IIC Staff/Research Highlights
Catalysis lies at the heart of efficient and effective chemical transformations for manufacturing products and producing energy, while reducing environmental impacts. Innovative scientists and engineers at the Institute for Interfacial Catalysis are taking advantage of new capabilities to control, measure and compute chemical and physical properties with exquisite spatial and temporal resolution.
With these capabilities, we provide a fundamental understanding of catalytic materials and the chemical reactions occurring on catalysts surfaces. We apply this understanding to developing industrial and environmental solutions for private and government agencies.
Ninety staff members at PNNL contribute to our broad scope of catalysis research programs—from reaction engineering and process development to electronic structure theory. With years of experience from 1 to 40, and an average of 14, our staff provide a critical mass for innovation. Read more in our flier Scientific Leadership [pdf, 395 kb].
2008 Research Highlights
- A molecular makeover (April 2008)
- Catalysis discovery takes aim at NOx emissions (February 2008)
- Researchers contribute to nation's understanding of catalysis through research needs report (February 2008)
- 'Hot' oxygen atoms on titanium dioxide motivated by more than just temperature (February 2008)
2008 Staff Highlights
Bruce D. Kay from the Institute of Interfacial Catalysis at PNNL accepted appointment to the DOE Basic Energy Sciences Advisory Committee
Scott Chambers with the IIC and his co-workers at Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Argonne National Laboratory, and the University of Washington had their spintronics paper selected as a "hot" paper by ISI's Essential Science Indicators (ESI).
