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E. Charles H. Sykes

E. Charles H. Sykes

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Chemistry

D-Index
53
Citations
14242
World Ranking
12917
National Ranking
3417

Overview

E. Charles H. Sykes is affiliated with Tufts University in the United States and has made significant contributions to materials science, focusing on catalysis and related subfields.

Their research covers a range of areas including materials chemistry, catalysis, atomic and molecular physics, optics, renewable energy, sustainability, and biomedical engineering. The emphasis lies particularly on catalytic processes and energy-related applications.

Key topics addressed in their work include:

  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Electrocatalysts for Energy Conversion
  • Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions
  • Advanced Chemical Physics Studies
  • Surface Chemistry and Catalysis
  • Catalysts for Methane Reforming
  • Machine Learning in Materials Science

They have published extensively, with frequent appearances in the following venues:

  • Harvard Dataverse
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters
  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information)
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • Journal of the American Chemical Society

Frequent collaborators include Dipna A. Patel, Philippe Sautet, Ryan T. Hannagan, C. M. Friend, and Kaining Duanmu, indicating a broad network in the field of catalysis and materials science.

Among notable recent publications are:

  • "Single-Atom Alloy Catalysis," 2020, Chemical Reviews
  • "First-principles design of a single-atom-alloy propane dehydrogenation catalyst," 2021, Science
  • "Guidelines to Achieving High Selectivity for the Hydrogenation of α,β-Unsaturated Aldehydes with Bimetallic and Dilute Alloy Catalysts: A Review," 2020, Chemical Reviews
  • "Directing reaction pathways via in situ control of active site geometries in PdAu single-atom alloy catalysts," 2021, Nature Communications
  • "High-loading single Pt atom sites [Pt-O(OH)x] catalyze the CO PROX reaction with high activity and selectivity at mild conditions," 2020, Science Advances

Best Publications

  • Isolated Metal Atom Geometries as a Strategy for Selective Heterogeneous Hydrogenations

    Georgios Kyriakou;Matthew B. Boucher;April D. Jewell;Emily A. Lewis

  • Single-Atom Alloy Catalysis

    Ryan T Hannagan;Georgios Giannakakis;Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos;E Charles H Sykes

  • Selective hydrogenation of 1,3-butadiene on platinum-copper alloys at the single-atom limit.

    Felicia R. Lucci;Jilei Liu;Matthew D. Marcinkowski;Ming Yang

  • Pt/Cu single-atom alloys as coke-resistant catalysts for efficient C-H activation.

    Matthew D. Marcinkowski;Matthew T. Darby;Jilei Liu;Joshua M. Wimble

  • Tackling CO Poisoning with Single-Atom Alloy Catalysts

    Jilei Liu;Felicia R. Lucci;Ming Yang;Sungsik Lee

  • Single atom alloy surface analogs in Pd0.18Cu15 nanoparticles for selective hydrogenation reactions

    Matthew B. Boucher;Branko Zugic;George Cladaras;James Kammert

  • Single-Atom Alloys as a Reductionist Approach to the Rational Design of Heterogeneous Catalysts

    Georgios Giannakakis;Maria Flytzani-Stephanopoulos;E Charles H Sykes

  • An atomic-scale view of single-site Pt catalysis for low-temperature CO oxidation

    Andrew J. Therrien;Alyssa J. R. Hensley;Matthew D. Marcinkowski;Renqin Zhang

  • First-principles design of a single-atom–alloy propane dehydrogenation catalyst

    Ryan T. Hannagan;Georgios Giannakakis;Romain Réocreux;Julia Schumann;Julia Schumann

  • Molecular rotors and motors: recent advances and future challenges

    Josef Michl;E. Charles H. Sykes

  • Lonely Atoms with Special Gifts: Breaking Linear Scaling Relationships in Heterogeneous Catalysis with Single-Atom Alloys

    Matthew T Darby;Michail Stamatakis;Angelos Michaelides;E Charles H Sykes

  • Experimental demonstration of a single-molecule electric motor

    Heather L. Tierney;Colin J. Murphy;April D. Jewell;Ashleigh E. Baber

  • Hydrogen Dissociation and Spillover on Individual Isolated Palladium Atoms

    Heather L. Tierney;Ashleigh E. Baber;John R. Kitchin;E. Charles H. Sykes

  • Guidelines to Achieving High Selectivity for the Hydrogenation of α,β-Unsaturated Aldehydes with Bimetallic and Dilute Alloy Catalysts: A Review.

    Mathilde Luneau;Jin Soo Lim;Dipna A. Patel;E. Charles H. Sykes

  • Controlling Hydrogen Activation, Spillover, and Desorption with Pd-Au Single-Atom Alloys.

    Felicia R. Lucci;Matthew T. Darby;Michael F. G. Mattera;Christopher J. Ivimey

  • Elucidating the Stability and Reactivity of Surface Intermediates on Single-Atom Alloy Catalysts

    Matthew T. Darby;Romain Réocreux;E. Charles. H. Sykes;Angelos Michaelides

  • Graphene-like Boron–Carbon–Nitrogen Monolayers

    Sumit Beniwal;James Hooper;Daniel P. Miller;Paulo S. Costa

  • Selective Formic Acid Dehydrogenation on Pt-Cu Single-Atom Alloys

    Matthew D. Marcinkowski;Jilei Liu;Colin J. Murphy;Melissa L. Liriano

  • H2 Activation and Spillover on Catalytically Relevant Pt–Cu Single Atom Alloys

    Felicia R. Lucci;Matthew D. Marcinkowski;Timothy J. Lawton;E. Charles H. Sykes

  • Carbon Monoxide Poisoning Resistance and Structural Stability of Single Atom Alloys

    Matthew T. Darby;E. Charles H. Sykes;Angelos Michaelides;Michail Stamatakis

  • Controlling a spillover pathway with the molecular cork effect

    Matthew D. Marcinkowski;April D. Jewell;Michail Stamatakis;Matthew B. Boucher

Frequent Co-Authors

Angelos Michaelides
Angelos Michaelides University of Cambridge
Paul S. Weiss
Paul S. Weiss University of California, Los Angeles
Javier Carrasco
Javier Carrasco Spanish National Research Council
Richard M. Lambert
Richard M. Lambert University of Cambridge
David S. Sholl
David S. Sholl Georgia Institute of Technology
Eva Zurek
Eva Zurek University at Buffalo, State University of New York
Andrew J. Gellman
Andrew J. Gellman Carnegie Mellon University
Phillip Christopher
Phillip Christopher University of California, Santa Barbara
Shih-Yuan Liu
Shih-Yuan Liu Boston College

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