli, D. Sannino, M. C. Gaudino, M. Flytzani-Stephanopoulos, "Ag and Co Exchanged Ferrierite in Lean NOx Abatement with CH4". Stud. Surf. Sci. Catal., 142 (B), 1031 (2002).
  39. M. Flytzani-Stephanopoulos, "Nanostructured Cerium Oxide Ecocatalysts", invited article, MRS Bulletin, 885-889, Nov. 2001.
  40. L. F. Cordoba, M. Flytzani-Stephanopoulos and C. Montes de Correa, "Lean NOx Reduction with Dodecane over Cerium and Palladium Loaded Mordenite," Appl. Catal. B: Environmental 33, 25-33 (2001).
  41. Q. Fu, A. Weber and M. Flytzani-Stephanopoulos, "Nanostructured Au-CeO2 Catalysts for Low-Temperature Water-Gas Shift Reaction," Catal. Letters 77 (1/3) 87-95 (2001).
  42. T. Zhu and M. Flytzani-Stephanopoulos, "Catalytic Partial Oxidation of Methane to Synthesis Gas Over Ni-CeO2," Applied Catalysis A: 208, 403-417 (2001).
  43. M. Flytzani-Stephanopoulos and T. Zhu, "Catalytic Recovery of Elemental Sulfur from Sulfur Dioxide-Laden Gas Streams," invited chapter, in Green Engineering: ACS Symposium Series 766, Chapter 14, 174-191 (2000).
  44. M. Flytzani-Stephanopoulos, T. Zhu and Y. Li, "Ceria-based Catalysts for the Recovery of Elemental Sulfur from SO2-laden Gas Streams," Catalysis Today 62, 145-158 (2000).
  45. A Keshavaraja, X. She, and M. Flytzani-Stephanopoulos, "Selective Catalytic Reduction of NO with CH4 over Ag-alumina catalysts," Appl. Catal. B, 27, L1-L9 (2000).
  46. Y Li, Q. Fu and M. Flytzani-Stephanopoulos, "Low-Temperature Water-Gas Shift Reaction over Cu- and Ni-loaded Cerium Oxide Catalysts," Appl. Catal. B: 27, 179-191 (2000).
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