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ANDREW DE LA RIVA |
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The goal of my current research is
to develop a method to describe the behavior of platinum and
palladium catalyst under different environmental conditions. The
goals of my work are not only beneficial to me but to other
researchers encountering stability problems with catalysts. With
solutions to stability problems, catalysts will be able to maintain
their surface area for a longer period of time in turn extending the
lifetime of the catalyst. Currently I use High Resolution Scanning
Electron Microscopy, X-Ray Diffraction, Transmission Electron
Microscopy (TEM), and other instruments to characterize my catalysts
before and after going through environmental treatments.
This research will lead me toward my Ph.D. in Chemical
Engineering under my advisor Abhaya Datye.
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