The Wisconsin Puerto Rico Partnership for Research and Education in Materials (PREM) is dedicated in bringing students the tools and knowledge for them to become outstanding researchers.
IRT 1: Atomic-Level Control in Materials Development for Catalysis and Adsorption is a project directed by Dr. Yomaira Pagán-Torres from the University of Puerto Rico Mayaguez (UPRM) and Dr. Paul Evans from the University of Wisconsin-Madison (UW).
The goal of IRT-1 is to combine computational chemistry, advanced synthesis, state-of-the art characterization techniques, adsorption studies, and reaction kinetics to understand the impact of controllable-sub nanometer surface modifications for the creation of materials with advanced catalytic and absorption properties Using Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD), a synthesis technique that allows precise creation of atomic-scale chemically active sites.
IRT 1 is divided in two groups:
Design of catalytic materials with controlled sites by ALD Team: Dr. Pagán-Torres, Dr. Mavrikakis, Dr. Babcock, Dr. Hermans, Dr. Curet and Dr. Cardona
Flexible Porous Coordination Polymers for Gas Capture Team: Dr. Hernández and Dr. Evans
