Brian Frederick

Professor of Chemistry

Appointments:Professor, Frontier Institute for Research in Sensor Technologies
Professor, Forest Bioproducts Research Initiative

Address: 5708 ESRB-Barrows, Room 257
Telephone: 207.581.2268
Email:听产谤颈补苍驳蹿蔼尘补颈苍别.别诲耻

Education: 1991 Ph. D. Cornell University

Professor Frederick investigates fundamental surface chemical processes that occur on sensors, heterogeneous catalysts, and photocatalysts. His research group utilizes a variety of experimental and theoretical methods, including in-situ spectroscopic and high pressure catalyst characterization methods, surface science techniques, quantum chemical calculations and statistical simulations. Research within the U海角社区 Catalysis group involves physicists, chemists, and chemical engineers working on conversion of biomass into fuels and chemicals, understanding electronic structure in photocatalysts, and probing the factors that control selectivity and transduction in chemical sensors.

Frederick CV

Recent Publications:

  • Amir Rahmani Chokanlu, Akbar Mahdavi-Shakib, Liping Yu, Thomas J. Schwartz, Rachel N. Austin, Brian G. Frederick, 鈥淒irect Evidence for Sulfur-induced Deep Electron and Hole Traps in Titania and Implications for Photochemistry,鈥 Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 127 (2023) 6754-6767. 10.1021/acs.jpcc.3c00526
  • Stoltz, Robert M.; Mahdavi-Shakib, Akbar; Frederick, Brian G.; Mirica, Katherine A., 鈥淗ost-Guest Interactions and Redox Activity in Layered Conductive Metal-Organic Frameworks,鈥 Chemistry of Materials, (submitted Feb. 28, 2020; accepted July 6, 2020).
  • Abdulrazzaq, Hussein T.; Rahmani Chokanlu, Amir; Frederick, Brian G.; Schwartz, Thomas J., 鈥淩eaction Kinetics Analysis of Ethanol Dehydrogenation Catalyzed by MgO鈥揝iO2鈥 ACS Catalysis, 10 (2020) 6318- 6331. .
  • Banerjee, Soham; Zangiabadi, Amirali; Mahdavi-Shakib, Akbar; Husremovic, Samra; Frederick, Brian; Barmak, Katayun; Austin, Rachel; Billinge, Simon, “Quantitative structural characterization of catalytically active TiO2 nanoparticles”, ACS Applied Nano Materials, 2 (2019) 6268-6276. .
  • Mahdavi-Shakib, Akbar; Arce-Ramos, Juan; Austin, Rachel; Schwartz, Thomas; Grabow, Lars; Frederick, Brian, “Frequencies and Thermal Stability of Isolated Surface Hydroxyls on Pyrogenic TiO2Nanoparticles”, Journal of Physical Chemistry C 123 (2019) 24533-24548. https://doi.org/
  • Akbar Mahdavi-Shakib, Samra Husremovic,聽 Sohee Ki, Jessica Glynn, Lauren Babb, Janine Sempel, Ioannis Stavrinoudis, Juan M Arce Ramos, Ryan Nelson, Lars C Grabow, Thomas J Schwartz, Brian G Frederick, Rachel Austin, 鈥淭itania surface chemistry and its influence on supported metal catalysts鈥, Polyhedron 170 (2019) 41-50.
  • Aravind Reghu, L. Jay LeGore, John F. Vetelino, Robert J. Lad, Brian G. Frederick, 鈥淒istinguishing Bulk Conduction From Band Bending in Chemiresistive Metal Oxide Gas Sensors,鈥 Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 122 (2018) 10607-10620. DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcc.8b01446.
  • Anushka E. Vithanage, Emtias Chowdhury, Luz D. Alejo, Paige Pomeroy, William J. DeSisto, Brian G. Frederick, William M. Gramlich, 鈥淩enewably Sourced Phenolic Resins From Lignin Bio Oil,鈥 Journal of applied Polymer Science, 134 (2017) 44827.聽
  • Jincy Joseph, Matthew Rasmussen, James Fecteau, Sally Kim, Hyunji Lee, Katelyn Tracy, Bruce Jensen, Brian G. Frederick, Elizabeth Stemmler, 鈥淐ompositional Changes to Low Water content Bio-oils During Aging: An NMR, GC/MS, and LC/MS Study,鈥 Energy & Fuels, 30 (2016) 4825,聽
  • Ryan C. Nelson, Byeongjin Baek, Pamela Ruiz, Ben Goundie, Ashley Brooks, M. Clayton Wheeler, Brian G. Frederick, Lars C. Grabow, Rachel Narehood Austin, 鈥,鈥 ACS Catalysis, 5 (2015) 6509.

Updated: June 2024