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  1. “Upgrading of lignin-derived bio-oils by catalytic hydrodeoxygenation,” M. Saidi, F. Samini, D. Karimipourfard, T. Nimmanwudipong, B. C. Gates, and M. R. Rahimpour, Energy & Environmental Science<\/em>, 7<\/strong>, 103 (2014).<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. “Formation of supported rhodium clusters from mononuclear rhodium complexes controlled by the support and ligands on rhodium,” P. Serna, D. Yardimci, J. D. Kistler, and B. C. Gates, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics<\/em>, 16<\/strong>, 1262 (2014).<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. “Design of a High-Pressure Flow-Reactor System for Catalytic Hydrodeoxygenation: Guaiacol Conversion Catalyzed by Platinum Supported on MgO,” T. Nimmanwudipong, R. A. Runnebaum, K. Brodwater, J. Heelan, D. Block, and B. C. Gates, Energy&Fuels<\/em>, 28<\/strong>, 1090 (2014).<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. \u00a0“Selective molecular recognition by nanoscale environments in a supported iridium cluster catalyst,” A. Okrut, R. C. Runnebaum, X. Ouyang, J. Lu, C. Aydin, S.-J. Hwang, S. Zhang, O. A. Olantunji-Ojo, K. A. Durkin, D. A. Dixon, B. C. Gates, and A. Katz, Nature Nanotechnology<\/em>, 9<\/strong>, 459 (2014).<\/a><\/li>\n
  5. “Upgrading Anisole in a Dielectric Barrier Discharge Plasma Reactor,” H. Taghvaei, M. Kheirollahivash, M. Ghasemi, P. Rostami, B. C. Gates, and M. R. Rahimpour, Energy&Fuels<\/em>, <\/a>28<\/a><\/strong>, 4545 (2014).<\/a><\/li>\n
  6. “Iridium complexes and Clusters in Dealuminated Zeolite HY: Distribution between Crystalline and Impurity Amorphous Regions,” C. Martinez-Macias, P. Xu, S.-J. Hwang, J. Lu, C.Y. Chen, N. D. Browning, and B. C. Gates, ACS Catalysis<\/em>, 4<\/strong>, 2662 (2014).<\/a><\/li>\n
  7. “A Single-Site Platinum CO Oxidation Catalyst in Zeolite KLTL: Microscopic and Spectroscopic Determination of the Locations of the Platinum Atoms,” J. D. Kistler, N. Chotigkrai, P. Xu, B. Enderle, P. Praserthdam, C. Y. Chen, N. D. Browning, and B. C. Gates, Angewandte Chemie International Edition<\/em>, 53<\/strong>, 8904 (2014).<\/a><\/li>\n
  8. “Molecular Metal Catalysis on Supports: Organometallic Chemistry Meets Surface Science,” P. Serna and B. C. Gates, Accounts of Chemical Research<\/em>, 47<\/strong>, 2612 (2014).<\/a><\/li>\n
  9. “Beyond Relationships between Homogenous and Heterogenous Catalysis,” D. A. Dixon, A. Katz, I. Arslan, and B. C. Gates, Catalysis Letters<\/em>, 144<\/strong>, 1785 (2014).<\/a><\/li>\n
  10. “Mononuclear iridium dinitrogen complexes bonded to zeolite HY,” D. Yang, M. Chen, C. Martinez-Macias, D. A. Dixon, and B. C. Gates, Chemistry A European Journal<\/em>, 21<\/strong>, 631 (2014).<\/a><\/li>\n
  11. “Upgrading of Lignin-Derived Bio-Oil Components Catalyzed by \u03b3-Al2<\/sub>O3<\/sub>: Kinetics and Reaction Pathways Characterizing Conversion of Cyclohexanone with H2<\/sub>,” M. Saidi, P. Rostami, M. R. Rahimpour, B. C. Gates, and S. Raeissi Energy&Fuels, <\/em>29<\/strong>, 191 (2015).<\/a><\/li>\n
  12. “Agglomerative Sintering of an Atomically Dispersed Ir1<\/sub>\/Zeolite Y Catalyst: Compelling Evidence Against Ostwald Ripening but for Bimolecular and Autocatalytic Agglomeration Catalyst Sintering Steps,” E. Bayram, J. Lu, C. Aydin, N. D. Browning, S. Ozkar, E. Finney, B. C. Gates, and R. Finke, ACS Catalysis, <\/em>5<\/strong>, 3514 (2015).<\/a><\/li>\n
  13. “Catalytic Conversion of Biofuel Components: Product Analysis by Multidetector Gas Chromatography,” J. L. Heelan, B. C. Gates, S. E. Ebeler, and D. E. Block, Energy&Fuels, <\/em>29<\/strong>, 1801 (2015).<\/a><\/li>\n
  14. “Imaging Individual Lanthanum Atoms in Zeolite Y by Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy: Evidence of Lanthanum Pair Sites,” P. Xu, J. Lu, C. Aydin, L. Debefve, N. D. Browning, C.Y. Chen, and B. C. Gates, Microporous and Mesoporous Materials<\/em>, 213<\/strong>, 95 (2015).<\/a><\/li>\n
  15. “From Catalyst Preparation toward Catalyst Synthesis,” B. C. Gates, Journal of Catalysis,\u00a0<\/em>328<\/strong>, 72 (2015).<\/li>\n
  16. “Metal\u2013Organic Framework Nodes as Nearly Ideal Supports for Molecular Catalysts: NU-1000- and UiO-66-Supported Iridium Complexes,” D. Yang, S. O. Odoh, T. C. Wang, O. K. Farha, J. T. Hupp, C. J. Cramer, L. Gagliardi, and B. C. Gates, Journal of the American Chemical Society<\/em>, 137<\/strong>, 7391 (2015).<\/a><\/li>\n
  17. “Genesis of Delaminated-Zeolite Morphology: 3-D Characterization of Changes by STEM Tomography,” I. Arslan, J. D. Roehling, I. Ogino, K. J. Batenburg, S. I. Zones, B. C. Gates, and A. Katz, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters<\/em>, 6<\/strong>, 2598 (2015).<\/a><\/li>\n
  18. “Structures, Relative Energies, and Ligand Dissociation Energies of Iridium Carbonyl Phosphine Clusters,” S. Zhang, A. Katz, B. C. Gates, and D. A. Dixon, Computational and Theoretical Chemistry<\/em>, 1069<\/strong>, 18 (2015).<\/a><\/li>\n
  19. “Single-Site Zeolite-Anchored Organoiridium Carbonyl Complexes: Characterization of Structure and Reactivity by Spectroscopy and Computational Chemistry,” C. Martinez Macias, M. Chen, D. A. Dixon, and B. C. Gates, Chemistry\u2013A European Journal<\/em>,\u00a021<\/strong>, 11825 (2015).<\/a><\/li>\n
  20. “Isostructural Zeolite-Supported Rhodium and Iridium Complexes: Tuning Catalytic Activity and Selectivity by Ligand Modification,” C. Martinez-Macias, P. Serna, and B. C. Gates, ACS Catalysis<\/em>, 5,<\/strong> 5647 (2015).<\/a><\/li>\n
  21. “Kinetics of Upgrading of Anisole with Hydrogen Catalyzed by Platinum Supported on Alumina,” M. Saidi, P. Rostami, H. M Rahimpour, M. A. R. Fallah, M. R. Rahimpour, B. C. Gates, and S. Raeissi, Energy&Fuels<\/em>, 29<\/strong>, 4990 (2015).<\/a><\/li>\n
  22. “Molecular Models of Site-Isolated Cobalt, Rhodium, and Iridium Catalysts Supported on Zeolites: Ligand Bond Dissociation Energies,” M. Chen, P. Serna, J. Lu, B. C. Gates, and D. A. Dixon, Computational and Theoretical Chemistry<\/em>,\u00a01074<\/strong>, 58 (2015).<\/a><\/li>\n
  23. “Migration of Single Iridium Atoms and Tri-iridium Clusters on MgO Surfaces: Aberration-Corrected STEM Imaging and Ab-Initio Calculations,” C. W. Han, H. Iddir, A. Uzun, L. A. Curtiss, N. D. Browning, B. C. Gates, and V. Ortalan,\u00a0Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters<\/em>,\u00a06<\/strong>, 4675 (2015).<\/a><\/li>\n
  24. “Controlling the Hydrogenolysis of Silica-Supported Tungsten Pentamethyl Leads to a Class of Highly Electron Deficient Partially Alkylated Metal Hydrides,” N. Maity, S. Barman, E. Callens, M. K. Samantaray, E. Abou-Hamad, Y. Minenkov, V. D’ Elia, \u00a0A. S. Hoffman, C. M. Widdifield, L. Cavallo, B. C. Gates, and J.-M. Basset,\u00a0Chemical Science<\/em>, 7<\/strong>, 1558 (2016).<\/li>\n
  25. “Tuning Zr6<\/sub>\u00a0Metal\u2013Organic Framework (MOF) Nodes as Catalyst Supports: Site Densities and Electron-Donor Properties Influence Molecular Iridium Complexes as Ethylene Conversion Catalysts,” D. Yang,\u00a0S. O. Odoh,\u00a0J. Borycz,\u00a0T. C. Wang,\u00a0O. K. Farha,\u00a0J. T. Hupp, C. J. Cramer,\u00a0L. Gagliardi, and\u00a0B. C. Gates<\/a>, ACS Catalysis<\/em>, 6<\/strong>, 235 (2016).<\/li>\n
  26. “Surface Metal Complexes and their Applications,” J. D. Kistler, P. Serna, K. Asakura, and B. C. Gates, in \u201cXAS and XES: Theory and Applications,\u201d J. van Bokhoven and C. Lamberti, editors, Wiley, Chichester, pp. 773-808 (2016).<\/li>\n
  27. “Rhodium pair-sites on magnesium oxide: Synthesis, characterization and catalysis of ethylene hydrogenation,” D. Yang, P. Xu, E. Guan, N. D. Browning and B. C. Gates,\u00a0Journal of Catalysis<\/em>,\u00a0338<\/strong>, 12 (2016).<\/a><\/li>\n
  28. “Toward Benchmarking in Catalysis Science: Best Practice, Challenges and Opportunites,” T. Bliggard, R. M. Bullock, C. T. Campbell, J. G. Chen, B. C. Gates, R. J. Gorte, C. W. Jones, W. D. Jones, J. R. Kitchin and S. L. Scott, ACS Catalysis,\u00a06<\/strong><\/em>,\u00a0<\/strong>2590 (2016).<\/a><\/li>\n
  29. “Hydroprocessing of 4-Methylanisole as a Represenatative of Lignin-derived Bio-oils Catalyzed by Sulfided CoMo\/\u03b3-Al2<\/sub>O3<\/sub>: A Semiquantitative Reaction Network,” M. Saidi, P. Rostami, B. C. Gates, and M. R. Rahimpour,\u00a0Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering,<\/em> 94<\/strong>, 1524, 2016.<\/a><\/li>\n
  30. “Concluding remarks: Progress toward design of solid catalysts,” Faraday Discussions<\/em>, 188<\/strong>, 591 (2016).<\/a><\/li>\n
  31. “Transmission and Fluorescence X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy Cell\/Flow Reactor for Powder Samples under Vacuum or in Reactive Atmospheres,” A. S. Hoffman, L. M. Debefve, A. Bendjerious-Sedjerari, S. Ould Chikh, S. R. Bare, J.-M. Basset, and B. C. Gates, Review of Scientific Instruments<\/em>, 87<\/strong>, 073108 (2016).<\/a><\/li>\n
  32. “Tracking Rhodium Atoms in Zeolite HY: First Steps of Metal Cluster Formation and Influence of Metal Nuclearity on Catalysis of Ethylene Hydrogenation and Ethylene Dimerization,” D. Yang, P. Xu, N. D. Browning, and B. C. Gates, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters<\/em>, 7<\/strong>, 2537 (2016).<\/a><\/li>\n
  33. “Homogeneity of Surface Sites in Supported Single-Site Metal Catalysts: Assessment with Band Widths of Metal Carbonyl Infrared Spectra,”\u00a0A. S. Hoffman, C.-Y. Fang, and B. C. Gates,\u00a0Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters<\/em>, 7<\/strong>, 3854 (2016).<\/a><\/li>\n
  34. “Experimental Investigation on Upgrading of Lignin-Derived Bio-Oils: Kinetic Analysis of Anisole Conversion on Sulfided CoMo\/Al2<\/sub>O3<\/sub> Catalyst,”\u00a0H. R. Rahimpour, M. Saidi, P. Rostami, B. C. Gates, and M. R. Rahimpour, International Journal of Chemical Kinetics<\/em>, 48<\/strong>, 702 (2016).<\/a><\/li>\n
  35. “Tuning the Surface Chemistry of Metal Organic Framework Nodes: Proton Topology of the Metal-oxide-like Zr6<\/sub> Nodes of UiO-66 and Nu-1000,” V. Bernales, I. Timur, O. Farha, J. T. Hupp, C. Cramer, L. Gagliardi, and B. C. Gates, Journal of the American Chemical Society<\/em>, 138<\/strong>, 15189 (2016).<\/a><\/li>\n
  36. “Single-site osmium catalysts on MgO: reactivity and catalysis of CO oxidation,” D. Yang, S. Zhang, P. Xu, N. D. Browning, D. A. Dixon, and B. C. Gates, Chemistry–a European Journal<\/em>, 23<\/strong>, 2532 (2017).<\/a><\/li>\n
  37. “Dialing in single-site reactivity of a supported\u00a0calixarene-protected tetrairidium cluster catalyst,”\u00a0A. Palermo, A. Solovyov, D. Ertler, A. Okrut, B. C. Gates, and A. Katz, Chemical Science<\/em>, 8<\/strong>, 4951 (2017).<\/a><\/li>\n
  38. “Experimental investigation of upgrading of lignin-derived bio-oil component anisole catalyzed by carbon nanotube-supported molybdenum,” B. Rahzani, M. Saidi, H. R. Rahimpour, B. C. Gates, and M. R. Rahimpour, RSC Advances<\/em>, 7<\/strong>, 10545 (2017).<\/a><\/li>\n
  39. “Heterogeneous Catalysis\u00a0 Uniformity begets selectivity,” D. Yang and B. C. Gates, Nature Materials<\/em>, 16<\/strong>, 703 (2017).<\/a><\/li>\n
  40. “Role of N-Heterocyclic Carbenes as Ligands in Iridium Carbonyl Clusters,” S. J. Zhang, S. D. Foyle, A. Okrut, A. Solovyov, A. Katz, B. C. Gates, and D. A. Dixon, Journal of Physical Chemistry A<\/em>, 121<\/strong>, 5029 (2017).<\/a><\/li>\n
  41. “From single-site tantalum complexes to nanoparticles of Tax<\/sub>Ny<\/sub> and TaOx<\/sub>Ny<\/sub> supported on silica: elucidation of synthesis chemistry by dynamic nuclear polarization surface enhanced NMR spectroscopy and X-ray absorption spectroscopy,” J. C. Mohandas, E. Abou-Hamad, E. Callens, M. K. Samantaray, D. Gajan, A. Gurinov, T. Ma, S. Ould-Chikh, A. S. Hoffman, B. C. Gates, and J.-M. Basset, Chemical Science<\/em>, 8<\/strong>, 5650 (2017).<\/a><\/li>\n
  42. “Supported Catalysts,” I. Ogino, P. Serna, and B. C. Gates, in “Handbook of Solid State Chemistry,” R. Dronskowski, S. Kikkawa, and A. Stein, editors, Vol. 6, pp. 313-337, Wiley, New York, 2017.<\/li>\n
  43. “Tuning the properties of metal-organic framework nodes as supports of single-site iridium catalysts: node modification by atomic layer deposition of aluminum,” D. Yang, M. R. Momeni, H. Demir, D. R. Pahls, M. Rimoldi, T. C. Wang, O. K. Farha, J. T. Hupp, C. J. Cramer, B. C. Gates, and L. Gagliardi, Faraday Discussions<\/em>, 201<\/strong>, 195 (2017).<\/a><\/li>\n
  44. “A Pd@Zeolite Catalyst for Nitroarene Hydrogenation with High Product Selectivity by Sterically Controlled Adsorption in the Zeolite Micropores,” J. Zhang, L. Wang, Y. Shao, Y. Wang, B. C. Gates, and F.-S. Xiao, Angewandte Chemie International Edition<\/em>, 56<\/strong>, 9747 (2017).<\/a><\/li>\n
  45. “Molecular Rhodium Complexes Supported on the Metal-Oxide-Like Nodes of Metal Organic Frameworks and on Zeolite HY: Catalysts for Ethylene Hydrogenation and Dimerization,” V. Bernales, D. Yang, J. Yu, Gamze Gumuslu, C. Cramer, B. C. Gates, and L. Gagliardi, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces<\/em>, 9<\/strong>, 33511 (2017).<\/a><\/li>\n
  46. “High-energy-resolution X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy for Identification of Reactive Surface Species on Supported Single-Site Iridium Catalysts,” A. S. Hoffman, D. Sokaras, S. Zhang, L. M. Debefve, C.-Y. Fang, A. Gallo, T. Kroll, D. A. Dixon, S. R. Bare, and B. C. Gates, Chemistry–a European Journal<\/em>, 23<\/strong>, 14760 (2017).<\/a><\/li>\n
  47. “Tuning the Selectivity of Single-Site Supported Metal Catalysts with Ionic Liquids,” M. Babucci, C.-Y. Fang, A. S. Hoffman, S. R. Bare, B. C. Gates, and A. Uzun,\u00a0ACS Catalysis<\/em>, 7<\/strong>, 6969 (2017).<\/a><\/li>\n
  48. “Atomically dispersed supported metal catalysts: perspectives and suggestions for future research,” B. C. Gates, M. Flytzani-Stephanopoulos, D. A. Dixon, and A. Katz, Catalysis Science and Technology<\/em>, 7<\/strong>, 4259 (2017).<\/a><\/li>\n
  49. “Beyond Ordered Materials: Understanding Catalytic Sites on Amorphous Solids,” B. R. Goldsmith, B. Peters, J. K. Johnson, B. C. Gates, and S. L. Scott, ACS Catalysis<\/em>, 7<\/strong>, 7543 (2017).<\/a><\/li>\n
  50. “Stable Rhodium Pair Sites on MgO: Influence of Ligands and Rhodium Nuclearity on Catalysis of Ethylene Hydrogenation and H-D Exchange in the Reaction of H2<\/sub>\u00a0with D2<\/sub>,” E. Guan and B. C. Gates,\u00a0ACS Catalysis<\/em>, 8<\/strong>, 482 (2018).<\/a><\/li>\n
  51. “Structure and Dynamics of Zr6<\/sub>O8<\/sub> Metal-Organic Framework Node Surfaces Probed with Ethanol Dehydration as a Catalytic Test Reaction,” D. Yang, M. A. Ortuno, V. Bernales, C. J. Cramer, L. Gagliardi, and B. C. Gates, Journal of the American Chemical Society<\/em>, 140<\/strong>, 3751 (2018).<\/a><\/li>\n
  52. “A Silica-Supported Monoalkylated Tungsten Dioxo Complex Catalyst for Olefin Metathesis,” N. Maity, S. Barman, Y. Minenkov, S. Ould-Chikh, E. Abou-Hamad, T. Ma, Z. S. Qureschi, L. Cavallo, V. D’Elia, B. C. Gates, and J.-M. Basset, ACS Catalysis<\/em>, 8, 2715 (2018).<\/a><\/li>\n
  53. “Beating Heterogeneity of Single-Site Catalysts: MgO-Supported Iridium Complexes, A. S. Hoffman, L. M. Debefve, S. Zhang, J. E. Perez-Aguilar, E. T. Conley, K. R. Justl, I. Arslan, D. A. Dixon, and B. C. Gates, ACS Catalysis<\/em>, 8<\/strong>, 3489 (2018).<\/a><\/li>\n
  54. “Single-site catalyst promoters accelerate metal-catalyzed nitroarene hydrogenation,” Nature Communications<\/em>, 9<\/strong>, 1362 (2018).<\/a><\/li>\n
  55. “Sinter-Resistant Metal Nanoparticle Catalysts Achieved by Immobilization within Zeolite Crystals via Seed-Directed Growth,” J. Zhang, L. Wang, B. Zhang, H. Zhao, U. Kolb, Y. Zhu, L. Liu, Y. Han, G. Wang, C. Wang, D. Su, B. C. Gates, and F.-S. Xiao,\u00a0Nature Catalysis<\/em>, 1<\/strong>, 540 (2018).<\/a><\/li>\n
  56. “Supported Cluster Catalysts Synthesized to be Small, Simple, Selective, and Stable,” E. Guan, C.-Y. Fang, D. Yang, L. Wang, F.-S. Xiao, and B. C. Gates,\u00a0Faraday Discussions<\/em>, 208<\/strong>, 9 (2018).<\/a><\/li>\n
  57. “Weakly Interacting Solvation Spheres Surrounding a Calixarene-Protected Tetrairidium Carbonyl Cluster:\u00a0 Contrasting Effects on Reactivity of Alkane Solvent and Silica Support,” A. P. Palermo, S. Zhang, S.-J. Hwang, D. A Dixon, B. C. Gates, and A. Katz, Dalton Transactions<\/em>, 47<\/strong>, 13550 (2018).<\/a><\/li>\n
  58. “Imine Metathesis Catalyzed by a Silica-Supported Hafnium Imido Complex,” M. A. Aljuhani, S. Barman, E. Abou-Hamad, A. Gurinov, S. Ould-Chikh, E. Guan, A. Jedidi, L. Cavallo, B. C. Gates, J. D. A. Pelletier, and J.-M. Basset, ACS Catalysis<\/em>, 8<\/strong>, 9440 (2018).<\/a><\/li>\n
  59. “Controlling Catalytic Activity and Selectivity for Partial Hydrogenation by Tuning Environment around Active Sites in Iridium Complexes Bonded to Supports,” M. Babucci, C.-Y. Fang, J. E. Perez-Aguilar, A. S. Hoffman, A. Boubnov, E. Guan, S. R. Bare, B. C. Gates, and A. Uzun, Chemical Science<\/em>, 10<\/strong>, 2623 (2019).<\/a><\/li>\n
  60. “Catalysis by Design: a Tungsten Catalyst incorporating a Well-Defined Lewis Acidic Surface Ligand for Selective Metathesis of Propane, [(\u2261Si\u2212O\u2212Si\u2261)(\u2261Si\u2013O\u2013)2<\/sub>Al\u2013O\u2013W(\u2261CtBu) (H)2<\/sub>],” B. Werghi, A. Bendjeriou-Sedjerari, A. Jedidi, N. Morlanes, E. Abou-Hamad, K. Bhatte, E. Guan, T. Ma, A. Aguilar, S. Ould Chikh, L. Cavallo, B. C. Gates, and J.-M. Basset, ChemCatChem<\/em>, 11<\/strong>, 614 (2019).<\/li>\n
  61. “Catalysis by Metal Organic Frameworks: Perspective and Suggestions for Future Research,” D. Yang and B. C. Gates, ACS Catalysis<\/em>, 9, 1779 (2019).<\/a><\/li>\n
  62. “Tuning the Properties of Zr6<\/sub>O8<\/sub> Nodes in the Metal Organic Framework UiO-66 by Selection of Node-Bound Ligands and Linkers,” R. Wei, C. A. Gaggioli, G. Li, T. Islamoglu, Z. Zhang, P. Yu, O. K. Farha, C. J. Cramer, L. Gagliardi, D. Yang, and B. C. Gates, Chemistry of Materials<\/em>, 31<\/strong>, 1655 (2019).<\/li>\n
  63. “Bulky Calixarene Ligands Stabilize Supported Iridium Pair-Site Catalysts,” C. Sch\u00f6ttle, E. Guan, A. Okrut, N. A. Grosso-Giordano, A. Palermo, A. Solovyov, B. C. Gates, and A. Katz, Journal of the American Chemical Society<\/em>, 141<\/strong>, 4010 (2019).<\/li>\n
  64. “Reversible Metal Aggregation and Redispersion Driven by the Catalytic Water Gas Shift Half Reactions: Interconversion of Single-Site Rhodium Complexes and Tetrarhodium Clusters in Zeolite HY,” C.-Y. Fang, S. Zhang, Y. Hu, M. Vasiliu, J. Perez-Aguilar, E. Conley, D. A. Dixon, C. Y. Chen, and B. C. Gates, ACS Catalysis<\/em>, 9<\/strong>, 3311 (2019).<\/li>\n
  65. “Atomically Dispersed Supported Metal Catalysts: Seeing is Believing,” B. C. Gates, Trends in Chemistry<\/em>, 1<\/strong>, 99 (2019).<\/li>\n
  66. “Product Selectivity Controlled by Nanoporous Environments in Zeolite Crystals Enveloping Rhodium Nanoparticle Catalysts for CO2<\/sub>\u00a0Hydrogenation,” C. Wang, E. Guan, L. Wang, X. Chu, Z. Wu, J. Zhang, Z. Yang, Y. Jiang, L. Zhang, X. Meng, B. C. Gates, and F.-S. Xiao, Journal of the American Chemical Society<\/em>, 141<\/strong>, 8482 (2019).<\/li>\n
  67. “Designing clusters for HETEROGENEOUS CATALYSIS,” E. Jimenez-Izal, B. C. Gates, and A. N. Alexandrova, Physics Today<\/em>, July 2019, p. 38.<\/li>\n
  68. “Atomically Dispersed Reduced Graphene Aerogel-Supported Iridium Catalyst with an Iridium Loading of 14.8 wt %,” M. Babucci, F. E. Sarac Oztuna, L. M. Debefve, A. Boubnov, S. R. Bare, B. C. Gates, U. Unal, and A. Uzun, ACS Catalysis<\/em>, 9<\/strong>, 9905 (2019).<\/li>\n
  69. “Mechanistic Study of Hydroamination of Alkyne through Tantalum-Based Silica-Supported Surface Species,” M. A. Aljuhani, Z. Zhang, S. Barman, M. El Eter, L. Failvene, S. Ould-Chikh, E. Guan, E. Abou-Hamad, A.-H. Emwas, J. D. A. Pelletier, B. C. Gates, L. Cavallo, and J.-M. Basset, ACS Catalysis<\/em>, 9<\/strong>, 8719 (2019).<\/li>\n
  70. “MgO-Supported Iridium Pair-Site Catalysts are More Active and Resistant to CO Poisoning than Analogous Single-Site Catalysts for Ethylene Hydrogenation and H-D Exchange,” E. Guan, L. Debefve, M. Vasiliu, S. Zhang, D. A. Dixon, and B. C. Gates, ACS Catalysis<\/em>, 9<\/strong>, 9545 (2019).<\/li>\n
  71. “Spectroscopic Characterization of \u00b5-\u03b71<\/sup>:\u03b71<\/sup>-Peroxo Ligands Formed by Reaction of Dioxygen with Electron-Rich Iridium Clusters,” A. P. Palermo, C. Sch\u00f6ttle, S. Zhang, N. Grosso-Giordano, A. Okrut, D. A. Dixon, H. Frei, B. C. Gates, and A. Katz, Inorganic Chemistry<\/em>, 58<\/strong>, 14338 (2019).<\/li>\n
  72. “Structure, Dynamics, and Reactivity for Light Alkane Oxidation of Fe(II) Sites Situated in the Nodes of\u00a0 Metal-Organic Framework,” M. C. Simons, J. G. Vitillo, M. Babucci, A. S. Hoffman, A. Boubnov, M. L. Beauvais, Z. Chen, C. J. Cramer, K. W. Chapman, S. R. Bare, B. C. Gates, C. C. Lu, L. Gagliardi, and A. Bhan, Journal of the American Chemical Society<\/em>, 141<\/strong>, 18142 (2019).<\/li>\n
  73. “Iridium Atoms Bonded to Crystalline Powder MgO: Characterization by Imaging and Spectroscopy,” L. M. Debefve, A. S. Hoffman, A. Yeh, R. C. \u00a0Runnebaum, S. Shulda, R. Richards, I. Arslan, and B. C. Gates, Journal of Physical Chemistry C<\/em>, 124<\/strong> 459 (2020).<\/li>\n
  74. “Synthesis of Rh6<\/sub>(CO)16<\/sub> in Supercages of Zeolite HY: Reaction Network and Kinetics of Formation from Mononuclear Rhodium Precursors via Rh4<\/sub>(CO)12<\/sub> Facilitated by the Water Gas Shift Half-Reaction,” C.-Y. Fang, J. Valecillos-Diaz, E. T. Conley, C.-Y. Chen, P. Casta\u00f1o, and B. C. Gates, Journal of Physical Chemistry C<\/em>, 124<\/strong>, 2513 (2020).<\/span><\/li>\n
  75. “Synthesis and characterization of tetrairidium clusters in the metal organic framework UiO-67: Catalyst for ethylene hydrogenation,” D. Yang, C. A. Gaggioli, E. Conley, M. Babucci, L. Gagliardi, and B. C. Gates, Journal of Catalysis<\/em>, 382<\/strong>, 165 (2020).<\/li>\n
  76. “Tuning Zr12<\/sub>O22<\/sub> Node Defects as Catalytic Sites in the Metal-Organic Framework hcp UiO-66,” X. Chen, Y. Lyu, Z. Wang, X. Qiao, B. C. Gates, and D. Yang, ACS Catalysis<\/em> 10<\/strong>, 2906 (2020).<\/li>\n
  77. “Silica accelerates the selective hydrogenation of CO2 to methanol on cobalt catalysts,” L. Wang, E. Guan, Y. Wang, L. Wang, Z. Gong, Y. Cui, X. Meng, B. C. Gates, and F.-S. Xiao, Nature Communications<\/em>, (2020)11:1033 https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41467-020-14817-9.<\/li>\n
  78. “Tuning Catalytic Sites on Zr6<\/sub>O8<\/sub> Metal Organic Framework Nodes via Ligand and Defect Chemistry Probed with t<\/em>-Butyl Alcohol Dehydration to Isobutylene,” D. Yang, C. Gaggioli, D. Ray, M. Babucci, L. Gagliardi, and B. C. Gates, Journal of the American Chemical Society<\/em> 142<\/strong>, 8044 (2020).<\/li>\n
  79. “Core-shell structured catalysts for thermocatalytic, photocatalytic, and electrocatalytic conversion of CO2<\/sub>,” S. Das, J. P\u00e9rez-Ram\u00edrez, J. Gong, N. Dewangan, K. Hidajat, B.C. Gates, and S. Kawi, Chemical Society Reviews<\/em>\u00a049<\/strong>, 2937 (2020).<\/li>\n
  80. “Docking of Tetra-methyl Zirconium to the Surface of Silica: A Well-Defined Pre-catalyst for Conversion of CO2<\/sub> to Cyclic Carbonates, W. Almaksoud<\/span>,\u00a0A. Saidi<\/span>, M. Samantaray<\/span>,\u00a0E. Abou-Hamad<\/span>,\u00a0A. Poater<\/span>,\u00a0S. Ould-Chikh<\/span>,\u00a0X. Guo<\/span>,\u00a0E. Guan<\/span>,\u00a0T. Ma<\/span>,\u00a0B. C. Gates, <\/span>and\u00a0<\/span>J.-M. Basset, Chem Commun<\/em>\u00a056<\/strong>, 3528 (2020).<\/span><\/li>\n
  81. “Unraveling the individual influences of supports and ionic liquid coatings on the catalytic properties of supported iridium complexes and iridium clusters,” M. Babucci, A. S. Hoffman, L. M. Debefve, S. F. Kurtoglu, S. R. Bare, B. C. Gates, and A. Uzun, Journal of Catalysis<\/em>, 387<\/strong>, 186 (2020).<\/li>\n
  82. “Atomically Dispersed Ru on Manganese Oxide Catalyst Boosts Oxidative Cyanation,” H. Wang, D. Xu, E. Guan, L. Wang, <\/strong>J. Zhang, C. Wang, S. Wang, H. Xu, X. Meng, B. Yang, B. C. Gates, and F.-S. Xiao,\u00a0<\/strong>ACS Catalysis <\/em>10<\/strong>, 6299 (2020).<\/li>\n
  83. “Isostructural Atomically Dispersed Rhodium Catalysts Supported on SAPO-37 and on HY Zeolite,” J. E. Perez-Aguilar, C.-Y. Chen, J. T. Hughes, C.-Y. Fang, and B. C. Gates, Journal of the American Chemical Society<\/em>\u00a0142<\/strong>, 11474 (2020).<\/li>\n
  84. “Dispersed Nickel Boosts Catalysis by Copper in CO2<\/sub> Hydrogenation,” L. Wang, E. Guan, Z. Wang, L. Wang, Z. Gong, Y. Cui, Z. Yang, C. Wang, J. Zhang, X. Meng, P. Hu, X.-Q. Gong, B. C. Gates, and\u00a0F.-S. Xiao, ACS Catalysis<\/em>\u00a010<\/strong>, 9261 (2020).<\/li>\n
  85. “Supported Metal Pair-Site Catalysts,” J. Ciston, S. R. Bare, R. C. Runnebaum, A. Katz, A. Kulkarni, C. X. Kronawitter, and B. C. Gates, ACS Catalysis<\/em> 10<\/strong>, 9065 (2020).<\/li>\n
  86. “The Surface Chemistry of Metal Oxide Clusters: From Metal\u2013Organic Frameworks to Minerals,” D. Yang, M. Babucci, W. H. Casey, and B. C. Gates, ACS Central Science<\/em>\u00a06<\/strong>, 1523 (2020).<\/li>\n
  87. “Electronic Structure of Atomically Dispersed Supported Iridium Catalyst Controls Iridium Aggregation,” S. F. Kurto\u011flu, A. S. Hoffman, D. Akg\u00fcl, M. \u00a0Babucci, V. Aviyente, B. C. Gates, S. R. Bare, and A. Uzun, ACS Catalysis<\/em>\u00a010<\/strong>, 12354 (2020).<\/li>\n
  88. “Atomically Dispersed Metals on Well-Defined Supports including Zeolites and Metal\u2013Organic Frameworks: Structure, Bonding, Reactivity, and Catalysis,” M. Babucci, A. Guntida, and\u00a0B. C. Gates, Chemical Reviews<\/em> 120<\/strong>, 11956 (2020).<\/li>\n
  89. “Dialing in Catalytic Sites on Metal Organic Framework Nodes: MIL-53(Al) and MIL-68(Al) Probed with Methanol Dehydration Catalysis,” Z. Wang, M. Babucci, Y. Zhang, Y. Wen, L. Peng, <\/strong>B. Yang, <\/strong>B. C. Gates, and D. Yang, ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces<\/em>\u00a012<\/strong>, 53537 (2020).<\/li>\n
  90. “Multimodal Synchrotron Approach: Research Needs and Scientific Vision,” Y. C. K. Chen-Wiegert, I. Walu, A. Kiss, S. Campbell, L. Yang, E Dooryhee, J. R. Trelewicz, Y. Li, B. Gates, M. Rivers, and K. G. Yager, Sychrotron Radiation News<\/em>\u00a033<\/strong>, 44 (2020).<\/li>\n
  91. “Prototype Atomically Dispersed Supported Metal Catalysts: Iridium and Platinum,” Y. Chen, H. Sun, and B. C. Gates, Small<\/em>, 2004665 (2020) on-line 13 November 2020. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1002\/smll.202004665<\/a><\/li>\n
  92. “Elucidating and Tuning Catalytic Sites on Zirconium- and Aluminum-Containing Nodes of Stable Metal\u2013Organic Frameworks,” D. Yang and B. C. Gates, Accounts of Chemical Research<\/em>\u00a054<\/strong>, 1982 (2021).<\/li>\n
  93. “Characterization of Metal-Organic Framework Zr6<\/sub>O8<\/sub> Node-Supported Atomically Dispersed Iridium Catalyst for Ethylene Hydrogenation by X-ray Absorption Near Edge Structure and Infrared Spectroscopies,” M. Babucci, A. S. Hoffman, S. R. Bare, and B. C. Gates, Journal of Physical Chemistry C<\/em>, 125<\/strong>, 16995 (2021).<\/li>\n
  94. “Transformation of Atomically Dispersed Platinum in SAPO-37 into Platinum Clusters: Catalyst for Ethylene Hydrogenation, J. E. Perez-Aguilar, J. T. Hughes, C.-Y. Chen, and B. C. Gates, Catalysis Science and Technology<\/em>, 11<\/strong>, 6666 (2021).<\/li>\n
  95. “Pair Sites on Al3<\/sub>O Nodes of the Metal\u2013Organic Framework MIL-100: Cooperative Roles of Defect and Structural Vacancy Sites on Methanol Dehydration Catalysis,” S. Zhuang, H. Huang, Y. Xiao, Z. Zhang, J. Tang, B. C. Gates, and D. Yang, Journal of Catalysis<\/em>, 404<\/strong>, 128 (2021).<\/li>\n
  96. “Beyond radical-rebound: Methane oxidation to methanol catalyzed by iron species in metal\u2013organic framework nodes,” M. C. Simons, S. D. Prinslow, M. Babucci, A. S. Hoffman, J. Hong, J. G. Vitillo, S. R. Bare, B. C. Gates, C. C. Lu, L. Gagliardi, and A. Bhan, Journal of the American Chemical Society<\/em>, 143<\/strong>, 12165 (2021).<\/li>\n
  97. “Pair Sites on Nodes of Metal\u2013Organic Framework hcp<\/strong> UiO-66 Catalyze tert<\/em>-Butyl Alcohol Dehydration,” Y. Xiao, L. Han, L. Zhang, B. C. Gates, and D. Yang, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters<\/em>, 12<\/strong>, 6085 (2021).<\/li>\n
  98. “A Theory-guided X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy Approach for Identifying Active Sites in Atomically Dispersed Transition Metal Catalysts,” Y. Chen, R. Rana, T. Sours, F. D. Vila, S. Cao, T. Blum, J. Hong, A. S. Hoffman, C.-Y. Fang, Z Huang, C. Shang, C. Wang, J. Zeng, M. Chi, C. X. Kronawitter, S. R. Bare, B. C. Gates, and A. R. Kulkarni, Journal of the American Chemical Society<\/em>, 143<\/strong>, 20144 (2021).<\/li>\n
  99. “Propane Dehydrogenation Catalyzed by Single Pt Atoms in SiOZn-OH Nests in Dealuminated Zeolite Beta,” L. Qi, M. Babucci, Y. Zhang, A. Lund, L. Liu, Y. Chen, A. S. Hoffman, S. R. Bare, Y. Han, B. C. Gates, and A. T. Bell, Journal of the American Chemical Society<\/em>, 143<\/strong>, 21364 (2021).<\/li>\n
  100. “Life History of the Metal\u2013Organic Framework UiO-66 Catalyzing Methanol Dehydration: Synthesis, Activation, Deactivation, and Demise,” E. T. Conley and B. C. Gates, Chemistry of Materials<\/em>, 34<\/strong>, 3395 (2022).<\/li>\n
  101. “Atomically Dispersed Platinum in Surface and Subsurface Sites on MgO Have Contrasting Catalytic Properties for CO Oxidation,” Y. Chen, R. Rana, Z. Huang, F. D. Vila, T. Sours, J. E. Perez-Aguilar, X. Zhao, J. Hong, A. S. Hoffman, X. Li, C. Shang, T. Blum, J. Zeng, M. Chi, M. Salmeron, C. X. Kronawitter, S. R. Bare, A. R. Kulkarni, and B. C. Gates, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters<\/em>, 13<\/strong>, 3896 (2022).<\/li>\n
  102. “Dehydrogenation of Propane and n<\/em>-Butane Catalyzed by Isolated PtZn4<\/sub> Sites Supported on Self-Pillared Zeolite Pentasil Nanosheets,” L. Qi, Y. Zhang, M. Babucci, C. Chen, P. Lu, J. Li, C. Dun, A. S. Hoffman, J. J. Urban, M. Tsapatsis, S. R. Bare, Y. Han, B. C. Gates, and A. T. Bell, ACS Catalysis<\/em>, 12<\/strong>, 11177 (2022).<\/li>\n
  103. “Iridium Pair Sites Anchored to the Zr6<\/sub>O8<\/sub> Nodes of the Metal\u2013Organic Framework UiO-66 Catalyze Ethylene Hydrogenation,” M. Babucci, E. T. Conley, A. S. Hoffman, S. R. Bare, and B. C. Gates, Journal of Catalysis<\/em>, 411<\/strong>, 177 (2022).<\/li>\n
  104. “Transformation of Reduced Graphene Aerogel-Supported Atomically Dispersed Iridium into Stable Clusters Approximated as Ir6<\/sub> during Ethylene Hydrogenation Catalysis,” S. F. Kurto\u011flu-\u00d6ztulum, K. Yal\u00e7\u0131n. Y. Zhao, H. Pelin \u00c7a\u011flayan, A. S. Hoffman, B. C. Gates, S. R. Bare, U. \u00dcnal, and Alper Uzun, Journal of Catalysis<\/em>, 413<\/strong>, 603 (2022).<\/li>\n
  105. “Interconversion of Atomically Dispersed Platinum Cations and Platinum Clusters in Zeolite ZSM-5 and Formation of Platinum gem<\/em>-Dicarbonyls,” N. Felvey, J. Guo, R. Rana, L. Xu, S. R. Bare, B. C. Gates, A. Katz, A. R. Kulkarni, R. C. Runnebaum, and C. X. Kronawitter, Journal of the American Chemical Society<\/em>, 144<\/strong>, 13874 (2022).<\/li>\n
  106. “Ionic Liquid Sheath Stabilizes Atomically Dispersed Reduced Graphene Aerogel-Supported Iridium Complexes during Ethylene Hydrogenation Catalysis,” Kurto\u011flu-\u00d6ztulum, K. Yal\u00e7\u0131n, A. S. Hoffman, A. Jalal, Y. Zhao, B. C. Gates, S. R. Bare, U. Unal, and A. Uzun, ChemCatChem<\/em>, 14<\/strong>, e2022200553 (2022).<\/li>\n
  107. \u201cFunctional CeOx<\/sub> Nanoglues for Robust Atomically Dispersed Catalysts,\u201d X. Li, X. I. P. Hernandez, Y. Chen, J. Xu, J. Zhao, C. Pao, C.-Y. Fang, J. Zeng, Y. Wang, B. C. Gates, and J. Liu, Nature<\/em>, 611<\/strong>, 284 (2022).<\/li>\n
  108. “Elucidating Correlated Defects in Metal Organic Frameworks using Theory-Guided Inelastic Neutron Scattering Spectroscopy,\u201d L. S. R. Cavalcante, M. A. Dettmann, T. Sours, D. Yang, L. L. Daemen, B. C. Gates, A. R. Kulkarni, and A. J. Moule, Materials Horizons<\/em>, 10<\/strong>, 187 (2023).<\/li>\n
  109. “Ethene Hydroformylation Catalyzed by Rhodium Dispersed with Zinc or Cobalt in Silanol Nests of Dealuminated Zeolite Beta,” L. Qi, S. Das, Y. Zhang, D. Nozik, B. C. Gates, and A. T. Bell, Journal of the American Chemical Society<\/em>,\u00a0145<\/strong>, 2911 (2023).<\/li>\n
  110. “Nested Metal Catalysts: Metal Atoms and Clusters Stabilized by Confinement with Accessibility on Supports,\u201d B. C. Gates, A. Katz, and J. Liu, Precision Chemistry<\/em>,\u00a0in press (2023).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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  111. “Upgrading of lignin-derived bio-oils by catalytic hydrodeoxygenation,” M. Saidi, F. Samini, D. Karimipourfard, T. Nimmanwudipong, B. C. Gates, and M. R. Rahimpour, Energy & Environmental Science<\/em>, 7<\/strong>, 103 (2014).<\/a><\/li>\n
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