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Dario Stacchiola

Group Leader, Interface Sciences/Catalysis, Center for Functional Nanomaterials

Dario Stacchiola

Brookhaven National Laboratory

Center for Functional Nanomaterials
Bldg. 735, Room 2043
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000

(631) 344-7312
djs@bnl.gov

Our research focuses in surface chemistry studied by in-situ tools, and in particular on structure–reactivity relationships in catalysis. The use of well-defined model catalysts allows the characterization of systems at the molecular and atomic level. Studies of these model catalysts by complimentary in-situ ambient pressure spectroscopy and microscopy gives direct evidence of dynamically generated active phases and adsorbed surface species which are produced or stabilized only under reaction conditions.

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Selected Publications

  • Hu T, Karagoz B, Xu F, et al (2025) The surface chemistry of cuprous oxide. Surface Science 751:122622. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.susc.2024.122622
  • Karagoz B, Carpena-Núñez J, Zhu Y, et al (2023) Adapting an Electron Microscopy Microheater for Correlated and Time-Resolved Ambient Pressure X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy. Chemistry of Materials 35:5744–5751. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.chemmater.3c00615
  • Eads CN, Boscoboinik JA, Head AR, Hunt A, Waluyo I, Stacchiola DJ, Tenney SA (2021) Enhanced Catalysis under 2D Silica: A CO Oxidation Study. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 60:10888–10894. doi: 10.1002/anie.202013801
  • O'Connor CR, Duanmu K, Patel DA, Muramoto E, van Spronsen MA, Stacchiola D, Sykes ECH, Sautet P, Madix RJ, Friend CM (2020) Facilitating hydrogen atom migration via a dense phase on palladium islands to a surrounding silver surface. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 117:22657–22664. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2010413117
  • Eren B, Torres D, Karslioglu O, Liu Z, Wu CH, Stacchiola D, Bluhm H, Somorjai GA, Salmeron M (2018) Structure of Copper–Cobalt Surface Alloys in Equilibrium with Carbon Monoxide Gas. Journal of the American Chemical Society 140:6575–6581. doi: 10.1021/jacs.7b13621
  • Zhong J-Q, Wang M, Akter N, Kestell JD, Boscoboinik AM, Kim T, Stacchiola DJ, Lu D, Boscoboinik JA (2017) Immobilization of single argon atoms in nano-cages of two-dimensional zeolite model systems. Nature Communications. doi: 10.1038/ncomms16118
  • Graciani J, Mudiyanselage K, Xu F, Baber AE, Evans J, Senanayake SD, Stacchiola DJ, Liu P, Hrbek J, Sanz JF, Rodriguez JA (2014) Highly active copper-ceria and copper-ceria-titania catalysts for methanol synthesis from CO 2. Science 345:546–550. doi: 10.1126/science.1253057
  • Stacchiola DJ, Senanayake SD, Liu P, Rodriguez JA (2012) Fundamental Studies of Well-Defined Surfaces of Mixed-Metal Oxides: Special Properties of MOx/TiO2(110) {M = V, Ru, Ce, or W}. Chemical Reviews 113:4373–4390. https://doi.org/10.1021/cr300316v
  • Stacchiola D, Kaya S, Weissenrieder J, Kuhlenbeck H, Shaikhutdinov S, Freund H-J, Sierka M, Todorova TK, Sauer J (2006) Synthesis and Structure of Ultrathin Aluminosilicate Films. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 45:7636–7639. doi: 10.1002/anie.200602670
  • Stacchiola D, Burkholder L, Tysoe WT (2002) Enantioselective Chemisorption on a Chirally Modified Surface in Ultrahigh Vacuum:  Adsorption of Propylene Oxide on 2-Butoxide-Covered Palladium(111). Journal of the American Chemical Society 124:8984–8989. doi: 10.1021/ja025733t

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Featured Video

  • Catching Catalysis in the Act: In Situ Studies With X-Rays and Electrons

    May 4, 2015

    During the 504th Brookhaven Lecture, Dario Stacchiola provides an introduction to catalysis and in situ studies to watch catalysts in action. He then discusses his research, highlighting important catalytic processes essential for producing industrial quantities of cleaner fuels to help meet the world's energy needs.

During the 504th Brookhaven Lecture, Dario Stacchiola provides an introduction to catalysis and in situ studies to watch catalysts in action.

Dario Stacchiola

Brookhaven National Laboratory

Center for Functional Nanomaterials
Bldg. 735, Room 2043
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000

(631) 344-7312
djs@bnl.gov

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