Cynthia Friend
Theodore Williams Richards Professor of Chemistry
Professor of Materials Science
- Harvard University Center for the Environment
- Future of Energy at Harvard
- Dept. of Chemistry and Chemical Biology
- School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
- Center for Nanoscale Systems
- Origins of Life Initiative
Office: Mallinckrodt 018
Assistant: Emanuelle Hestermann
Email: friend@chemistry.harvard.edu
Web: http://www.seas.harvard.edu/friend/index.html
Research Interests:
Heterogeneous catalysis; nanostructure growth; environmental chemistry; laser-assisted materials processing; chemical sensor technology.
Related Publications:
Nanoporous Gold Catalysts for Selective Gas-Phase Oxidative Coupling of Methanol at Low Temperature. (2010)
Vapour-phase gold-surface-mediated coupling of aldehydes with methanol. (2009)
Acrolein coupling on reduced TiO2(110): The effect of surface oxidation and the role of subsurface defects. (2009)
Heterogeneous gold-based catalysis for green chemistry: low-temperature CO oxidation and propene oxidation. (2007)
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