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Heterogeneous Catalysis, Computational Chemistry, Multiscale Modeling, Density Functional Theory (DFT), Materials Design, Nanostructured Materials, Renewable Energy Catalysts, Environmental Catalysis, Sustainable Chemistry

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Stevens Institute of Technology: Hoboken, NJ, US

2021-08 to present | Assistant Professor (Chemical Engineering and Materials Science)
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Alyssa J.R. Hensley

University of Massachusetts Lowell: Lowell, MA, US

2020-07 to 2021-08 | Grant Consultant (Chemical Engineering)
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Alyssa J.R. Hensley

University of Toronto: Toronto, ON, CA

2018-07 to 2021-08 | Postdoctoral Fellow (Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry)
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Alyssa J.R. Hensley

Washington State University: Pullman, WA, US

2016 to 2018 | Postdoc (Gene and Linda Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering)
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Alyssa J.R. Hensley

Education and qualifications (2)

Washington State University: Pullman, WA, US

2012 to 2015 | Ph.D. (Gene and Linda Voiland School of Chemical Engineering and Bioengineering)
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Alyssa J.R. Hensley

New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology: Socorro, NM, US

2008 to 2012 | B.S. (Chemical Engineering)
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Alyssa J.R. Hensley

Professional activities (3)

American Society For Engineering Education: Washington D.C., District of Columbia, US

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Alyssa J.R. Hensley

American Institute of Chemical Engineers: New York, NY, US

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American Chemical Society: D.C., D.C., US

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Funding (1)

Accelerating Catalyst Design for Selective Ethane Oxidative Dehydrogenation

2023-09 to present | Grant
American Chemical Society Petroleum Research Fund (Washington, DC, US)
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Alyssa J.R. Hensley

Works (43)

Probing the Nanoscale Driving Forces for Adsorbate-Induced Rh50Pd50 Nanoparticle Reconstruction via Mean-Field Models of Multi-Faceted Nanoparticles

Catalysis Science & Technology
2024 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2044-4753
Part of ISSN: 2044-4761
Contributors: Shuqiao Wang; Alyssa J.R. Hensley
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Alyssa J.R. Hensley

Integration of Facet‐Dependent, Adsorbate‐Driven Surface Reconstruction into Multiscale Models for the Design of Ni‐Based Bimetallic Catalysts for Hydrogen Oxidation

ChemCatChem
2024-07-04 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1867-3880
Part of ISSN: 1867-3899
Contributors: Isabella Furrick; Ayodeji Omoniyi; Shuqiao Wang; Thomas Robinson; Alyssa Hensley
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Alyssa J.R. Hensley

Coverage- and Facet-Dependent Multiscale Modeling of O* and H* Adsorption on Pt Catalytic Nanoparticles

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
2024-04-17 | Journal article | Author
Part of ISSN: 1932-7447
Part of ISSN: 1932-7455
Contributors: Ayodeji Omoniyi; Alyssa J.R. Hensley
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Alyssa J.R. Hensley

Unravelling Competitive Adsorption Phenomena in the Aqueous Phase Reforming of Carboxylic Acids on Pt Catalysts: An Experimental and Theoretical Study

Chemical Engineering Journal
2024-01 | Journal article | Author
Part of ISSN: 1385-8947
Contributors: Giuseppe Pipitone; Alyssa J.R. Hensley; Ayodeji Omoniyi; Giulia Zoppi; Raffaele Pirone; Samir Bensaid
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Alyssa J.R. Hensley

Developing a Machine-Learned Interatomic Potential for Nickel-Platinum Catalysts

Computer Science Research Institute Summer Proceedings
2023-12 | Journal article
Contributors: Isabella Furrick; Mitchell Wood; Alyssa J.R. Hensley
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Alyssa J.R. Hensley

Capturing the Coverage Dependence of Aromatics’ Adsorption through Mean-Field Models

The Journal of Physical Chemistry A
2023-12-21 | Journal article | Author
Part of ISSN: 1089-5639
Part of ISSN: 1520-5215
Contributors: Naseeha Cardwell; Alyssa J.R. Hensley; Yong Wang; Jean-Sabin McEwen
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Alyssa J.R. Hensley

Brønsted Acidity of H-Adatoms at Protic Solvent-Transition Metal Interfaces and Its Kinetic Consequences in Electrophilic Addition Reactions

Journal of Catalysis
2022-04 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0021-9517
Contributors: Junnan Shangguan; Alyssa J.R. Hensley; Leander Morgenstern; Zhishan Li; Jean-Sabin McEwen; Weihua Ma; Ya-Huei (Cathy) Chin
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Alyssa J.R. Hensley

Quantifying Errors in Effective Cluster Interactions of Lattice Gas Cluster Expansions

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
2022-01-27 | Journal article | Author
Part of ISSN: 1932-7447
Part of ISSN: 1932-7455
Contributors: Gregory Collinge; Alyssa J.R. Hensley; Jean-Sabin McEwen
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Alyssa J.R. Hensley

Developing Single-Site Pt Catalysts for the Preferential Oxidation of CO: A Surface Science and First Principles-Guided Approach

Applied Catalysis B: Environmental
2021-05 | Journal article | Author
Part of ISSN: 0926-3373
Contributors: Jilei Liu; Alyssa J.R. Hensley; Georgios Giannakakis; Andrew J. Therrien; Ahmad Sukkar; Alex C. Schilling; Kyle Groden; Nisa Ulumuddin; Ryan T. Hannagan; Mengyao Ouyang et al.
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Alyssa J.R. Hensley

Guiding the Design of Oxidation-Resistant Fe-based Single Atom Alloy Catalysts with Insights from Configurational Space

The Journal of Chemical Physics
2021-05-07 | Journal article | Author
Part of ISSN: 0021-9606
Part of ISSN: 1089-7690
Contributors: Alyssa J.R. Hensley; Gregory Collinge; Yong Wang; Jean-Sabin McEwen
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Alyssa J.R. Hensley

Determining the Hydration Energetics on Carbon-Supported Ru Catalysts: An Adsorption Calorimetry and Density Functional Theory Study

Catalysis Today
2021-04 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0920-5861
Contributors: Xianghui Zhang; Neeru Chaudhary; Megan R. Hawkins; Cody B. Cockreham; Chen Yang; Junnan Shangguan; Alyssa J.R. Hensley; Ya-Huei (Cathy) Chin; Su Ha; Jean-Sabin McEwen et al.
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Alyssa J.R. Hensley

Catalytic Consequences of Hydrogen Addition Events and Solvent-Adsorbate Interactions during Guaiacol-H2 Reactions at the H2O-Ru(0001) Interface

Journal of Catalysis
2021-03 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0021-9517
Contributors: Alyssa J.R. Hensley; Jacob Bray; Junnan Shangguan; Ya-Huei (Cathy) Chin; Jean-Sabin McEwen
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Alyssa J.R. Hensley

Identifying Trends in the Field Ionization of Diatomic Molecules over Adsorbate Covered Pd(331) Surfaces

Topics in Catalysis
2020-11 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1022-5528
Part of ISSN: 1572-9028
Contributors: Alyssa J. R. Hensley; Ian deJoode; Yong Wang; Jean-Sabin McEwen
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Alyssa J.R. Hensley

The Role of Protons and Hydrides in the Catalytic Hydrogenolysis of Guaiacol at the Ruthenium Nanoparticle–Water Interface

ACS Catalysis
2020-10-16 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2155-5435
Part of ISSN: 2155-5435
Contributors: Junnan Shangguan; Alyssa J. R. Hensley; Matthew Gradiski; Niklas Pfriem; Jean-Sabin McEwen; Robert H. Morris; Ya-Huei (Cathy) Chin
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Alyssa J.R. Hensley

Deconvoluting the XPS Spectra for Nitrogen-Doped Chars: An Analysis from First Principles

Carbon
2020-06 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0008-6223
Contributors: Michael Ayiania; Matthew Smith; Alyssa J.R. Hensley; Louis Scudiero; Jean-Sabin McEwen; Manuel Garcia-Perez
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Alyssa J.R. Hensley

Coverage-Dependent Adsorption of Hydrogen on Fe(100): Determining Catalytically Relevant Surface Structures via Lattice Gas Models

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
2020-04-02 | Journal article | Author
Part of ISSN: 1932-7447
Part of ISSN: 1932-7455
Contributors: Alyssa J.R. Hensley; Gregory Collinge; Yong Wang; Jean-Sabin McEwen
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Alyssa J.R. Hensley

Coverage-Dependent Adsorption of Phenol on Pt(111) from First Principles

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
2020-01-09 | Journal article | Author
Part of ISSN: 1932-7447
Part of ISSN: 1932-7455
Contributors: Neeru Chaudhary; Alyssa J.R. Hensley; Gregory Collinge; Yong Wang; Jean-Sabin McEwen
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Alyssa J.R. Hensley

Thermodynamic Stability of Nitrogen Functionalities and Defects in Graphene and Graphene Nanoribbons from First Principles

Carbon
2019-11 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0008-6223
Contributors: Michael Ayiania; Alyssa J.R. Hensley; Kyle Groden; Manuel Garcia-Perez; Jean-Sabin McEwen
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Alyssa J.R. Hensley

The Partial Reduction of Clean and Doped α-Fe2O3(0001) from First Principles

Applied Catalysis A: General
2019-07 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0926-860X
Contributors: Alyssa J.R. Hensley; Yong Wang; Jean-Sabin McEwen
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Alyssa J.R. Hensley

Benchmarking the Accuracy of Coverage-Dependent Models: Adsorption and Desorption of Benzene on Pt(111) and Pt3Sn(111) from First Principles

Progress in Surface Science
2019-05 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0079-6816
Contributors: Breanna M. Wong; Greg Collinge; Alyssa J.R. Hensley; Yong Wang; Jean-Sabin McEwen
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Alyssa J.R. Hensley

Surface-Templated Assembly of Molecular Methanol on the Thin Film “29” Cu(111) Surface Oxide

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
2019-02-07 | Journal article | Author
Part of ISSN: 1932-7447
Part of ISSN: 1932-7455
Contributors: Andrew J. Therrien; Alyssa J.R. Hensley; Ryan T. Hannagan; Alex C. Schilling; Matthew D. Marcinkowski; Amanda M. Larson; Jean-Sabin McEwen; E Charles Sykes
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Alyssa J.R. Hensley

Modeling the Adsorbate Coverage Distribution over a Multi-Faceted Catalytic Grain in the Presence of an Electric Field: O/Fe from First Principles

Catalysis Today
2018-08 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0920-5861
Contributors: Jacob Bray; Alyssa J.R. Hensley; Greg Collinge; Fanglin Che; Yong Wang; Jean-Sabin McEwen
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Alyssa J.R. Hensley

Water Activation by Single Pt Atoms Supported on a Cu2O Thin Film

Journal of Catalysis
2018-08 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0021-9517
Contributors: Andrew J. Therrien; Kyle Groden; Alyssa J.R. Hensley; Alex C. Schilling; Ryan T. Hannagan; Matthew D. Marcinkowski; Alex Pronschinske; Felicia R. Lucci; E. Charles H. Sykes; Jean-Sabin McEwen
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Alyssa J.R. Hensley

Mechanistic Understanding of Methanol Carbonylation: Interfacing Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Catalysis via Carbon Supported Ir-La

Journal of Catalysis
2018-05 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0021-9517
Contributors: Alyssa J.R. Hensley; Jianghao Zhang; Ilka Vinçon; Xavier Pereira Hernandez; Diana Tranca; Gotthard Seifert; Jean-Sabin McEwen; Yong Wang
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Alyssa J.R. Hensley

An Atomic-Scale View of Single-Site Pt Catalysis for Low-Temperature CO Oxidation

Nature Catalysis
2018-03-05 | Journal article | Author
Part of ISSN: 2520-1158
Contributors: Andrew J. Therrien; Alyssa J.R. Hensley; Matthew D. Marcinkowski; Renqin Zhang; Felicia R. Lucci; Benjamin Coughlin; Alex C. Schilling; Jean-Sabin McEwen; E Charles Sykes
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Alyssa J.R. Hensley

Mechanistic Effects of Water on the Fe-Catalyzed Hydrodeoxygenation of Phenol. The Role of Brønsted Acid Sites

ACS Catalysis
2018-03-02 | Journal article | Author
Part of ISSN: 2155-5435
Part of ISSN: 2155-5435
Contributors: Alyssa J.R. Hensley; Yong Wang; Donghai Mei; Jean-Sabin McEwen
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Alyssa J.R. Hensley

Identifying the Thermal Decomposition Mechanism of Guaiacol on Pt(111): An Integrated X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy and Density Functional Theory Study

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
2018-03-01 | Journal article | Author
Part of ISSN: 1932-7447
Part of ISSN: 1932-7455
Contributors: Alyssa J.R. Hensley; Claudia Wöckel; Christoph Gleichweit; Karin Gotterbarm; Christian Papp; Hans-Peter Steinrück; Yong Wang; Reinhard Denecke; Jean-Sabin McEwen
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Alyssa J.R. Hensley

Characterizing the Geometric and Electronic Structure of Defects in the “29” Copper Surface Oxide

The Journal of Chemical Physics
2017-12-14 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0021-9606
Part of ISSN: 1089-7690
Contributors: Andrew J. Therrien; Alyssa J. R. Hensley; Renqin Zhang; Alex Pronschinske; Matthew D. Marcinkowski; Jean-Sabin McEwen; E. Charles H. Sykes
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Alyssa J.R. Hensley

DFT-Based Method for More Accurate Adsorption Energies: An Adaptive Sum of Energies from RPBE and vdW Density Functionals

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
2017-03-09 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1932-7447
Part of ISSN: 1932-7455
Contributors: Alyssa J. R. Hensley; Kushal Ghale; Carolin Rieg; Thanh Dang; Emily Anderst; Felix Studt; Charles Campbell; Jean-Sabin McEwen; Ye Xu
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Alyssa J.R. Hensley

CO Adsorption on the “29” CuxO/Cu(111) Surface: An Integrated DFT, STM, and TPD Study

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
2016-11-10 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1932-7447
Part of ISSN: 1932-7455
Contributors: Alyssa J. R. Hensley; Andrew J. Therrien; Renqin Zhang; Matthew D. Marcinkowski; Felicia R. Lucci; E. Charles H. Sykes; Jean-Sabin McEwen
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Alyssa J.R. Hensley

Perspective on Catalytic Hydrodeoxygenation of Biomass Pyrolysis Oils: Essential Roles of Fe-Based Catalysts

Catalysis Letters
2016-09 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1011-372X
Part of ISSN: 1572-879X
Contributors: Yongchun Hong; Alyssa Hensley; Jean-Sabin McEwen; Yong Wang
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Alyssa J.R. Hensley

Adsorption of Guaiacol on Fe(110) and Pd(111) from First Principles

Surface Science
2016-06 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0039-6028
Contributors: Alyssa J.R. Hensley; Yong Wang; Jean-Sabin McEwen
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Alyssa J.R. Hensley

Structurally Accurate Model for the “29”-Structure of CuxO/Cu(111): A DFT and STM Study

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
2016-05-26 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1932-7447
Part of ISSN: 1932-7455
Contributors: Andrew J. Therrien; Renqin Zhang; Felicia R. Lucci; Matthew D. Marcinkowski; Alyssa Hensley; Jean-Sabin McEwen; E. Charles H. Sykes
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Alyssa J.R. Hensley

Adsorption of Aromatics on the (111) Surface of PtM and PtM3 (M = Fe, Ni) Alloys

RSC Advances
2015 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2046-2069
Contributors: Alyssa J. R. Hensley; Sebastian Schneider; Yong Wang; Jean-Sabin McEwen
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Alyssa J.R. Hensley

Phenol Deoxygenation Mechanisms on Fe(110) and Pd(111)

ACS Catalysis
2015-02-06 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2155-5435
Part of ISSN: 2155-5435
Contributors: Alyssa J. R. Hensley; Yong Wang; Jean-Sabin McEwen
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Alyssa J.R. Hensley

Decomposition of Methyl Species on a Ni(211) Surface: Investigations of the Electric Field Influence

Catal. Sci. Technol.
2014 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2044-4753
Part of ISSN: 2044-4761
Contributors: Fanglin Che; Alyssa J. Hensley; Su Ha; Jean-Sabin McEwen
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Alyssa J.R. Hensley

Density Functional Theory Studies of Methyl Dissociation on a Ni(111) Surface in the Presence of an External Electric Field

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys.
2014 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1463-9076
Part of ISSN: 1463-9084
Contributors: Fanglin Che; Renqin Zhang; Alyssa J. Hensley; Su Ha; Jean-Sabin McEwen
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Alyssa J.R. Hensley

Adsorption of Phenol on Fe (110) and Pd (111) from First Principles

Surface Science
2014-12 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0039-6028
Contributors: Alyssa J.R. Hensley; Yong Wang; Jean-Sabin McEwen
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Alyssa J.R. Hensley

Enhanced Fe2O3 Reducibility via Surface Modification with Pd: Characterizing the Synergy within Pd/Fe Catalysts for Hydrodeoxygenation Reactions

ACS Catalysis
2014-10-03 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2155-5435
Part of ISSN: 2155-5435
Contributors: Alyssa J. R. Hensley; Yongchun Hong; Renqin Zhang; He Zhang; Junming Sun; Yong Wang; Jean-Sabin McEwen
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Alyssa J.R. Hensley

Synergistic Catalysis between Pd and Fe in Gas Phase Hydrodeoxygenation of m-Cresol

ACS Catalysis
2014-10-03 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 2155-5435
Part of ISSN: 2155-5435
Contributors: Yongchun Hong; He Zhang; Junming Sun; Karim M. Ayman; Alyssa J. R. Hensley; Meng Gu; Mark H. Engelhard; Jean-Sabin McEwen; Yong Wang
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Alyssa J.R. Hensley

Integrated X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy and DFT Characterization of Benzene Adsorption on Pt(111), Pt(355) and Pt(322) Surfaces

Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics
2013 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1463-9076
Part of ISSN: 1463-9084
Contributors: Renqin Zhang; Alyssa J. Hensley; Jean-Sabin McEwen; Sandra Wickert; Erik Darlatt; Kristina Fischer; Matthias Schöppke; Reinhard Denecke; Regine Streber; Michael Lorenz et al.
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Alyssa J.R. Hensley

Tailoring the Adsorption of Benzene on PdFe Surfaces: A Density Functional Theory Study

The Journal of Physical Chemistry C
2013-11-21 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 1932-7447
Part of ISSN: 1932-7455
Contributors: Alyssa J. R. Hensley; Renqin Zhang; Yong Wang; Jean-Sabin McEwen
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Alyssa J.R. Hensley

Carbon-Supported Bimetallic Pd–Fe Catalysts for Vapor-Phase Hydrodeoxygenation of Guaiacol

Journal of Catalysis
2013-10 | Journal article
Part of ISSN: 0021-9517
Contributors: Junming Sun; Ayman M. Karim; He Zhang; Libor Kovarik; Xiaohong Shari Li; Alyssa J. Hensley; Jean-Sabin McEwen; Yong Wang
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Alyssa J.R. Hensley

Peer review (10 reviews for 7 publications/grants)

Review activity for ACS catalysis. (2)
Review activity for Biomass & bioenergy. (1)
Review activity for Energy & fuels. (1)
Review activity for Industrial & engineering chemistry research. (1)
Review activity for Journal of catalysis. (1)
Review activity for Journal of physical chemistry. (3)
Review activity for The journal of physical chemistry. (1)