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Chemical Engineering Dept.
University of California
Santa Barbara,
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Name: Pat White Email: Click to Mail Phone: (805) 893-2214 Fax: (805) 893-4731
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BS: June 1980 University of California, Berkeley, Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering
MS: June 1982 University of California, Berkeley, Nuclear Engineering
PhD: June 1987, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Nuclear Engineering; M.D. - June 1988, Harvard Medical School
Honors: NSF Presidential Young Investigator (1990-1995); Am. Nuc. Soc. Special Award for Outstanding Advances in Nuc. Tech. (1992); Edgerton Assistant Professorship (1989-91); NIH Grad. Fellowship (1981-82); graduated Summa Cum Laude (1980); Nuclear Engineering Department Citation for First in Department (1980); graduated Summa Cum Laude (1980); elected Tau Beta Pi (Engineering Top 5%, 1980); Stephen Bechtel Scholarship for top engineering junior (1979); University of California Regent's Fellowship (1980-81).
McFarland's research activities are focused on coupling fundamental processes at surfaces with novel material systems for the production of energy. In particular, fundamental surface chemical-electrical phenomena related to catalysis and photoelectrocatalysis, and photovoltaic and chemo-electronic devices are under investigation. The group develops and uses automated, high-throughput, synthesis and screening systems to couple traditional chemical approaches to combinatorial methods for new material and material system discovery. Investigations of supported metal nanoclusters for gas phase and electrochemical reactions are designed to improve our understanding of heterogeneous catalysts used in energy producing reactions. Renewable production of hydrocarbon and hydrogen fuel production is a specific target, however, results have also been applicable to hydrogen and methanol fuel cells catalysts.
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Online Publication List
1. Electrocatalytic Activity of Gold-Platinum Clusters for Low Temperature Fuel Cell Applications. J. Physical Chemistry C, 2009. 113(12) 5014-5024.
2. NiFe-oxide electrocatalysts for the oxygen evolution reaction on Ti doped hematite photoelectrodes. Electrochemistry Communications, 2009. 11(6) 1150-1153.
3. Improved photoelectrochemical performance of Ti-doped alpha-Fe2O3 thin films by surface modification with fluoride. Chemical Communications, 2009(19) 2652-2654.
4. Size-dependent activity of gold nanoparticles for oxygen electroreduction in alkaline electrolyte. J. Physical Chemistry C, 2008. 112(28) 10515-10519.
5. Highly Active and Sinter-Resistant Pd-Nanoparticle Catalysts Encapsulated in Silica. Small, 2008. 4(10) 1694-1697.
6. Synthesis of amorphous silicon carbide nanoparticles in a low temperature low pressure plasma reactor. Nanotechnology, 2008. 19(32). 325601 (8 pp)
7. Oxygen electroreduction on gold-cobalt oxide binary nanocluster catalysts. J. Electrochemical Society, 2008. 155 B200-B206.
8. Electrodeposition of alpha- Fe2O3 doped with Mo or Cr as photoanodes for photocatalytic water splitting. J. Physical Chemistry C, 2008. 112(40) 15900-15907.
9. Pt-doped alpha- Fe2O3 thin films active for photoelectrochemical water splitting. Chemistry of Materials, 2008. 20(12) 3803-3805.
10. Efficient electrocatalyst utilization: Electrochemical deposition of Pt nanoparticles using nafion membrane as a template. J. Physical Chemistry B, 2006. 110(14) 7119-7121.
11. Synthesis of Au nanoclusters supported upon a TiO2 nanotube array. J. Materials Research, 2005. 20(5) 1093-1096.
12. Synthesis and characterization of Pt-WO3 as methanol oxidation catalysts for fuel cells. J. Physical Chemistry B, 2005. 109(48) 22958-22966.
13. Combinatorial electrochemical synthesis and screening of Pt-WO3 catalysts for electro-oxidation of methanol. Review of Scientific Instruments, 2005. 76(6).
14. Automated electrochemical synthesis and photoelectrochemical characterization of Zn1-xCoxO thin films for solar hydrogen production. J. Combinatorial Chemistry, 2005. 7(2) 264-271.
15. Benzene formation at 70 degrees C by coupling of propylene on supported Pd nanoclusters. Angewandte Chemie-International Edition, 2005. 44(30) 4735-4739.
16. Natural gas conversion to liquid fuels in a zone reactor. Catalysis Today, 2005. 106(1-4) 301-304.
17. Synthesis and photocatalytic properties of highly crystalline and ordered mesoporous TiO2 thin films. Chemical Communications, 2004(14) 1670-1671.
18. A general integrated process for synthesizing olefin oxides. Chemical Communications, 2004(18) 2100-2101.
19. C-1 oxidative coupling via bromine activation and tandem catalytic condensation and neutralization over CaO/zeolite composites - II. Product distribution variation and full bromine confinement. Catalysis Today, 2004. 98(4) 589-594.
20. Combinatorial electrochemical synthesis and screening of mesoporous ZnO for photocatalysis. Macromolecular Rapid Communications, 2004. 25(1) 297-301.
21. Chemically induced charge carrier production and transport in Pd/SiO2/n-Si(111) metal-oxide-semiconductor Schottky diodes. Physical Review B, 2004. 70(11) 115322.
22. Direct propylene epoxidation on chemically reduced Au nanoparticles supported on titania. Chemical Communications, 2004(14) 1648-1649.
23. Gas-phase catalysis by micelle derived Au nanoparticles on oxide supports. Catalysis Letters, 2004. 95(3-4) 107-111.
24. Parallel synthesis and characterization of photoelectrochemically and electrochromically active tungsten-molybdenum oxides. Chemical Communications, 2004(4) 390-391.
25. An integrated process for partial oxidation of alkanes. Chemical Communications, 2003(18) 2294-2295.
26. Electrochemical fabrication of large-area Au/TiO2 junctions. Electrochemistry Communications, 2003. 5(6) 497-501.
27. A CU2O/TiO2 heterojunction thin film cathode for photoelectrocatalysis. Solar Energy Materials and Solar Cells, 2003. 77(3) 229-237.
28. A photovoltaic device structure based on internal electron emission. Nature, 2003. 421(6923) 616-618.
29. Catalytic activity of supported au nanoparticles deposited from block copolymer micelles. J. American Chemical Society, 2003. 125(24) 7148-7149.
30. Size- and support-dependent electronic and catalytic properties of Au0/Au3+ nanoparticles synthesized from block copolymer micelles. J. American Chemical Society, 2003. 125(42) 12928-12934.
31. Electrocatalytic properties of thin mesoporous platinum films synthesized utilizing potential-controlled surfactant assembly. Advanced Materials, 2003. 15(23) 2018-2021.
32. Synthesis of tungsten oxide on copper surfaces by electroless deposition. Chemistry of Materials, 2003. 15(18) 3411-3413.
33. Enhancement of photocatalytic and electrochromic properties of electrochemically fabricated mesoporous WO3 thin films. Advanced Materials, 2003. 15(15) 1269-1273.
34. Detection of chemically induced hot charge carriers with ultrathin metal film Schottky contacts. Surface Science, 2002. 514(1-3) 172-181.
35. High-throughput screening system for catalytic hydrogen-producing materials. J. Combinatorial Chemistry, 2002. 4(1) 17-22.
36. Electrochemical synthesis of nanostructured ZnO films utilizing self-assembly of surfactant molecules at solid-liquid interfaces. J. American Chemical Society, 2002. 124(42) 12402-12403.
37. Combinatorial electrochemical synthesis and characterization of tungsten-based mixed-metal oxides. J. Combinatorial Chemistry, 2002. 4(6) 563-568.
38. Controlled electrodeposition of nanoparticulate tungsten oxide. Nano Letters, 2002. 2(8) 831-834.
39. Chemically induced electronic excitations at metal surfaces. Science, 2001. 294(5551) 2521-2523.
40. Automated synthesis and characterization of diverse libraries of macroporous alumina. Electrochimica Acta, 2001. 47(4) 553-557.
41. Direct detection of electron-hole pairs generated by chemical reactions on metal surfaces. Surface Science, 2000. 445(2-3) 335-342.
42. Electron-hole pair creation at Ag and Cu surfaces by adsorption of atomic hydrogen and deuterium. Physical Review Letters, 1999. 82(2) 446-449.
43. A rare-earth phosphor containing one-dimensional chains identified through combinatorial methods. Science, 1998. 279(5352) 837-839.
44. A combinatorial approach to the discovery and optimization of luminescent materials. Nature, 1997. 389(6654) 944-948.
