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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2010 - Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
  • 1962 - Fellow of the Royal Society, United Kingdom
  • 1951 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada Academy of Science

Overview

William F. Schneider is affiliated with the University of Notre Dame in the United States. Their research focuses primarily on materials science and chemical engineering, with a significant emphasis on catalysis and related chemical processes.

The main fields of study for Schneider include:

  • Materials Science
  • Chemical Engineering

Subfields within their research cover areas such as materials chemistry, catalysis, inorganic chemistry, radiology, nuclear medicine and imaging, and electrical and electronic engineering.

  • Materials Chemistry
  • Catalysis
  • Inorganic Chemistry
  • Radiology, Nuclear Medicine and Imaging
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

Schneider's principal topics of work highlight catalytic processes and materials science applications, including oxidation reactions, zeolite catalysis and synthesis, ammonia synthesis and nitrogen reduction, plasma applications and diagnostics, machine learning in materials science, and metal-organic frameworks synthesis and applications.

  • Catalytic Processes in Materials Science
  • Catalysis and Oxidation Reactions
  • Zeolite Catalysis and Synthesis
  • Ammonia Synthesis and Nitrogen Reduction
  • Plasma Applications and Diagnostics
  • Machine Learning in Materials Science
  • Metal-Organic Frameworks: Synthesis and Applications

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Schneider include:

  • Hanyu Ma
  • Rajamani Gounder
  • Anshuman Goswami
  • Jason C. Hicks
  • Ahmad Moini

They have published regularly in venues such as Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research), Journal of Catalysis, The Journal of Physical Chemistry C, ACS Catalysis, and Journal of Physics D Applied Physics.

  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • Journal of Catalysis
  • The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
  • ACS Catalysis
  • Journal of Physics D Applied Physics

Notable recent papers authored or co-authored by Schneider include:

  • The 2020 plasma catalysis roadmap, 2020, Journal of Physics D Applied Physics
  • Cooperative and Competitive Occlusion of Organic and Inorganic Structure-Directing Agents within Chabazite Zeolites Influences Their Aluminum Arrangement, 2020, Journal of the American Chemical Society
  • Plasma-Catalytic Ammonia Synthesis beyond the Equilibrium Limit, 2020, ACS Catalysis
  • Solvation and Mobilization of Copper Active Sites in Zeolites by Ammonia: Consequences for the Catalytic Reduction of Nitrogen Oxides, 2020, Accounts of Chemical Research
  • Plasma Catalysis for Ammonia Synthesis: A Microkinetic Modeling Study on the Contributions of Eley-Rideal Reactions, 2021, ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering

William F. Schneider has been recognized as a fellow by several scientific organizations, including the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in 2010, the Royal Society of the United Kingdom in 1962, and the Royal Society of Canada as a member of the Academy of Science in 1951.

Best Publications

  • Beyond fossil fuel-driven nitrogen transformations.

    Jingguang G. Chen;Jingguang G. Chen;Richard M. Crooks;Lance C. Seefeldt;Kara L. Bren

  • Equimolar CO2 Absorption by Anion-Functionalized Ionic Liquids

    Burcu E. Gurkan;Juan C. de la Fuente;Elaine M. Mindrup;Lindsay E. Ficke

  • Dynamic multinuclear sites formed by mobilized copper ions in NO x selective catalytic reduction.

    Christopher Paolucci;Ishant Khurana;Atish A. Parekh;Sichi Li

  • Catalysis in a Cage: Condition-Dependent Speciation and Dynamics of Exchanged Cu Cations in SSZ-13 Zeolites

    Christopher Paolucci;Atish A. Parekh;Ishant Khurana;John R. Di Iorio

  • The Chemistry of Water on Alumina Surfaces: Reaction Dynamics from First Principles

    Kenneth C. Hass;William F. Schneider;Alessandro Curioni;Wanda Andreoni

  • The 2020 plasma catalysis roadmap

    Annemie Bogaerts;Xin Tu;J. Christopher Whitehead;Gabriele Centi

  • Overcoming ammonia synthesis scaling relations with plasma-enabled catalysis

    Prateek Mehta;Patrick Barboun;Francisco A. Herrera;Jongsik Kim

  • Rationalizing the light-induced phase separation of mixed halide organic-inorganic perovskites.

    Sergiu Draguta;Onise Sharia;Seog Joon Yoon;Michael C. Brennan

  • Critical Review of Pd-Based Catalytic Treatment of Priority Contaminants in Water

    Brian P. Chaplin;Martin Reinhard;William F. Schneider;Christoph Schüth

  • Molecular Design of High Capacity, Low Viscosity, Chemically Tunable Ionic Liquids for CO2 Capture

    B. Gurkan;B. F. Goodrich;E. M. Mindrup;L. E. Ficke

  • Tracking Iodide and Bromide Ion Segregation in Mixed Halide Lead Perovskites during Photoirradiation

    Seog Joon Yoon;Sergiu Draguta;Joseph S. Manser;Onise Sharia

  • Isolation of the Copper Redox Steps in the Standard Selective Catalytic Reduction on Cu‐SSZ‐13

    Christopher Paolucci;Anuj A. Verma;Shane A. Bates;Vincent F. Kispersky

  • The Environmental Impact of CFC Replacements HFCs and HCFCs.

    Timothy J. Wallington;William F. Schneider;Douglas R. Worsnop;Ole J. Nielsen

  • Identification of the active Cu site in standard selective catalytic reduction with ammonia on Cu-SSZ-13

    Shane A. Bates;Anuj A. Verma;Christopher Paolucci;Atish A. Parekh

  • Density Functional Theory Comparison of Water Dissociation Steps on Cu, Au, Ni, Pd, and Pt

    Abhijit A. Phatak;W. Nicholas Delgass;Fabio H. Ribeiro;William F. Schneider

  • Catalysis Enabled by Plasma Activation of Strong Chemical Bonds: A Review

    Prateek Mehta;Patrick Barboun;David B. Go;Jason C. Hicks

  • First-Principles Molecular Dynamics Simulations of H2O on α-Al2O3 (0001)

    K. C. Hass and;W. F. Schneider;A. Curioni and;W. Andreoni

  • Chemically Tunable Ionic Liquids with Aprotic Heterocyclic Anion (AHA) for CO2 Capture

    Samuel Seo;Mauricio Quiroz-Guzman;M. Aruni DeSilva;Tae Bum Lee

  • Integrated operando X-ray absorption and DFT characterization of Cu–SSZ-13 exchange sites during the selective catalytic reduction of NOx with NH3

    J.-S. McEwen;T. Anggara;W.F. Schneider;V.F. Kispersky

  • Thermodynamics of Environment-Dependent Oxygen Chemisorption on Pt(111)

    Rachel B. Getman;Ye Xu;William F. Schneider

Frequent Co-Authors

Timothy J. Wallington
Timothy J. Wallington Ford Motor Company (United States)
Ole John Nielsen
Ole John Nielsen University of Copenhagen
Michael D. Hurley
Michael D. Hurley Ford Motor Company (United States)
Jens Sehested
Jens Sehested Haldor Topsoe (Denmark)
Edward J. Maginn
Edward J. Maginn University of Notre Dame
Rajamani Gounder
Rajamani Gounder Purdue University West Lafayette
Fabio H. Ribeiro
Fabio H. Ribeiro Purdue University West Lafayette
Mohit Randeria
Mohit Randeria The Ohio State University
W. Nicholas Delgass
W. Nicholas Delgass Purdue University West Lafayette
Chris Wolverton
Chris Wolverton Northwestern University

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