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This work was supported as part of the Center for Programmable Energy Catalysis, an Energy Frontier Research Center funded by the U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Basic Energy Sciences at the University of Minnesota under award #DE-SC0023464.

CPEC Publications
44. Atharva S. Burte, Omar A. Abdelrahman, "Programmable Chemical Sensitivites Scale with Extent of Reaction, Not Time," ChemRxiv, 2026.  DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv.10002022/v1  (OST # tbd)
43. Jesse Canavan, Arik Beck, Paul J. Dauenhauer, "Catalytic Resonance Theory: Kinetic Signatures of Multiple Wavelength Photocatalysis," ChemRxiv, 2026.  DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv.10001775/v1   (OST # tbd)
42. Silvia Marino, Yulan Han, Samji Samira, Ryan Berry, Michael Gordon, Anastassia N. Alexandrova, Phillip Christopher, "Turnovers Drive Supported Metal Nanoparticle Catalyst Surface Reconstruction to Kinetically Trapped Metastable Structures," ChemRxiv, 2026.  DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv.10001485/v (OSTI # tbd)
41. C. Daniel Frisbie, et al. "Gerischer Electrochemistry Today," ACS Energy Letters 2025, 10, 6578-6595. DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.5c02966 (OSTI # TBD)
40. Majid Mohseni, Shivasheeh Varshney, Seung Gyo Jeong, Amber Walton, C. Daniel Frisbie, Bharat Jalan, "Wafer-Scale High-k SrTiO3 Dielectrics with Rational Barrier-Layer Design for Low Leakage and High Charge Density," arXiv, 2026, DOI:  10.48550/arXiv.2601.02619  (OSTI# tbd)
39. Paul J. Dauenhauer, "Catalytic Resonance Theory:  Kinetics and Frequency Response of Light-Promoted Catalysis," arXiv, 2025.  DOI:  10.48550/arXiv.2511.16701  (OSTI# tbd)
38.  Arjun Manoj, Paul Dauenhauer, Yannis Kevrekidis, "Designing the Protocols of Programmable Ammonia Synthesis," ChemRxiv, 2025, DOI:  10.26434/chemrxiv-2025-cjsq6 (OSTI# tbd)
37. Arik Beck, Michael Gordon, Phillip Christopher, "Distinct Kinetic Signatures of Photodesorption from Metal Nanoparticles," JACS, 2026.  DOI:  10.1021/jacs.5c17718 (OSTI #3018011)
36. Matteo Monai*, Wiebke Albrecht, Achim Alkemper, Nongnuch Artrith, Andrea Baldi, Arik Beck, Ryan T. Berry, Ettore Bianco, Floor A. Brzesowsky, Qi Dong, Jimmy Faria Albanese, Renee Frontiera, Elaina Galvin, Erik C. Garnett, Nick Gerrits, Marek Grzelczak, Marc Herzog, Franziska Hess, Alexander A. Kolganov, Wouter Koopman, Nikolay Kosinov, Sarah Lander, Enrico Lepre, D. Nicolette Maaskant, Guobin Miao, Aadesh Mohan Naik, Tzia Ming Onn, Andrew Peterson, Diana Piankova, Evgeny A. Pidko, Korawich Trangwachirachai, Floris van den Bosch, Di Xu, Begum Yilmaz, Johannes Zeininger, Esther Alarcón Lladó*, Jörg Meyer*, Paul Dauenhauer*, and Sven H. C. Askes*, "Grand Challenges and Opportunities in Stimulated Dynamic and Resonant Catalysis," ACS Catalysis, 2026. DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.5c07014  (OSTI # 3018015)
35. Venkata Rohit Punyapu, Jiazhou Zhu, Paul Meza-Morales, Anish Chaluvadi, O. Thompson Mefford, Rachel B. Getman, "Design Guidance for Ferrites:  Insights from Density Functional Theory on Magnetic Properties," Journal of Magnetism and Magnetic Materials 2025, 621, 172933.  DOI: 10.1016/j.jmmm.2025.172933  (OSTI #2570166)
34. Jesse R. Canavan, Brandon L. Foley, Omar A. Abdelrahman, Paul J. Dauenhauer, "Catalytic Resonance Theory: Experimental and Kinetic Interpretation of Programmable Catalysis," ACS Catalysis, 2025. DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.5c03878 (OSTI #2589474)
33. Jesse R. Canavan, Rajat Daga, Justin Hopkins, Ulrick R. Gaillard, Alon McCormick, Matthew Neurock, Omar Abdelrahman, Paul J. Dauenhauer, "Isopotential Electron Titration of Ammonia Charge Transfer on Metal Catalysts," JACS Au, 2025.  DOI:  10.1021/jacsau.5c01262 (OSTI #3006631)
32. Sallye R. Gathmann, Seongjoo Jung, Paul J. Dauenhauer, "Catalytic Resonance Theory for Parametric Uncertainty of Programmable Catalysis," Chem Catalysis, 2025.  DOI:  10.1016/j.checat.2025.101523 (OSTI #3000135) 
31. ChoongSze Lee, Gaurav Kumar, Manish Shetty, Omar Abdelrahman, Michael Tsapatsis, Paul J. Dauenhauer, "Dehydra-Decyclization of Tetrahydrofuran for Butadiene Across the Spectrum of Solid Acidity," ChemRxiv, 2024. DOI:  10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-bmn0p (OSTI #X)
30. Michael Allan, Rachel Yang, Silvia Marino, Michael Gordon, Phillip Christopher, Eranda Nikolla, "Visible Light Photolysis at Single Atom Sites in Semiconductor Perovskite Oxides," Journal of the American Chemical Society (JACS), 2025, 147(1), 898-909. DOI:  10.1021/jacs.4c13821  (OSTI #2483937)
29. Sooho Choo, Shivasheesh Varshney, Huan Liu, Shivam Sharma, Richard D. James, Bharat Jalan, "From Oxide Epitaxy to Free Standing Membranes: Opportunities and Challenges," Science Advances, 10(50), 2024. DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.adq8561 (Open Access, OSTI #2481077)
28. Mostapha Dakchoune, Katelyn Groenhout, Rachita Rana, Yuriy Roman-Leshkov, "Ultrathin Catalytic Condensers with Engineered Pt/HfO2 Interfaces for Charge Modulation," ChemRxiv, 2024.  DOI: 10.26434/chemrxiv-2024-4fxh7 (OSTI #)
27. D. Sen, H. Ravichandran, M. Das, P. Venkatram, S. Choo, S. Varshney, Z. Zhang, Y. Sun, J. Shah, S. S. Radhakrishnan, A. Saha, S. Hazra, K. A. Mkhoyan, V. Gopalan, Y. Yang, B. Jalan, and S. Das, "Multifunctional 2D FETs Exploiting Incipient Ferroelectricity in Freestanding SrTiO3 Nanomembranes at Sub-Ambient Temperatures," Nature Communications, 2024, 15, 10739.  DOI:  10.1038/s41467-024-54231-z  (OSTI #2570557)
26. Jesse R. Canavan, Justin A. Hopkins, Brandon L. Foley, Omar A. Abdelrahman, Paul J. Dauenhauer, "Catalytic Resonance Theory:  Turnover Efficiency and the Resonance Frequency," ACS Catalysis, 2024. DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.4c06623 (Data Repository: 10.13020/egsm-k060) (OSTI #2483271)
25. Paul J. Dauenhauer, "Finding a Natural Rhythm," Nature Chemical Engineering, 2024, 1, 608. DOI:  10.1038/s44286-024-00117-2 (OSTI #2458155)
24. Shivasheesh Varshney, Marti Ramis, Sooho Choo, Mariona Coll, Bharat Jalan, "Epitaxially Grown Single-Crystalline SrTiO3 Membranes using a Solution-Processed, amorphous SrCa2Al2O6 Sacrificial Layer," Journal of Materials Chemistry C, 2024.  DOI:  10.1039/D4TC02030H  (OSTI #2430017)
23. Madeline Murphy, Kyle Noordhoek, Sallye Gathmann, Paul J. Dauenhauer, Christopher Bartel, "Catalytic Resonance Theory:  Forecasting the Flow of Programmable Catalytic Loops," Digital Discovery, 2024.  DOI: 10.1039/D4DD00216D  (OSTI #2498373)
22. Amber Walton, Michael Manno, Paul J. Dauenhauer, C. Daniel Frisbie, Daniel McDonald, "ATLAS-MAP:  An Automated Test Station for Gated Electronic Transport Measurements," ACS Measurement Science Au, 2024.  DOI: 10.1021/acsmeasuresciau.4c00034 (OSTI #2439068)
21. Madeline A. Murphy, Sallye R. Gathmann, Rachel Getman, Lars Grabow, Omar A. Abdelrahman, Paul J. Dauenhauer, "Catalytic Resonance Theory: The Catalytic Mechanics of Programmable Ratchets," Chemical Science, 2024, 15, 13872-13888.  DOI: 10.1039/D4SC04069D (OSTI #2407234)
20. Kyung-Ryul Oh, Amber Walton, Jason Chalmers, Justin A. Hopkins, Jesse R. Canavan, Tzia Ming Onn, Susannah L. Scott, C. Daniel Frisbie, Paul J. Dauenhauer, "Alumina-Titania Nanolaminate Condensers for Hot Programmable Catalysis," ACS Materials Letters, 2024, 6, 3478-3486.  DOI: 10.1021/acsmaterialslett.4c00652 (OSTI #2377755)
019. K. Santhosh Kumar, Dooyong Lee, Shivasheesh Varshney, Bharat Jalan, N.P. Armitage, "Anomalous frequency and temperature dependent scattering in the dilute metallic phase in lightly doped SrTiO3" Physical Review Letters, 2024. (LINK) DOI:  arXiv:2402.18767 (OSTI #2427951)
018. Justin A. Hopkins, Benjamin J. Page, Shengguang Wang,  Jesse R. Canavan, Jason A. Chalmers, Susannah L. Scott, Matthew Neurock, Lars C. Grabow, James R. McKone, Paul J. Dauenhauer, Omar A. Abdelrahman, "Isopotential Titration for Quantifying Metal-Adsorbate Charge Transfer," ACS Central Science, 2025.  DOI:  10.1021/acscentsci.5c00851 (OSTI #3000196)
017. Atharva Burte, Benjamin J. Page, Advaith Nair, Lars C. Grabow, Paul J. Dauenhauer, Susannah L. Scott, Omar A. Abdelrahman, "CatTestHub: A Benchmarking Database of Experimental Heterogeneous Catalysis for Evaluating Advanced Materials," Journal of Catalysis, 2024.  DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2024.115902  (OSTI #2480560)
016. Veera Venkata Ramprajwal Vempatti, Shengguang Wang, Omar A. Abdelrahman, Paul J. Dauenhauer, Lars Grabow, "Accelerated Steam Methane Reforming by Dynamically Applied Charges," Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2024. 238(31), 12938-12948. DOI:  10.1021/acs.jpcc.4c01311 (OSTI #2447141)
015. Sallye R. Gathmann, Christopher J. Bartel, Lars C. Grabow, Omar A. Abdelrahman, C. Daniel Frisbie, Paul J. Dauenhauer, "Dynamic Promotion of the Oxygen Evolution Reaction via Programmable Metal Oxides," ACS Energy Letters, 2024, 9, 2013-2023.  DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.4c00365 (OSTI #2335550)
014. Isabel Barraza Alvarez, Tien Le, Hajar Hosseini, Samji Samira, Arik Beck, Justin Marlowe, Matthew M. Montemore, Bing Wang, Phillip Christopher, "Bond Selective Photochemistry at Metal Nanoparticle Surfaces: CO Desorption from Pt and Pd," 2024. Journal of the American Chemical Society,  DOI:  10.1021/jacs.3c13874  (OSTI #2350681)
013. Arik Beck, Justin Marlowe, Michael Gordon, Phillip Christopher, "Is there a discernable photochemical effect beyond heating for visible photon mediated NH3 decomposition over Ru/Al2O3?" 2024, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.4c00226. (OSTI #2337785)
012. Dung Nguyen, Shengguang Wang, Lars C. Grabow, Eva Harth, "Deciphering the Olefin Isomerization-Polymerization Paradox of Palladium(II) Diimine Catalysts:  Discovery of Simultaneous and Independent Pathways of Olefin Isomerization and Living Polymerization," Journal of the American Chemical Society, 2023, 145(17), 9755-9770.  DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c01513 (OSTI #2267576)
011. Shivasheesh Varshney, Sooho Choo, Liam Thompson, Zhifei Yang, Jay Shah, Jiaxuan Wen, Steven J. Koester, K. Andre Mkhoyan, Alexander McLeod, Bharat Jalan, "Hybrid Molecular Beam Epitaxy for Single-Crystalline Oxide Membranes with Binary Oxide Sacrificial Layers," ACS Nano, 2024. DOI:  10.1021/acsnano.3c11192 (OSTI #2283938)
010. Paul J. Dauenhauer, "Up Up Down Down Left Right Left Right B A Start for the Catalytic Hackers of Programmable Materials," Matter, 2023, 6(12), 4145-4157. DOI: 10.1016/j.matt.2023.11.008 (OSTI #2228578)
009. Madeline A. Murphy, Sallye R. Gathmann, Christopher J. Bartel, Omar A. Abdelrahman, Paul J. Dauenhauer. "Catalytic Resonance Theory: Circumfluence of Programmable Catalytic Loops" Journal of Catalysis. 2024.  DOI: 10.1016/j.jcat.2024.115343 (OSTI #2290247)
008. Tzia Ming Onn, Kyung-Ryul Oh, Demetra Z. Adrahtas, Jimmy K. Soeherman, Justin A. Hopkins, C. Daniel Frisbie, Paul J. Dauenhauer, "Flexible and Extensive Platinum Ion Gel Condensers for Programmable Catalysis" ACS Nano. 2023. DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.3c09815  (OSTI #2263306)
007. Kyung-Ryul Oh, Tzia Ming Onn, Amber Walton, Michael L. Odlyzko, C. Daniel Frisbie, Paul J. Dauenhauer, "Fabrication of Large Area Metal-on-Carbon Catalytic Condensers for Programmable Catalysis." ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces, 2023.  DOI: 10.1021/acsami.3c14623 (OSTI #2263446)
006. Seongjoo Jung, Cristina Pizzolitto, Pierdomenico Biasi, Paul J. Dauenhauer, Turan Birol, "Programmable Catalysis by Support Polarization: Elucidating and Breaking Scaling Relations" Nature Communications, 2023, 14, 7795.  DOI:  10.1038/s41467-023-43641-0 (OSTI #2222558)
005. Omar A. Abdelrahman, P.J. Dauenhauer, "Energy Flows in Static and Programmable Catalysts", ACS Energy Letters, 2023, 8, 2292–2299.  DOI: 10.1021/acsenergylett.3c00522 (OSTI #1971068)
004. Y.M. Psarellis, M. Kavousanakis, Paul J. Dauenhauer, Ioannis G. Kevrekidis, "Writing the Programs of Programmable Catalysis," ACS Catalysis, 2023, 13(11), 7457–7471.  DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.3c00864 (OSTI #1971823)
003. W. Nunn, A. Kumar, R. Zu, B. Nebgen, S. Yu, A.K. Manjeshwar, V. Gopalan, J.M. LeBeau, R.D. James, Bharat Jalan, "Sn-modified BaTiO3 thin film with enhanced polarization," Journal of Vacuum Science & Technology A, 2023, A 41, 022701, DOI: 10.1116/6.0002208 (LINK) (OSTI #1924658)
002. Jimmy K. Soeherman, Andrew J. Jones, Paul J. Dauenhauer, "Overcoming the Entropy Penalty of Direct Air Capture for Efficient Gigatonne Removal of Carbon Dioxide," 2023, ACS Engineering Au. (LINK) (Open Access) (OSTI #1914328)
001. T.M. Onn, S.R. Gathmann, S. Guo, S.P.S. Solanki, A. Walton, B.J. Page, G. Rojas, M. Neurock, L.C. Grabow, K.A. Mkhoyan, O.A. Abdelrahman, C.D. Frisbie, P.J. Dauenhauer, "Platinum Graphene Catalytic Condenser for Millisecond Programmable Metal Surfaces," 2022, Journal of the American Chemical Society, JACS. 144, 48, 22113-22127. DOI: 10.1021/jacs.2c09481 (LINK) (OSTI 1899709)
 

 

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Key Publications Prior to CPEC
 "Alumina Graphene Catalytic Condenser for Programmable Solid Acids," Tzia Ming Onn, S. Gathmann, Y. Wang, R. Patel, S. Guo, H. Chen, J. Soeherman, P. Christopher, G. Rojas, K.A. Mkhoyan, M. Neurock, O. Abdelrahman, C.D. Frisbie, P.J. Dauenhauer. Accepted to JACS Au, 2022, DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.2c00114
"Catalytic Resonance Theory: Negative Dynamic Surfaces for Programmable Catalysts," Sallye Gathmann, M. Alex Ardagh, Paul Dauenhauer, Chem Catalysis, 2022, 2(1), 140-163.  DOI:  10.1016/j.checat.2021.12.006
"Catalytic Resonance of Ammonia Synthesis by Dynamic Ruthenium Crystal Strain," Gerhard R. Wittreich, Shizhong Liu, Paul J. Dauenhauer, Dionisios G. Vlachos, Science Advances, 8(4), 2022.  DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.abl6576
"Dynamic Control of Elementary Step Energetics via Pulsed Illumination Enhances Photocatalysis on Metal Nanoparticles," Ji Qi, J. Resasco, H. Robatjazi, I. Alvarez, O. Abdelrahman, P.J. Dauenhauer, P. Christopher, ACS Energy Letters 2020.  DOI:  10.1021/acsenergylett.0c01978

"The Catalytic Mechanics of Dynamic Surfaces: Stimulating Methods for Promoting Catalytic Resonance," Manish Shetty, Amber Walton, Sallye R. Gathmann, M. Alexander Ardagh, Joshua Gopeesingh, Joaquin Resasco, Turan Birol, Qi Zhang, Michael Tsapatsis, Dionisios Vlachos, Phillip Christopher, C. Daniel Frisbie, Omar Abdelrahman, Paul Dauenhauer, ACS Catalysis, 2020.  DOI:  10.1021/acscatal.0c03336

"Electric-Field Assisted Modulation of Surface Thermochemistry," Manish Shetty, M. Alexander Ardagh, Yutong Pang, Omar A. Abdelrahman, P.J. Dauenhauer ACS Catalysis 2020, 10, 21, 12867–12880. DOI:  10.1021/acscatal.0c02124
"Resonance-Promoted Formic Acid Oxidation via Dynamic Electrocatalytic Modulation," J. Gopeesingh, M.A. Ardagh, M. Shetty, S. Burke, P.J. Dauenhauer, O.A. Abdelrahman, ACS Catal. 2020, 10, 17, 9932–9942.  DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.0c02201
"Catalytic Resonance Theory: Parallel Reaction Pathway Control," M.A. Ardagh, M. Shetty, A. Kuznetsov, Q. Zhang, P. Christopher, D.G. Vlachos, O. Abdelrahman, P.J. Dauenhauer, Chemical Science. 2020.    DOI: 10.1039/C9SC06140A
"Catalytic Resonance Theory:  SuperVolcanoes, Catalytic Molecular Pumps, and Oscillatory Steady State"  Alex M. Ardagh, Turan Birol, Qi Zhang, Omar Abdelrahman, Paul Dauenhauer, Catalysis Science & Technology. 2019, 9, 5058-5076. DOI: 10.1039/C9CY01543D
"Principles of Dynamic Heterogeneous Catalysis:  Surface Resonance and Turnover Frequency Response" M. Alexander Ardagh, Omar A. Abdelrahman, Paul J. Dauenhauer, ACS Catalysis, 2019, 9(8), 6929-6937.   DOI: 10.1021/acscatal.9b01606