Integrated Mesoscale Architectures for Sustainable Catalysis (IMASC)

Director
Cynthia Friend
Lead Institution
Harvard University
Class
2014-2022
Mission
To establish design principles for highly selective catalytic transformations driven by nanoporous dilute alloys.
Research Topics
catalysis (heterogeneous), methane and light alkanes, defects, mesoscale science, materials and chemistry by design, mesostructured materials, synthesis (novel materials), synthesis (self-assembly)
Materials Studied
Materials: metal, oxide, porous
Interfaces: inorganic/inorganic, gas/solid, solid/solid
Nanostructured Materials: 3D
Experimental and Theoretical Methods
X-ray spectroscopy, electron microscopy, scanning probe microscopy, surface science, molecular dynamics (MD), density functional theory (DFT), monte carlo (MC), mesoscale modeling, multiscale modeling, machine learning

Partner Institutions
- Brookhaven National Laboratory
- Harvard University
- Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- Stony Brook University
- Tufts University
- University College London
- University of California
- Los Angeles; University of Florida
- University of Pennsylvania