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Overview

Wilfred T. Tysoe is affiliated with the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee in the United States. Their research spans multiple fields including engineering, physics and astronomy, and materials science, with publications notably concentrated in atomic and molecular physics, materials chemistry, electrical and electronic engineering, biomedical engineering, and mechanical engineering.

The scientist has contributed extensively to topics such as force microscopy techniques and applications, molecular junctions and nanostructures, lubricants and their additives, surface chemistry and catalysis, thermal and kinetic analysis, crystallography and molecular interactions, and computational drug discovery methods.

Among Wilfred T. Tysoe's recent published works are:

  • Measuring and modelling mechanochemical reaction kinetics, 2020, Chemical Communications
  • Inducing High-Energy-Barrier Tribochemical Reaction Pathways; Acetic Acid Decomposition on Copper, 2021, Tribology Letters
  • Mechanism of the Accelerated Water Formation Reaction under Interfacial Confinement, 2020, ACS Catalysis
  • Surface chemistry at the solid-solid interface: mechanically induced reaction pathways of C8 carboxylic acid monolayers on copper, 2021, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
  • Exploring mechanochemical reactions at the nanoscale: theory versus experiment, 2023, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics

Frequent collaborators include Nicholas Hopper, Robert Bavisotto, Resham Rana, François Sidoroff, and Dustin Olson.

Wilfred T. Tysoe's publications are commonly found in journals such as Tribology Letters, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, ChemCatChem, and Surface Science.

In addition to journal articles, Tysoe has authored a book titled More from the Cutting Edge of Tribology, published by World Scientific and scheduled for release in 2025.

Best Publications

  • Photoelectron spectroscopy and heterogeneous catalysis: Benzene and ethylene from acetylene on palladium (111)

    W.T. Tysoe;G.L. Nyberg;R.M. Lambert

  • The Hydrogenation of Acetylene Catalyzed by Palladium: Hydrogen Pressure Dependence

    H. Molero;B.F. Bartlett;W.T. Tysoe

  • On the Commonality Between Theoretical Models for Fluid and Solid Friction, Wear and Tribochemistry

    Hugh Spikes;Wilfred Tysoe

  • Reflection-absorption infrared spectroscopy of ethylene on palladium (111) at high pressure

    M. Kaltchev;A.W. Thompson;W.T. Tysoe

  • Frontiers of fundamental tribological research

    S.S. Perry;W.T. Tysoe

  • Reactive and kinetic properties of carbon monoxide and carbon dioxide on a graphite surface

    B. Marchon;W. T. Tysoe;J. Carrazza;H. Heinemann

  • Structural, kinetic, and reactive properties of the palladium(111)-ethylene system

    W. T. Tysoe;G. L. Nyberg;R. M. Lambert

  • Surface Chemistry for Enantioselective Catalysis

    Andrew J. Gellman;Wilfred T. Tysoe;Francisco Zaera

  • Low temperature catalytic chemistry of the Pd(111) surface: benzene and ethylene from acetylene

    Wilfred T. Tysoe;Graeme L. Nyberg;Richard M. Lambert

  • Enantioselective chemisorption on a chirally modified surface in ultrahigh vacuum: adsorption of propylene oxide on 2-butoxide-covered palladium(111).

    Darío Stacchiola;Luke Burkholder;Wilfred T. Tysoe

  • An Investigation of the Reaction Pathway for Ethylene Hydrogenation on Pd(111)

    D. Stacchiola;S. Azad;and L. Burkholder;W. T. Tysoe

  • AN XPS STUDY OF THE OXIDATION AND REDUCTION OF THE RHENIUM-PLATINUM SYSTEM UNDER ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS

    W.T. Tysoe;W.T. Tysoe;F. Zaera;F. Zaera;G.A. Somorjai;G.A. Somorjai

  • Formation and characterization of Au/Pd surface alloys on Pd(1 1 1)

    Zhenjun Li;Feng Gao;Yilin Wang;Florencia Calaza

  • On the Reaction Pathway for the Hydrogenation of Acetylene and Vinylidene on Pd(111)

    S. Azad;M. Kaltchev;D. Stacchiola;G. Wu

  • A near-edge X-ray absorption fine structure and photoelectron spectroscopic study of the structure of acetylene on Pd(111) at low temperature

    H. Hoffmann;F. Zaera;R.M. Ormerod;R.M. Lambert

  • Discovery of a tilted form of benzene chemisorbed on Pd(111): As NEXAFS and photoemission investigation

    Helmuth Hoffmann;Francisco Zaera;R Mark Ormerod;Richard M Lambert

  • Vinyl acetate formation by the reaction of ethylene with acetate species on oxygen-covered Pd(111).

    Dario Stacchiola;Florencia Calaza;Luke Burkholder;Wilfred T Tysoe

  • The Tribological Properties of Low-friction Hydrogenated Diamond-like Carbon Measured in Ultrahigh Vacuum

    F. Gao;A. Erdemir;W. T. Tysoe

  • Shear-Induced Mechanochemistry: Pushing Molecules Around

    Heather L. Adams;Michael T. Garvey;Uma Shantini Ramasamy;Zhijiang Ye

  • Room-temperature chemistry of acetylene on Pd(111) : formation of vinylidene

    R. M. Ormerod;R. M. Lambert;H. Hoffmann;F. Zaera

  • Ethylene adsorption on Pd(111) studied using infrared reflection-absorption spectroscopy

    D. Stacchiola;L. Burkholder;W.T. Tysoe

  • On Stress-Induced Tribochemical Reaction Rates

    Wilfred Tysoe

Frequent Co-Authors

Dario Stacchiola
Dario Stacchiola Brookhaven National Laboratory
Feng Gao
Feng Gao Pacific Northwest National Laboratory
Richard M. Lambert
Richard M. Lambert University of Cambridge
Francisco Zaera
Francisco Zaera University of California, Riverside
Michael Weinert
Michael Weinert University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee
Matthew Neurock
Matthew Neurock University of Minnesota
Gabor A. Somorjai
Gabor A. Somorjai University of California, Berkeley
Ashlie Martini
Ashlie Martini University of California, Merced
Anibal J. Ramirez-Cuesta
Anibal J. Ramirez-Cuesta Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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