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Alba Vidal Sandrea
Research Associate
Chemistry
Department
Building 555
Brookhaven National Laboratory
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000
Phone: (631) 344-4343
FAX: (631) 344-5815
e-mail
Catalysis on the Nanoscale: Preparation, Characterization and Reactivity of
Metal-Based Nanostructures
Education
- PhD in Chemistry, February 2010
Venezuelan Institute of Scientific Research (IVIC), Venezuela.
- BSc. in Chemistry, December 2005
The University of Zulia, Venezuela.
Research Experience
- Postdoctoral Research Associate Brookhaven National Laboratory (BNL)
The Department of Chemistry, March 2011 – present.
Research Interests
- Theoretical studies of the structural, electronic and chemical
properties of heterogeneous catalyst surfaces.
Selected Publications
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S. Kundu, A. B. Vidal, F. Yang,
P. J. Ramírez, S. D. Senanayake, D. Stacchiola, J. Evans, P. Liu, J. A.
Rodriguez “Special Chemical Properties of RuOx Nanowires in RuOx/TiO2(110):
Dissociation of Water and Hydrogen Production” J. Phys. Chem. C, DOI:
10.1021/jp2117054 (2012)
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F. Yang, S. Kundu, A. B. Vidal,
J. Graciani, P. J. Ramírez, S. D. Senanayake, D. Stacchiola, J. Evans,
P. Liu, J. Fdez Sanz, J. A. Rodriguez. “Determining the Behavior of RuOx
Nanoparticles in Mixed-Metal Oxides: Structural and Catalytic Properties
of RuO2/TiO2(110) Surfaces” Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 50, 10198 –10202
(2011)
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Y. Aray, A. B. Vidal, J.
Rodríguez, M. E. Grillo, D. Vega, D. S. Coll, “ First principle study of
low Miller-index RuS2 surfaces in hydrotreating conditions ”J. Phys.
Chem. C, 113, 19545-19557, (2009)
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Y. Aray, D. Vega, J. Rodríguez,
A. B. Vidal, M. E. Grillo, S. Coll, “ First principle study of low
Miller-index Ni3S2 surfaces in hydrotreating conditions ”J. Phys. Chem.
B, 113, 3058–3070 (2009)
Last Modified: June 28, 2012
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