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Surface reactions on Pt during NOx storage-reduction studied by polarization-modulation infrared reflection-absorption spectroscopy
N. Maeda, A. Urakawa, A. Baiker
J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2010, 1, 54
 

In situ PM-IRRAS study of liquid-phase benzyl alcohol oxidation on palladium
D. M. Meier, A. Urakawa, A. Baiker
J. Phys. Chem. C 2009, 113, 21849
 

Adsorption behavior of salicylic, benzoic, and 2-methyl-2-hexenoic acid on alumina: An in situ modulation excitation PM-IRRAS study
D. M. Meier, A. Urakawa, A. Baiker
PhysChemChemPhys 2009, 11, 10132
 

Dynamic structure of Cu-MOF and the nature of active sites in epoxide alcoholysis
D. M. Jiang, A. Urakawa, M. Yulikov, T. Mallat, G. Jeschke, A. Baiker
Chem. Eur. J. 2009, 15, 12255
 

Support effects and chemical gradients along the catalyst bed in NOx storage-reduction studied by space- and time-resolved in situ DRIFTS
N. Maeda, A. Urakawa, A. Baiker
J. Phys. Chem. C 2009, 113, 16724
 

Polarization-modulation infrared reflection-absorption spectroscopy affording time-resolved simultaneous detection of surface and liquid phase species at catalytic solid-liquid interfaces
D. M. Meier, A. Urakawa, A. Baiker
Analyst 2009, 134, 1779
 

Design and performance of a flow-through polarization-modulation infrared reflection-absorption spectroscopy cell for time-resolved simultaneous surface and liquid phase detection under concentration and temperature perturbations
D. M. Meier, A. Urakawa, R. Mäder, A. Baiker
Rev. Sci. Instrum. 2009, 80, 094101
 

Ab initio assignments of FIR, MIR, and Raman bands of bulk Ba species relevant in NOx storage-reduction
H. Hesske, A. Urakawa, A. Baiker
J. Phys. Chem. C 2009, 113, 12286
 

Space-resolved profiling relevant in heterogeneous catalysis
A. Urakawa, A. Baiker
Top. Catal. 2009, 52, 1312
 

Space- and time-resolved combined DRIFT and Raman spectroscopy: Monitoring dynamic surface and bulk processes during NOx storage-reduction
A. Urakawa, N. Maeda, A. Baiker
Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2008, 47, 9256
 

On the local sensitivity of different IR techniques: Ba species relevant in NOx storage-reduction
E. Roedel, A. Urakawa, S. Kureti, A. Baiker
PhysChemChemPhys 2008, 10, 6190
 

On-chip Raman analysis of heterogeneous catalytic reaction in supercritical CO2: phase behaviour monitoring and activity profiling
A. Urakawa, F. Trachsel, P. Rudolf von Rohr, A. Baiker
Analyst 2008, 133, 1352
 

Sensitivity enhancement and dynamic behavior analysis by modulation excitation spectroscopy: Principle and application in heterogeneous catalysis
A. Urakawa, T. Bürgi, A. Baiker
Chem. Eng. Sci. 2008, 63, 4902
 

Towards a rational design of ruthenium CO2-hydrogenation catalysts by ab initio metadynamics
A. Urakawa, M. Iannuzzi, J. Hutter, A. Baiker
Chem. Eur. J. 2007, 13, 6828
 

Carbon dioxide hydrogenation catalyzed by ruthenium dihydride: A DFT and high-pressure spectroscopic investigation
A. Urakawa, F. Jutz, G. Laurenczy, A. Baiker
Chem. Eur. J. 2007, 13, 3886
 

Kinetic analysis using square-wave stimulation in modulation excitation spectroscopy: Mixing property of a flow-through PM-IRRAS cell
A. Urakawa, T. Bürgi, A. Baiker
Chem. Phys. 2006, 324, 653
 

Simultaneous in situ monitoring of surface and gas species and surface properties by modulation excitation polarization-modulation infrared reflection-absorption spectroscopy: CO oxidation over Pt film
A. Urakawa, T. Bürgi, H.-P. Schläpfer, A. Baiker
J. Chem. Phys. 2006, 124, 054717
 

Interaction of water, alkyl hydroperoxide, and allylic alcohol with a single-site homogeneous Ti-Si epoxidation catalyst: A spectroscopic and computational study
A. Urakawa, T. Bürgi, P. Skrabal, F. Bangerter, A. Baiker
J. Phys. Chem. B 2005, 109, 2212
 

An ATR-IR flow-through cell for concentration modulation excitation spectroscopy: Diffusion experiments and simulations
A. Urakawa, R. Wirz, T. Bürgi, A. Baiker
J. Phys. Chem. B 2003, 107, 13061

Seminars

9/13/2010 12:00
Prof. Dave Macmillan
Princeton University (USA)
Photocatalysis in organic synthesis
9/10/2010 12:00
Prof. Thomas Carell - CANCELLED
University of Munich (LMU) (Germany)
The chemical biology of DNA repair

Publications

Direct copper(I)-catalyzed cycloaddition of organic azides with TMS-protected alkynes
F. Cuevas, A. I. Oliva, M. A. Pericàs
Synlett 2010, 1873-1877
Relation between the barrier interface and the built-in potential in pentacene/C60 solar cell
J. C. Nolasco, A. Sánchez-Díaz, R. Cabré, J. Ferré-Borrull, L. F. Marsal, E. Palomares, J. Pallarès
Appl. Phys. Lett. 2010, 97, 013305-1/013305-3
Zinc acetates as efficient catalysts for the synthesis of bis-isocyanate precursors
E. Reixach, N. Bonet, F. X. Rius-Ruiz, S. Wershofen, A. Vidal-Ferran
Ind. Eng. Chem. Res. 2010, 49, 6362-6366

News & Events

9/6/2010
A communication authored by Profs. Ballester, Bo and Vidal-Ferran, selected as a Very Important Paper
7/9/2010
2010 ICIQ Summer Fellows

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