Ryan Richards

In situ approaches to establish colloidal growth kinetics.

A colloid "digesting" route to novel, thermally stable high surface area ZrO2 and Pd/ZrO2 catalytic materials.

Characterization and catalytic-hydrogenation behavior of SiO2-embedded nanoscopic Pd, Au, and Pd-Au alloy colloids.

Efficient preparation and catalytic activity of MgO(111) nanosheets.

Enantioselective hydrogenation of ethyl pyruvate over diop modified Pt nanoclusters. Determination of geometry of the ligand adsorption mode via DRIFTS.

Mesoporous Pt-SiO2 and Pt-SiO2-Ta2O5 catalysts prepared using Pt colloids as templates.

Solvent-free aerobic oxidation of n-alkane by iron(III)-substituted polyoxotungstates immobilized on SBA-15.

Catalytic properties of nanoscale iron-doped zirconia solid-solution aerogels.

Heterogeneous gold catalysts for efficient access to functionalized lactones.

Intercalation of aggregation-free and well-dispersed gold nanoparticles into the walls of mesoporous silica as a robust "green" catalyst for n-alkane oxidation.

Size tunable gold nanorods evenly distributed in the channels of mesoporous silica.

NiO111 nanosheets as efficient and recyclable adsorbents for dye pollutant removal from wastewater.

Heterogeneous wheel-shaped Cu20-polyoxotungstate [Cu20Cl(OH)24(H2O)12(P8W48O184)]25- catalyst for solvent-free aerobic oxidation of n-hexadecane.

Organo-ruthenium supported heteropolytungstates: synthesis, structure, electrochemistry, and oxidation catalysis.

Three-dimensional morphology control during wet chemical synthesis of porous chromium oxide spheres.

Synthesis and surface activity of single-crystalline Co3O4 (111) holey nanosheets.

Controlled selectivity for palladium catalysts using self-assembled monolayers.

Experimental and DFT studies of gold nanoparticles supported on MgO(111) nano-sheets and their catalytic activity.