A review of multiscale modeling of metal-catalyzed reactions: Mechanism development for complexity and emergent behavior

M Salciccioli, M Stamatakis, S Caratzoulas… - Chemical Engineering …, 2011 - Elsevier
We review and provide a perspective on multiscale modeling of catalytic reactions with
emphasis on mechanism development and application to complex and emergent systems …

Unraveling the complexity of catalytic reactions via kinetic Monte Carlo simulation: current status and frontiers

M Stamatakis, DG Vlachos - Acs Catalysis, 2012 - ACS Publications
Over the past two decades, the necessity for predictive models of chemical kinetics on
catalytic surfaces has motivated the development of ab initio kinetic Monte Carlo (KMC) …

Patched bimetallic surfaces are active catalysts for ammonia decomposition

W Guo, DG Vlachos - Nature communications, 2015 - nature.com
Ammonia decomposition is often used as an archetypical reaction for predicting new
catalytic materials and understanding the very reason of why some reactions are sensitive …

Oscillation of surface structure and reactivity of PtNi bimetallic catalysts with redox treatments at variable temperatures

R Mu, X Guo, Q Fu, X Bao - The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2011 - ACS Publications
Over Ni–Pt (111) model catalysts, changes in the surface structure were observed during
alternating reduction and oxidation (redox) treatments at variable temperatures (VTs). Pt skin …

Multiscale modeling for emergent behavior, complexity, and combinatorial explosion

DG Vlachos - AIChE journal, 2012 - osti.gov
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Design principles of heteroepitaxial bimetallic catalysts

W Guo, M Stamatakis, DG Vlachos - ACS Catalysis, 2013 - ACS Publications
Heteroepitaxial bimetallic catalytic materials have been attracting considerable interest
because of their unique properties and applications in energy, chemicals, and fuel sectors …

Surface facet dependence of competing alloying mechanisms

Y Wang, KG Papanikolaou, RT Hannagan… - The Journal of …, 2020 - pubs.aip.org
Metal alloys are ubiquitous in many branches of heterogeneous catalysis, and it is now fairly
well established that the local atomic structure of an alloy can have a profound influence on …

Probing the effect of the Pt–Ni–Pt (111) bimetallic surface electronic structures on the ammonia decomposition reaction

JQ Zhong, X Zhou, K Yuan, CA Wright, A Tadich, D Qi… - Nanoscale, 2017 - pubs.rsc.org
We report a detailed investigation of elementary catalytic decomposition of ammonia on the
Pt–Ni–Pt (111) bimetallic surface using in situ near ambient pressure X-ray photoelectron …

A density functional theory study of CO oxidation on Pd-Ni alloy with sandwich structure

FCH Lim, J Zhang, H Jin, MB Sullivan, P Wu - Applied Catalysis A: General, 2013 - Elsevier
Density functional theory calculations are performed to study CO oxidations on pure Pd
(111) surface as well as on its Ni alloy nanostructures. Our calculations demonstrate a …

Surface‐Engineered Pt‐Ni(111) Nanocatalysts for Boosting Their ORR Performance via Thermal Treatment

C Li, X Chen, J Pan, G Zhou, J Fang - ChemElectroChem, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The electrochemical oxygen reduction reaction (ORR) is critical for fuel cell application, and
modifying surface structures of electrocatalysts has proven effective in improving their …