Samuel Tenney
Staff Scientist, Interface Sciences/Catalysis, Center for Functional Nanomaterials
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Brookhaven National Laboratory
Center for Functional Nanomaterials
Bldg. 735
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000
(631) 344-3109
stenney@bnl.gov
Expertise | Education | Publications | Highlights
Expertise
- Hetergeneous Catalysis
- Surface Science
- Nanoscale chemical mapping and hyperspectral imaging
- s-SNOM
- nanoIR/AFM-IR/PTIR/O-PTIR
- LEEM / selected-area diffraction (LEED)
- SEM / SAM
- STM / XPS / AES / TPD / Raman
- CO2 Capture and Conversion
- 2D materials / graphene / silicates / etc.
- Energetic Materials
Education
Ph.D. (2012): University of South Carolina
B.S. (2007): Fairmont State University
Selected Publications
- Eads CN, Boscoboinik JA, Head AR, et al (2021) Enhanced Catalysis under 2D Silica: A CO Oxidation Study. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 60:10888–10894. https://doi.org/10.1002/anie.202013801
- Mark LO, Chen W, Eads CN, et al (2020) Confinement Effects on Furfuryl Alcohol Reactions over Porous Bilayer Silica-Modified Pd(111). The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 124:25437–25446. https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcc.0c09095
- Eads CN, Zhong J-Q, Kim D, et al (2020) Multi-modal surface analysis of porous films under operando conditions. AIP Advances 10:085109. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0006220
- Mroz M, Tenney S, Savina T, Kordesch ME (2018) Thermionic emission microscopy of scandium thin film dewetting on W(100). AIP Advances 8:065114. https://doi.org/10.1063/1.5039612
- Tenney SA, Lu D, He F, et al (2014) Key Structure–Property Relationships in CO2 Capture by Supported Alkanolamines. The Journal of Physical Chemistry C 118:19252–19258. https://doi.org/10.1021/jp507205t
- Palomino RM, Gutiérrez RA, Liu Z, et al (2017) Inverse Catalysts for CO Oxidation: Enhanced Oxide–Metal Interactions in MgO/Au(111), CeO2/Au(111), and TiO2/Au(111). ACS Sustainable Chemistry & Engineering 5:10783–10791. https://doi.org/10.1021/acssuschemeng.7b02744
Research Highlights
Uncovering Better Catalysts in Confined 2D Spaces
Brookhaven Lab and Small Business Partner to Advance Characterization Tools
![Samuel Tenney](/assets/global/images/render.php?q=0|25078.jpg|500)
Brookhaven National Laboratory
Center for Functional Nanomaterials
Bldg. 735
P.O. Box 5000
Upton, NY 11973-5000
(631) 344-3109
stenney@bnl.gov