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97
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2014 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 2013 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For his outstanding contributions to the development and use of density functional theory in the fundamental understanding of the sitespecific chemical reactions and the determination and design of new catalytic materials

Overview

Manos Mavrikakis is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Madison in the United States. Their research primarily focuses on materials science and engineering, with significant contributions in subfields including materials chemistry, renewable energy, sustainability and the environment, electrical and electronic engineering, catalysis, and biomedical engineering.

The scientist's work addresses a range of topics within catalytic processes in materials science, electrocatalysts for energy conversion, catalysts for methane reforming, CO2 reduction techniques and catalysts, liquid crystal research advancements, fuel cells and related materials, and the study of nanoparticles nucleation surface interactions.

Their recent publications, illustrating a selection of their research output, include:

  • Bismuthene for highly efficient carbon dioxide electroreduction reaction, 2020, Nature Communications
  • Expanding plastics recycling technologies: chemical aspects, technology status and challenges, 2022, Green Chemistry
  • Electrocatalysis in Alkaline Media and Alkaline Membrane-Based Energy Technologies, 2022, Chemical Reviews
  • Computational Methods in Heterogeneous Catalysis, 2020, Chemical Reviews
  • Eliminating dissolution of platinum-based electrocatalysts at the atomic scale, 2020, Nature Materials

Mavrikakis has collaborated extensively with other researchers. Frequent co-authors include Lang Xu, Younan Xia, Nicholas L. Abbott, Saurabh Bhandari, and Roberto Schimmenti. These collaborations indicate a strong network within the catalysis and materials science communities.

The scientist's work is regularly published in notable academic journals and venues. The most frequent publication venues are ACS Catalysis, Journal of the American Chemical Society, Journal of Catalysis, Surface Science, and The Journal of Physical Chemistry C.

Mavrikakis's recognition within the scientific community includes fellowships from prominent organizations. In 2014, they were named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS). In 2013, they became a Fellow of the American Physical Society (APS), with a citation highlighting their contributions to density functional theory for understanding site-specific chemical reactions and the design of new catalytic materials.

Best Publications

  • Highly Crystalline Multimetallic Nanoframes with Three-Dimensional Electrocatalytic Surfaces

    Chen Chen;Yijin Kang;Ziyang Huo;Ziyang Huo;Zhongwei Zhu;Zhongwei Zhu

  • Effect of Strain on the Reactivity of Metal Surfaces

    Manos Mavrikakis;Bjørk Hammer;Jens Kehlet Nørskov

  • Universality in Heterogeneous Catalysis

    J.K. Nørskov;T. Bligaard;A. Logadottir;S. Bahn

  • Ru-Pt core-shell nanoparticles for preferential oxidation of carbon monoxide in hydrogen.

    Selim Alayoglu;Anand U. Nilekar;Manos Mavrikakis;Bryan W. Eichhorn

  • On the origin of the catalytic activity of gold nanoparticles for low-temperature CO oxidation

    N Lopez;T.V.W Janssens;B.S Clausen;Y Xu

  • Controlling the Catalytic Activity of Platinum‐Monolayer Electrocatalysts for Oxygen Reduction with Different Substrates

    Junliang Zhang;Miomir B. Vukmirovic;Ye Xu;Manos Mavrikakis

  • ALLOY CATALYSTS DESIGNED FROM FIRST PRINCIPLES

    Jeff Greeley;Manos Mavrikakis

  • Mechanism of Methanol Synthesis on Cu through CO2 and CO Hydrogenation

    L. C. Grabow;M. Mavrikakis

  • ELECTRONIC STRUCTURE AND CATALYSIS ON METAL SURFACES

    Jeffrey Philip Greeley;Jens Kehlet Nørskov;Manos Mavrikakis

  • On the mechanism of low-temperature water gas shift reaction on copper.

    Amit A. Gokhale;James A. Dumesic;Manos Mavrikakis

  • Platinum monolayer fuel cell electrocatalysts

    Radoslav R. Adzic;Junliang Zhang;Kotaro Sasaki;Miomir B. Vukmirovic

  • Platinum-based nanocages with subnanometer-thick walls and well-defined, controllable facets

    Lei Zhang;Lei Zhang;Luke T. Roling;Xue Wang;Xue Wang;Madeline Vara

  • Making gold less noble

    Manos Mavrikakis;Per Stoltze;Jens Kehlet Nørskov

  • Adsorption and dissociation of O2 on Pt-Co and Pt-Fe alloys.

    Ye Xu;and Andrei V. Ruban;Manos Mavrikakis

  • Alkali-stabilized Pt-OHx species catalyze low-temperature water-gas shift reactions.

    Yanping Zhai;Danny Pierre;Rui Si;Weiling Deng

  • Mixed-Metal Pt Monolayer Electrocatalysts for Enhanced Oxygen Reduction Kinetics

    Junliang Zhang;Miomir B Vukmirovic;Kotaro Sasaki;Anand Udaykumar Nilekar

  • Catalytically active Au-O(OH)x- species stabilized by alkali ions on zeolites and mesoporous oxides

    Ming Yang;Sha Li;Yuan Wang;Jeffrey A. Herron

  • CO activation pathways and the mechanism of Fischer–Tropsch synthesis

    Manuel Ojeda;Rahul P. Nabar;Anand U. Nilekar;Akio Ishikawa

  • Mechanism of the Water Gas Shift Reaction on Pt: First Principles, Experiments, and Microkinetic Modeling

    Lars C. Grabow;Amit A. Gokhale;Steven T. Evans;James A. Dumesic

  • Expanding Plastics Recycling Technologies: Chemical Aspects, Technology Status and Challenges

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  • Atomic Layer-by-Layer Deposition of Pt on Pd Nanocubes for Catalysts with Enhanced Activity and Durability toward Oxygen Reduction

    Shuifen Xie;Sang Il Choi;Ning Lu;Luke T. Roling

Frequent Co-Authors

James A. Dumesic
James A. Dumesic University of Wisconsin–Madison
Younan Xia
Younan Xia Johns Hopkins University
Jeffrey Greeley
Jeffrey Greeley Purdue University West Lafayette
Lars C. Grabow
Lars C. Grabow University of Houston
Nicholas L. Abbott
Nicholas L. Abbott Cornell University
Henry C. Kapteyn
Henry C. Kapteyn University of Colorado Boulder
Margaret M. Murnane
Margaret M. Murnane University of Colorado Boulder
Robert J. Twieg
Robert J. Twieg Kent State University
Flemming Besenbacher
Flemming Besenbacher Aarhus University
Miaofang Chi
Miaofang Chi Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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