Professor Wm. Curtis Conner, Jr.
105 Goessmann Laboratory, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA 01003
413-545-0316 (Office)
413-545-1647 (FAX)
wconner@ecs.umass.edu
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Education
B.S., Chemical Engineering, the Johns Hopkins University, 1968
Ph.D., Catalytic Chemistry, the Johns Hopkins University, 1973.
Dissertation:
Zinc Oxide and Chromia as Catalysts for the Isomerization
of Butene, the Hydrogenation of Ethylene, and the Isotopic Exchange and
Allotropic Conversion of Hydrogen.
Characterization of Porous Materials
The porous networks present in high surface area materials control reactions
in solids. In addition to affecting the transport, adsorbates can interact
with and even profoundly change the solid's structure. This symbiotic
relationship is found in filters, polymerization catalysts, and molecular
sieves. We are developing the techniques to analyze porous materials and are
investigating the complex, often dynamic, transformations that take place. A
primary focus is on adsorption, diffusion, and transport in zeolites.
Microwave Reaction Engineering

Microwave energy often has a unique ability to influence chemical reactions,
resulting in more efficient processes and new products. Specifically, recent
studies document enhancement of nanoporous oxide (zeolite) synthesis,
selective separations, and catalytic reactions employing microwaves. However,
the mechanism and engineering for the enhanced reactions are unknown. We are
studying microwave-assisted reactions by in-situ spectroscopy and applying
microwave reactor engineering to understand the nature of microwave
enhancements and to control these processes.
Catalysis
Catalysts are the single most important contribution of chemical engineering
to our everyday lives. Catalytic reactions add trillions of dollars to our
GDP, reduce pollution, and decrease resource consumption.
Our work on catalysis ranges from metallic catalysts to zeolites to solid
acids and bases. We are currently interested in catalysts that serve as
bases, particularly nitrogen-substituted zeolites.
The goal of this research is the catalytic synthesis of biodiesel and other
liquid fuels from so-called renewable sources.
Lab Personnel
Current Group Members
- Prof. Wm. Curtis Conner, Jr. (da big cheese)
- Geoffrey A. Tompsett, Ph. D. (research professor; vibrational
spectroscopy, microwave engineering, zeolite synthesis)
- Karl D. Hammond (Ph. D. student, coadvised with Scott Auerbach; zeolite
synthesis, adsorption, zeolite transport, computational spectroscopy,
catalysis, characterization)
- Vishal Agarwal, M. S. (Ph. D. student, coadvised with Scott Auerbach and
George Huber; computational chemistry, kinetics)
- Ronan Weingarten (Ph. D. student, coadvised with George Huber;
biodiesel synthesis, microwave synthesis, catalysis)
- Chris Carlin (undergraduate student; biodiesel synthesis)
- James Edson (undergraduate student; biodiesel synthesis)
UMass Collaborators
Non-UMass Collaborators
- Prof.
John L.
Falconer (chemical engineering, University of Colorado at Boulder)
- Prof. Emeritus Jacque Fraissard (Inst. Pierre et Marie Curie)
- Prof. Clare P. Grey
(chemistry, SUNY Stony Brook)
- Dr. Keith A. Jones (Brookhaven National Laboratory)
- Prof.
Steven L.
Suib (chemistry, UConn)
- Dr. Stacey I. Zones (Chevron ERTC)
Recent graduate alumni
- Murad Gharibeh, Ph. D., 2007 (now working for UOP in the Chicago area)
- Steven J. Vallee, Ph. D., 2007
(now working for Powerspan in New Durham, NH)
- Eunyoung You, M. S., 2007
(now a Ph.D. student with the Watkins group)
- Bernard A. Panzarella, M. S., 2006
(now working in South Hadley for Intellico)
- Monaca McNall, M. S., 2000
- Michael Turner, Ph. D., 2000
Recent undergraduate alumni
- Amy Reidhaar, summer student (Manchester College)
- Amy Sirkis, summer student (College of William and Mary)
- Audrey McLain, B. S., 2007 (now working for ExxonMobil)
- Bhrugesh “B. J.” Patel, B. S., 2007
(now working for General Electric)
- Ryan Pavlica, B. S., 2007 (now working for Tighe & Bond)
- Michael Pratt, B. S., 2007 (now working for Ashland Chemical)
- Kevin Ferriera, B. S., 2006 (now working for ExxonMobil)
- Hao Thai, B. S., 2006 (now working for ExxonMobil)
- Kristofor R. Payer, B. S., 2003
- Lauren Krogh, B. S., 2003
- Derek W. Griffin, B. S., 2003 (now a graduate student at UCSB)
Pending
- Dogan, Fulya; Hammond, Karl D.; Tompsett, Geoffrey A.; Huo, Hua;
Conner, W. Curtis; Auerbach, Scott M.; and Grey, Clare P.
“The Search for Microporous, Strongly Basic Catalysts:
Experimental and Calculated 29Si NMR Spectra of Heavily
Nitrogen-Doped Y Zeolites.” Journal of the American
Chemical Society, 2009 (in press).
- Gharibeh, M.; Tompsett, G.; and Conner, W. C. “Microwave
Synthesis of SAPO-11 Reactor Engineering.” Journal of
Physical Chemistry B (submitted)
- Tompsett, G.; Panzarella, B.; Conner, W. C.; and Jones, K. W.
“In Situ SAXS/WAXS of Zeolite Microwave Synthesis. 1.
Silicalite.”
Journal of Physical Chemistry B, accepted pending revisions.
Published
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- Meier, Matthias; Turner, Michael; Vallee, Steven; Conner, William C.;
Lee, Kyu Ho; and Yngvesson, Karl S. “Microwave Regeneration
of Zeolites in a One Meter Column.”
AIChE Journal 55 (7): 1906–1913 (2009).
- Choi, Ko-Yeol; Tompsett, Geoffrey; and Conner, W. Curtis.
“Microwave Assisted Synthesis of Silicalite—Power Delivery
and Energy Consumption.” Green Chemistry 10 (12):
1313–1317 (2008).
- Gharibeh, Murad; Tompsett, Geoffrey A.; Conner, William Curtis;
and Yngvesson, K. Sigfrid. “Microwave Synthesis of SAPO-11 and
AlPO-11: Aspects of Reactor Engineering.” ChemPhysChem
9 (17): 2580-2591 (2008).
- Vallee, Steven J. and Conner, William Curtis. “Effects of
Microwave Frequency on the Selectivity of Sorption for Binary Mixtures
on Oxides” Journal of Physical Chemistry C 112 (39):
15483–15489 (2008).
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- Hammond, Karl D.; Dogan, Fulya; Tompsett, Geoffrey A.; Agarwal, Vishal;
Conner, W. Curtis; Grey, Clare P.; Auerbach, Scott M.
“Spectroscopic Signatures of Nitrogen-Substituted Zeolites.”
Journal of the American Chemical Society 130 (45):
14912–14913 (2008).
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- Payer, K. R.; Hammond, K. D.; Tompsett, G. A.; Krogh, L.; Pratt, M. N.;
Conner, W. C. “The Effects of Mechanical and Thermal
Perturbations on States Within the Hysteresis of Sorption Isotherms of
Mesoporous Materials.” Journal of Porous Materials 16:
91–99. DOI: 10.1007/s10937-007-9172-9.
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- Hammond, Karl D.; Hong, Mei; Tompsett, Geoffrey A.; Auerbach, Scott M.;
Falconer, John L.; Conner, W. Curtis, Jr. “High-Resolution
Physical Adsorption on Supported Borosilicate MFI Zeolite Membranes:
Comparison With Powdered Samples.” Journal of Membrane
Science 325 (1): 413–419 (2008). [PDF]
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- Gharibeh, M.; Tompsett, G.; and Conner, W. C. “Microwave Reaction
Enhancement: The Fast Synthesis of SAPO-11 Molecular Sieve.”
Topics in Catalysis 49 (3–4): 157–166 (2008).
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- Conner, W. C.; Tompsett, G. A. “How Could and Do Microwaves
Influence Chemistry at Interfaces?” Journal of Physical
Chemistry B 112 (7): 2110–2118 (2008).
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- Nyutu, Edward K.; Conner, W. Curtis; Auerbach, Scott M.; Chen, Chun-Hu;
Suib, Steven L. “Ultrasonic Nozzle Spray, In Situ Mixing, and
Microwave-Assisted Preparation of Nanocrystalline Spinel Metal Oxides:
Nickel Ferrite and Zinc Aluminate.” Journal of Physical
Chemistry C 112 (5): 1407–1414 (2008). [PDF] [HTML]
- Panzarella, Bernard; Tompsett, Geoffrey A.; Yngvesson, K. Sigfrid;
Conner, W. Curtis. “Microwave Synthesis of Zeolites. 2. Effect
of Vessel Size, Precursor Volume, and Irradiation Method.”
Journal of Physical Chemistry B 111 (44): 12657–12667
(2007).
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- Choi, K.-Y. and Conner, W. C. Kongop Hwahak 18 (4):
344–349 (2007).
- Hammond, Karl D.; Tompsett, Geoffrey A.; Auerbach, Scott M.; and
Conner, W. Curtis. “Physical Adsorption Analysis of Intact
Supported MFI Zeolite Membranes.” Langmuir
23 (16): 8371–8384 (2007). [PDF]
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- Tompsett, Geoffrey A.; Panzarella, Bernard A.; Conner, W. Curtis;
Bennett, Steven; Jones, Keith. “In Situ SAXS and WAXS of Zeolite
Microwave Synthesis.” Nuclear Instruments & Methods in
Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions With Materials and
Atoms 261 (1–2): 863–866 (2007).
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- Hammond, Karl D.; Tompsett, Geoffrey A.; Auerbach, Scott M.; and
Conner, W. Curtis. “Apparatus For Measuring Adsorption on Intact
Supported Porous Membranes” Journal of Porous Materials
14 (4): 409–416 (2007). [PDF]
- Panzarella, Bernard; Tompsett, Geoffrey; Conner, W. Curtis;
Jones, Keith. “In Situ SAXS/WAXS of Zeolite Microwave Synthesis:
NaY, NaA, and Beta Zeolites.” ChemPhysChem 8 (3):
357–369 (2007).
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- Conner, W. C. and Fraissard, J., eds. Fluid Transport in Nanoporous
Materials. NATO ASI Science Series, Vol. 219. Amsterdam: Springer
Netherlands, 2006.
- Tompsett, Geoffrey A.; Panzarella, Bernard; and Conner, W. Curtis.
“In situ SAXS/WAXS and Raman Spectroscopy of Zeolite Microwave
Hydrothermal Synthesis.”
In Proceedings of the 40th Annual Microwave Symposium,
Boston, MA, 2006.
- Tompsett, G. A.; Panzarella, Bernard A.; Conner, W. Curtis; Bennett,
Steven; and Jones, Keith W. Nuclear Instruments and Methods B
261 (1–2): 863–866 (2006).
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- Tompsett, G. A.; Panzarella, B.; Conner, W. C.; Yngvesson, K. S.;
Lu, F.; Suib, S. L.; Jones, K. W.; Bennett, S. “In Situ Small
Angle X-ray Scattering, Wide Angle X-ray Scattering, and Raman
Spectroscopy of Microwave Synthesis.” Review of Scientific
Instruments 77 (12): 124101 (2006).
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- Vallee, Steven J. and Conner, W. Curtis. “Microwaves and
Sorption on Oxides: A Surface Temperature Investigation.”
Journal of Physical Chemistry B 110 (31):
15459–15470 (2006).
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- Tompsett, Geoffrey A.; Conner, W. Curtis; and Yngvesson, K. Sigfrid.
“Microwave Synthesis of Nanoporous Materials.”
ChemPhysChem 7 (2): 296–319 (2006).
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- Tompsett, Geoffrey A.; Panzarella, Bernard; Conner, W. Curt; and Jones,
Keith W. “In Situ SAXS/WAXS of Zeolite Microwave Hydrothermal
Synthesis.” In Materials Research Society Symposium
Proceedings, Vol. 900 of Nanoparticles and Nanostructures in
Sesnors and Catalysis, pp. 415–420, 2005.
- Tompsett, Geoffrey A.; Krogh, Lauren; Griffin, Derek W.; and Conner,
W. Curtis. “Hysteresis and Scanning Behavior of Mesoporous
Molecular Sieves.” Langmuir 21 (18): 8214–8225
(2005).
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- Tompsett, G. A. and Conner, W. C. “The Effect of Heating Rate,
Stirring, and Power Delivery on Silicalite Microwave Synthesis.”
In Proceedings of the AIChE Annual Meeting, pp. 1399, 2004.
- Panzarella, B. M.; Conner, W. C.; and Tompsett, G. “Factors
Effecting [sic] the Crystallization of Zeolites Synthesized by
Microwave Heating.” In Proceedings of the AIChE Annual
Meeting, pp. 1405, 2004.
- Conner, Wm. Curtis; Tompsett, Geoffrey; Lee, Kyo-Ho; and Yngvesson, K.
Sigfrid.
“Microwave Synthesis of Zeolites: 1. Reactor Engineering”
Journal of Physical Chemistry B 108 (37):
13913–13920 (2004).
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- Turner, M. D.; Capron, L.; Laurence, R. L.; Conner, W. C. “The
Design and Construction of a Frequency Response Apparatus to Investigate
Diffusion in Zeolites.” Review of Scientific Instruments
72 (12): 4424–4433 (2001).
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- Turner, M. D.; Laurence, R. L.; Yngvesson, K. S.; and Conner, W. C.
“The Effect of Microwave Energy on Three-Way Automotive Catalysts
Poisoned by SO2.” Catalysis Letters 71
(3–4): 133–138 (2001).
- McNall, M.; Laurence, R. L.; and Conner, W. C. “An Experimental
Approach to Test Sorption Mechanisms in MCM-41.”
Microporous and Mesoporous Materials 44: 709–716
(2001).
- Turner, M. D.; Laurence, R. L.; Conner, W. C.; Yngvesson, K. S.
“Microwave Radiation's Influence on Sorption and Competitive
Sorption in Zeolites.” AIChE Journal 46 (4):
758–768 (2000).
- Conner, W. C.; Springuel-Huet, M. A.; Fraissard, J.; Bonardet, J.;
McMahon, T.; Boudreau, L.; Masciadrelli, J. “Hysteresis in
Physical Sorption for MCM.” In Mesoporous Molecular
Sieves, Vol. 117 of Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis,
pp. 575–581 (1998).
- Sullivan, D. H.; Harold, M. P.; Conner, W. C. “Catalyst
Transformation During NO+NH3 Reaction Over Vanadium Oxide Using In Situ
FTIR Emission Spectroscopy.” Journal of Catalysis 178 (1):
108–118 (1998).
- Kim, J. Y.; Conner, W. C.; Laurence, R. L. “Particle Size
Distribution in Olefin Continuous Stirred-Bed Polymerization
Reactors.” Korean Journal of Chemical Engineering 15 (3):
262–272 (1998).
- Magalhaes, F. D.; Laurence, R. L.; Conner, W. C. “Diffusion of
Cyclohexane and Alkylcyclohexanes in Silicalite.” Journal of
Physical Chemistry B 102 (13): 2317–2324 (1998).
- Whaley, P. D.; Kulkarni, S.; Ehrlich, P.; Stein, R. S.; Winter, H. H.;
Conner, W. C.; Beaucage, G. “Isotactic Polypropylene Foams
Crystallized from Compressed Propane Solutions.” Journal of
Polymer Science Part B: Polymer Physics 36 (4): 617–627
(1998).
- Jones, K. W.; Berry, W. J.; Borsay, D. J.; Cline, H. T.; Conner, W. C.;
Fullmer, C. S. “Applications of Synchrotron Radiation-Induced
X-ray Emission (SRIXE).” X-Ray Spectroscopy 26 (6):
350–358 (1997).
- Magalhaes, F. D.; Laurence, R. L.; Conner, W. C.; Springuel-Huet, M. A.;
Nosov, A.; Fraissard, J. “Study of Molecular Transport in Beds of
Zeolite Crystallites: Semiquantitative Modeling of Xe-129 NMR
Experiments.” Journal of Physical Chemistry B 101
(13): 2277–2284 (1997).
- Magalhaes, F. D.; Laurence, R. L.; Conner, W. C. “Transport of
n-Paraffins in Zeolite T.” AIChE Journal 42 (1):
68–86 (1996).
- Bonardet, J. L.; Barrage, M. C.; Fraissard, J.; Ferrero M. A.;
Conner, W. C. “Use of 129-Xe NMR and HRADS Techniques to Study
Coking and Decoking of HY Zeolites.” In
Catalyst Deactivation, Vol. 88 of Studies in Surface Science
and Catalysis, pp. 265–271 (1994).
- Conner, W. C.; Christensen, S.; Topsøe, H.; Ferrero, M.;
Pullen, A. “The Estimation of Pore-Network Dimensions and
Structure—Analysis of Sorption and Comparison with
Porosimetry.&rdash; In Characterization of Porous Solids III,
Vol. 87 of Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis,
pp. 151–163 (1994).
- Christensen, S. V.; Bartholdy, J.; Hansen, P. L.; Conner, W. C.;
Fraissard, J.; Bonardet, J. L.; Ferrero, M. “Common Aberrations
in Ad-desorption—e.g., Porosity of Deactivated Catalysts.”
In Characterization of Porous Solids III, Vol. 87 of
Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis, pp. 165–172
(1994).
- Bonardet, J.; Fraissard, J.; Unger, K.; Kumar, D.; Ferrero, M.;
Ragle, J.; Conner, W. C. “The Use of N-15 NMR for the
Understanding of Nitrogen Physisorption.” In
Characterization of Porous Solids III, Vol. 87 of Studies in
Surface Science and Catalysis, pp. 319–326 (1994).
- Conner, W. C.; Falconer, J. L. “Spillover in Heterogeneous
Catalysis.” Chemical Reviews 95 (3): 759–788
(1995).
- Maglara, E.; Pullen, A.; Sullivan, D.; Conner, W. C.
“Characterization of Microporous Solids by
Adsorption—Measurement of High-Resolution
Adsorption-Isotherms.” Langmuir 10 (11): 4167–4173
(1994).
- Kaminsky, R. D.; Maglara, E.; Conner, W. C. “A Direct Assessment
of Mean-Field Methods of Determining Pore-Size Distributions of
Microporous Media from Adsorption-Isotherm Data.” Langmuir
10 (5): 1556–1565 (1994).
- Conner, W. C.; Ferrero, M.; Webb, S.; Sommer, R.; Chiovetta, M.;
Jones, K.; Spanne, P. “New Insight Into the Changing Catalyst
Polymer Morphology During Olefin Polymerization—The Application
of Tomography.” Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis
75: 1826–1830 (1993).
- Conner, W. C. “Spectroscopic Insight into Spillover.”
Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis 77: 61–68 (1993).
- Conner, W. C.; Bennett, C. O. “Are the Pore and Surface
Morphologies of Real Catalysts Fractal?” Journal of the
Chemical Society, Faraday Transactions 89 (22): 4109–4114
(1993)
- Conner, W. C.; Ferrero, M.; Bonardet, J.; Fraissard, J. “First
Low-Temperature Nuclear-Magnetic-Resonance Study of Nitrogen
Physisorption Condensation in Microporous Solids.” Journal of
the Chemical Society, Faraday Transactions 89 (5): 833–835
(1993).
- Muller, J. A.; Conner, W. C. “Cyclohexane in ZSM-5. 1. FTIR and
X-Ray Studies.” Journal of Physical Chemistry 97 (7)
1451–1454 (1993).
- Ferrero, M. A.; Koffi, E.; Sommer, R.; Conner, W. C.
“Characterization of the Changes in the Initial Morphology for
MgCl2-Supported Ziegler-Natta Polymerization
Catalysts.” Journal of Polymer Science Part A: Polymer
Chemistry 30 (10): 2131–2141 (1992).
- Jones, K. W.; Spanne, P.; Lindquist, W. B.; Conner, W. C.; Ferrero, M.
“Determination of Polymerization Particle Morphology Using
Synchrotron Computed Microtomography.” Nuclear Instruments
& Methods in Physics Research Section B—Beam Interactions with
Materials and Atoms 68 (1–4): 105–110 (1992).
- Sullivan, D. H.; Conner, W. C.; Harold, M. P. “Surface-Analysis
with FT-IR Emission Spectroscopy.” Applied Spectroscopy
46 (5): 811–818 (1992).
- Mazzarese, D.; Jones, K. A.; Conner, W. C. “Emission Infrared
Spectroscopy for In Situ Analysis of the OMVPE Growth Surface.”
Journal of Electronic Materials 21 (3): 329–333 (1992).
- Webb, S. W.; Weist, E. L.; Chiovetta, M. G.; Laurence, R. L.;
Conner, W. C. “Morphological Influences in the Gas-Phase
Polymerization of Ethylene by Silica Supported Chromium-Oxide
Catalysts.” Canadian Journal of Chemical Engineering 69
(3): 665–681 (1991).
- Jones, K. W.; Spanne, P.; Webb, S. W.; Conner, W. C.; Beyerlein, R. A.;
Reagan, W. J.; Dautzenberg, F. M. “Catalyst Analysis Using
Synchrotron X-Ray Microscopy” Nuclear Instruments &
Methods in Physics Research Section B: Beam Interactions with Materials
and Atoms 56–57: 427–432 (1991).
- Zgrablich, G; Mendioroz, S; Daza, L; Pajares, J; Mayagoitia, V;
Rojas, F; Conner, W. C. “Effect of Porous Structure on the
Determination of Pore-Size Distribution by Mercury Porosimetry and
Nitrogen Sorption.” Langmuir 7 (4): 779–785 (1991).
- Conner, W. C.; Webb, S. W.; Spanne, P.; Jones, K. W. “Use of
X-Ray Microscopy and Synchrotron Microtomography to Characterize
Polyethylene Polymerization Particles.” Macromolecules
23 (22): 4742–4747 (1990).
- Conner, W. C.; Vincent, R.; Man, P.; Fraissard, J. “Flexibility
in Zeolites—Si-29 NMR-Studies of ZSM-5 Frame Transitions.”
Catalysis Letters 4 (1): 75–83 (1990).
- Weist, E. L.; Ali, A. H.; Naik, B. G.; Conner, W. C.
“Morphological-Study of Supported Chromium Polymerization
Catalysts. 2. Initial-Stages of Polymerization.”
Macromolecules 22 (8): 3244–3250 (1989).
- Webb, S. W.; Conner, W. C.; Laurence, R. L. “Monomer Transport
Influences in the Nascent Polymerization of Ethylene by Silica-Supported
Chromium-Oxide Catalyst.” Macromolecules 22 (7):
2885–2894 (1989).
- Mazzarese, D.; Tripathi, A.; Conner, W. C.; Jones, K. A.; Calderon, L.;
Eckart, D. W. “Insitu FTIR and Surface-Analysis of the Reaction
of Trimethylgallium and Ammonia.” Journal of Electronic
Materials 18 (3): 369–377 (1989).
- Conner, W. C.; Weist, E. L.; Ito, T.; Fraissard, J.
“Characterization of the Porous Structure of Agglomerated
Microspheres by Xe-129 NMR-Spectroscopy.” Journal of Physical
Chemistry 93 (10): 4138–4142 (1989).
- Lenz, D. H.; Conner, W. C.; Fraissard, J. P. “Hydrogen Spillover
on Silica. 3. Detection of Spillover by Proton NMR.”
Journal of Catalysis 117 (1): 281–289 (1989).
- Tripathi, A.; Mazzarese, D.; Conner, W. C.; Jones, K. A. “A Study
of the OMVPE Growth Mechanisms Using Internal Reflectance Spectroscopy
to Examine Adsorption of TMGA and NH3 and Surface-Reactions
Between Them.” Journal of Electronic Materials 18 (1):
45–51 (1989).
- Lenz, D. H.; Conner, W. C. “Hydrogen Spillover on Silica.
2. Kinetics and Mechanism of the Induction of Catalytic Activity.”
Journal of Catalysis 112 (1): 116–125 (1988).
- Mazzarese, D.; Tripathi, A.; Conner, W. C.; Jones, K. A.; Fox, D. C.;
Eckhart, D. W. “Insitu FTIR and Surface-Analysis Studies of the
Decomposition of, and Reaction Between, TMGA and Ammonia.”
Journal of Electronic Materials 17 (4): S30 (1988).
- Conner, W. C.; Schwarz, J. A. “A Consistent Theoretical
Framework for Analysis of Diverse Rate-Processes.” Chemical
Engineering Communications 55 (1–6): 129–138 (1987).
- Folgado, M. A.; Mendioroz, S.; Pajares, J. A.; Gutierrez, J. I.;
Conner, W. C.; Cevallos, F. C. “Preparation and Characterization
of Platinum Catalysts Supported on Fumed Silica.” Vaccuum
37 (5–6): 451–454 (1987).
- Candau, J. F. C.; Conner, W. C. “The Spillover of Hydrogen Onto
Silica. 4. The Use of Scanning FTIR to Follow Spillover From a Point
Source.” Journal of Catalysis 106 (2): 378–385
(1987).
- Conner, W. C.; Blanco, C.; Coyne, K.; Neil, J.; Pajares, J.
“Analysis of the Morphology of High Surface-Area
Solids—Studies of Agglomeration and the Determination of
Shape.” Journal of Catalysis 106 (1): 202–209
(1987).
- Conner, W. C.; Pajonk, G. M.; Teichner, S. J. “Spillover of
Sorbed Species.” Advances in Catalysis 34: 1–79
(1986).
- Lenz, D. H.; Conner, W. C. “Hydrogen Spillover on
Silica—Ethylene Hydrogenation and H2–D2
Exchange” Journal of Catalysis 104 (2): 288–298
(1987).
- Weist, E. L.; Ali, A. H.; Conner, W. C. “Morphological-Study of
Supported Chromium Polymerization Catalysts. 1. Activation.”
Macromolecules 20 (3): 689–693 (1987).
- Coyne, K.; O'Brien, R; Conner, W. C.; Rucinski, K. “Filter
Morphology and Performance—Porosimetry and Microscopy of Oil
Filter Media Compared with Filtration.” Chemical Engineering
Journal and the Biochemical Engineering Journal 32 (1): 53–62
(1986).
- Conner, W. C.; Cevalloscandau, J. F.; Weist, E. L.; Pajares, J.;
Mendioroz, S.; Cortes, A. “Characterization of Pore
Structure—Porosimetry and Sorption.” Langmuir 2 (2):
151–154 (1986).
- Lane, A.; Shah, N.; Conner, W. C. “Measurement of the Morphology
of High-Surface-Area Solids—Porosimetry as a Percolation
Process.” Journal of Colloid and Interface Science 109
(1): 235–242 (1986).
- Lapidus, G. R.; Lane, A. M.; Ng, K. M.; Conner, W. C.
“Interpretation of Mercury Porosimetry Data Using a Pore-Throat
Network Model.” Chemical Engineering Communications 38
(1–2): 33–56 (1985).
- Lenz, D. H; Conner, W. C. “Computer-Analysis of the Cracking
Patters of Deuterated Hydrocarbons.” Analytica Chimica Acta
173: 227–238 (1985).
- Willey, R. J.; Conner, W. C.; Eldridge, J. W. “Morphological
Characterization of Etched Metal Catalysts.” Journal of
Catalysis 92 (1): 136–144 (1985).
- Conner, W. C.; Lane, A. M. “Measurement of the Morphology of High
Surface-Area Solids—Effect of Network Structure on the Simulation
of Porosimetry.” Journal of Catalysis 89 (2):
217–225 (1984).
- Conner, W. C.; Pieters, W. J. M.; Signorelli, A. J.
“The Oxyhydrochlorination of Methane on Fumed Silica-Based Cu, K,
La Catalysts. 3. Bulk and Surface Analysis.”
Applied Catalysis 11 (1): 59–71 (1984).
- Conner W. C.; Pieters, W. J. M.; Gates, W.; Wilkalis, J. E. “The
Oxyhydrochlorination of Methane on Fumed Silica-Based Cu, K, La
Catalysts. 2. Gas-Phase Stoichiometry.” Applied
Catalysis 11 (1): 49–58 (1984).
- Pieters, W. J. M.; Conner, W. C.; Carlson, E. J. “The
Oxyhydrochlorination of Methane on Fumed Silica-Based Cu, K, La
Catalysts. 1. Catalyst Synthesis.” Applied Catalysis 11
(1): 35–48 (1984).
- Conner, W. C.; Lane, A. M.; and Hoffman, A. J.
“Measurement of the Morphology of High Surface-Area
Solids: Hysteresis in Mercury Porosimetry” Journal of
Colloid and Interface Science 100 (1): 185–193 (1984).
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