Books

Robert M Rioux, 2010, Model Systems in Catalysis: Single Crystals to Supported Enzyme Mimics, Springer, pp. 526

Book Reviews

Robert M Rioux, 2009, Design of Heterogeneous Catalysts: New Approaches based on Synthesis, Characterization and Modeling, pp. p. 6196

Journal Articles

Robert M Rioux, Mustafa Eid, Jin Li, Nilanjan Roy, Kathryn MacIntosh and Michael J Janik, 2026, "Facet Preferencing by Chemical Substitution Controls Semi-Hydrogenation Selectivity in Ternary Pyrite-Type Intermetallic Compounds", ACS Catalysis, 16, (3), pp. 9

Robert M Rioux, 2026, "The Ever-Evolving Active Site: Transformation of Single Atoms to Extended Structures during Rh-catalyzed Reverse Water-Gas Shift Reaction", Faraday Discussions

Robert M Rioux, Prawal Agarwal and, Themis Matsoukas , 2026, "Plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposited oleic acid films on Al nanoparticles (n-Al) demonstrate superior energetic performance than Graphene Oxide-n-Al mechanical mixtures", Applied Surface Science

Robert M Rioux, Xiaobo Chen, Yonghyuk Lee, Seunghwa Hong, Emily Schroeder, Sabrina M Gericke, Greg D Barber, Zhihengyu Chen, Sarah Hesse, Christopher J Tassone, Phillip Christopher, Simon R Bare, Meng Li, Dmitri N Zakharov, Anastassia N Alexandrova, Ashley R Head, Guanghwen Zhou and Judith C Yang, 2025, "Defect-Driven Redox Interplay on Anatase TiO2: Surface-Structure Dependent Activation for CO2 Hydrogenation Catalysis", Journal of the American Chemical Society, 147, (47), pp. 12

Robert M Rioux, Nilanjan Roy, Sandip Kuila, Mustafa Eid, Kathryn MacIntosh, Parna Pramanik, Thomas Proffen, Michael J Janik and Partha Pratim Jana, 2025, "Solving the ‘Coloring Problem’ in InPd3-xAgx (x = 0-0.7) by CALculation of PHAse Diagrams Modeling and Diffraction Experiments", Inorganic Chemistry, 64, (48), pp. 10

Robert M Rioux, Mazal Kostan-Carmiel, Hadar Shema, Hsien-Cheng Yu, Griffin Canning, Dina Shpasser, Akshay Soni, Sergei Remennik, Neal Mankad, Oz Gazit and Elad Gross, 2025, "Heterobinuclear Molecular Precursors Direct the Formation of Supported Sub-nanometer Cu–M Clusters with Tunable Catalytic Behavior", ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 17, (40), pp. 12

Robert M Rioux, Kayla Eudy, Shyam Deo, Zayne Weber and Michael J Janik, 2025, "Dynamic Variation of Ni and Pt Single Atom Oxidation States on CeO2 Nanocubes during CO Oxidation", ACS Catalysis, 15, (19), pp. 15

Robert M Rioux, Angela Nguyen, Griffin Canning and Michael J Janik, 2025, "A Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) Bayesian inference approach to analyze apparent activation barriers and reaction orders from microreactor data", Journal of Catalysis, 451, pp. 13

Robert M Rioux, Emily K Schroeder, Seunghwa Hong, Xiaobo Chen, Adam S Hoffman, Zhihengyu Chen, Anastassiya Khan, Greg D Barber, Selin Bac, Judith C Yang, Christopher J Tassone, Simon R Bare and Phillip Christopher, 2025, "Structural Evolution and Stability of Rh/TiO2 Catalysts under Reverse Water Gas Shift Conditions: Influence of Initial Rh Structure", ACS Catalysis, 15, (14), pp. 14

Robert M Rioux, Samuel S Soliman, Mustafa Eid, Zachary Mitarotonda, Kathryn MacIntosh, Gaurav R Dey and Raymond E Schaak, 2025, "Post-synthetic Transformation of High Entropy Alloy Nanoparticles into High Entropy Intermetallics for Selective Acetylene Semi-hydrogenation Catalysis", Journal of the American Chemical Society, 147, (27), pp. 5

Robert M Rioux, Nilanjan Roy, Kathryn MacIntosh, Mustafa Eid and Griffin Canning, 2025, "The structural chemistry of intermetallic compounds enables active site design in heterogeneous catalysis", Chemical Science, 16, pp. 25

Robert M Rioux, Ran Wang, Zayne Weber, Michael J Janik and Antonios Armaou, 2025, "Identifying Elementary Reaction Kinetics of Heterogeneous Catalytic Mechanisms Using Pseudorandom Binary Sequence-Induced Transients", ACS Catalysis, 15, (3), pp. 12

Robert M Rioux, Griffin A Canning, Susanna Ogozaly, Matthew Pekarcik, Christopher A Lieb, Suprita Jharimune, Rueben Pfuwka and Bert Klumperman, 2025, "Complementary Reducing Agents are Responsible for Temporally Distinct Nucleation and Growth Phases during the Polyol Synthesis of Ag Nanocubes", Angewandte Chemie International Edition, 64, (6), pp. 9

Robert M Rioux, Rushi Gong, Anish Dasgupta, Shun-Li Shang, Haoran He, Melanie Kirkham, Eric K Zimmerer, Griffin A Canning, Michael J Janik and Zi-Kui Liu, 2025, "Determination of site occupancy in the M-Pd-Zn (M = Cu, Ag, and Au) ?-brass phase by CALPHAD modeling and Rietveld refinement", Inorganic Chemistry, 64, (4), pp. 11

Robert M Rioux, Ran Wang and Antonios Armaou, 2024, "Design optimal experiments for parameter identification of a dynamic model with perturbed inputs", Computer Aided Chemical Engineering, 53, pp. 3481-3486

Robert M Rioux, Wendy J S andaw, , 2024, "A US perspective on closing the carbon cycle to defossilize difficult-to-electrify segments of our economy", Nature Chemistry Reviews, 8, (5), pp. 376-400

Robert M Rioux, Ji Woong Chang, Yanyu Mu and Antonios Armaou, 2023, "Direct Determination of High-Affinity Binding Constants by Continuous Injection Isothermal Titration Calorimetry", Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 127, (50), pp. 10833-10842

Robert M Rioux, Akbar Mahdavi-Shakib, Todd N Whittaker, Tae Yong Yun, K. B. Sravan Kumar, Lauren C Rich, Shengguang Wang, Lars Grabow and Bert D Chandler, 2023, "The role of surface hydroxyls in the entropy-driven adsorption and spillover of H2 on Au/TiO2 catalysts", Nature Catalysis, 6, (8), pp. 710-719

Robert M Rioux, Haoran He, Griffin A Canning, Angela Nguyen, Anish Dasgupta, Randall J Meyer and Michael J Janik, 2023, "Active-site isolation in intermetallics enables precise identification of elementary reaction kinetics during olefin hydrogenation", Nature Catalysis, 6, (7), pp. 596-605

Robert M Rioux, Linxi Wang, Shyam Deo, Ahana Mukhopadhyay, Nicholas Pantelis and Michael Janik, 2022, "Emergent Behavior in Oxidation Catalysis over Single-Atom Pd on a Reducible CeO2 Support via Mixed Redox Cycles", ACS Catalysis, 12, (20), pp. 12927–12941

Robert M Rioux, Prawal Agrawal, Devon Jensen, Chien-Hua Chen and Themis Matsoukas, 2022, "Synthesis and Characterization of Magnesium/Boron Solid Solutions for Energetic Applications", ACS Applied Energy Materials, 5, (6), pp. 6716-6723

Robert M Rioux, Anish Dasgupta, Haoran He, Rushi Gong, Shun-Li Shang, Eric K Zimmerer, Zi-Kui Lui, Randall J Meyer and Michael J Janik, 2022, "Atomic Control of Active Site Ensembles in Ordered Alloys to Enhance Hydrogenation Selectivity", Nature Chemistry, 14, (5), pp. 523-529

Robert M Rioux, 2021, "Catalyst design for selective hydrogenation of benzene to cyclohexene through density functional theory and micro-kinetic modeling", ACS Catalysis, 11, pp. 11831-11842

Robert M Rioux, 2021, "Factors controlling the molecular modification of one-dimensional zeolites", Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 11, pp. 18610-18617

Robert M Rioux, 2021, "Continuous-injection isothermal titration calorimetry for in-situ evaluation of thermodynamic binding properties of ligand-receptor binding models", Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 125, (29), pp. 8075–8087

Robert M Rioux, 2021, "Solvent Dependent Impact of Spectator Anions on the Thermodynamics of Cation Exchange in CdSe Nanocrystals", Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 125, (23), pp. 12792–12801

Robert M Rioux, 2021, "Catalytic influence of light element incorporation in the lattice of palladium", Catalysis Today, (371), pp. 29-39

Robert M Rioux, 2021, "Understanding the Solution-Phase Growth of Cu and Ag Nanowires and Nanocubes from First Principles", Langmuir, 37, (15), pp. 4419–4431

Robert M Rioux, 2021, "Kinetics of H2 Adsorption at the Metal–Support Interface of Au/TiO2 Catalysts Probed by Broad Background IR Absorbance", Angewandte Chemie, 60, (14), pp. 7735-7743

Robert M Ri andux, , 2021, "Ring-opening and hydrodenitrogenation of indole under hydrothermal conditions over Ni, Pt, Ru and Ni-Ru bimetallic catalysts", Chemical Engineering Science, 406, (126853), pp. 14

Robert M Rioux, 2021, "Surface-functionalized Boron Nanoparticles with Reduced Oxide Content by Non-thermal Plasma Processing for Nanoenergetic Applications", ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 13, pp. 6844-6855

Robert M Rioux, 2021, "Chemical Identity of Poly(N-vinylpyrrolidone) End Groups Impact Shape Evolution during the Synthesis of Ag Nanostructures", Journal of the American Chemical Society, 143, pp. 184-195

Robert M Rioux, 2020, "Diffusion Doping of Cobalt in Rod-shape Anatase TiO2 Nanocrystals Leads to Antiferromagnetism", Nanoscale Advances, 2, pp. 4853-4862

Robert M Rioux, 2020, "Enhancement of Alkyne Semi-Hydrogenation Selectivity by Electronic Modification of Platinum", ACS Catalysis, 10, pp. 6763-6770

Robert M Rioux, Linxi Wang, Shyam Deo, Kerry Dooley and Michael J Janik, 2020, "Influence of metal nuclearity and physicochemical properties of ceria on the oxidation of carbon monoxide", Chinese Journal of Catalysis, 41, (6), pp. 951-962

Robert M Rioux, Yunwen Zhou, Yanyu Mu, Ming-Feng Hsieh, Bernd Kabius, Carlos N Pacheco, Carol Bator and Jeffrey D Rimer, 2020, "Enhanced Surface Activity of MWW Zeolite Nanosheets Prepared via a One Step Synthesis", Journal of the American Chemical Society, 142, pp. 8211-8222

Robert M Rioux, James E Bruno, Nicolas S Dwarica, Emily R Hand, Clemente S Guzman IV, Anish Dasgupta, Zhifeng Chen and Bert D Chandler, 2020, "Supported Ni–Au Colloid Precursors for Active, Selective, and Stable Alkyne Partial Hydrogenation Catalysts", ACS Catalysis, 10, (4), pp. 2565-2580

Robert M Rioux, Shelton JP Varapragasam, Shahzahan Mia, Carly Wieting, Choumini Balasanthiran, James D Hoefelmeyer, Md Yeathad Hossan and Aravind Baride, 2019, "Ag/TiO2 hybrid nanoparticles as active photocatalyst for hydrogen evolution", 2, (11), pp. 8274-8282

Robert M Rioux, Linxi Wang, Mohammed Al-Aufi, Carlos N Pacheco and Liyuan Xie, 2019, "Increased amine efficiency with simultaneous decreased heat of sorption of CO2 to blended polyethyleneglycol (PEG)/polyethylenimine(PEI) impregnated silica", 7, (17), pp. 14785-14795

Robert M Rioux, Anish Dasgupta, Eric K Zimmerer and Randall E Meyer, 2019, "Generalized approach for the synthesis of silica supported Pd-Zn, Cu-Zn and Ni-Zn gamma brass phase nanoparticles", 334, pp. 231-242

Robert M Rioux, Aaron Garg, Danielle S Gonçalves, Yusu Liu, Zhenshu Wang, Linxi Wang, Jong Suk Yoo, Alexie Kolpak, Daniela Zanchet and Yuriy Roman-Leshkov, 2019, "Impact of Transition Metal Carbide and Nitride Supports on the Electronic Structure of Thin Platinum Overlayers", 9, (8), pp. 7090-7098

Robert M Rioux and Anish Dasgupta, 2019, "Intermetallics in Catalysis: An Exciting Subset of Multimetallic Catalysts", Catalysis Today, 330, pp. 2-15

Robert M Rioux, Haoran He, Anish Dasgupta, Randall J Meyer and Michael J Janik, 2019, "Competitive Hydrogenation between Linear Alkenes and Aromatics on Close-Packed Late Transition Metal Surfaces", 123, (13), pp. 8370-8378

Robert M Rioux, James E Bruno, Nicolas S Dwarica, Alexander Huther, Zhifeng Chen, Clemente S Guzman IV, Emily R Hand, William C Moore, Lars C Grabow, Bert D Chandler and K. B. Sravan Kumar, 2019, "On the Limited Role of Electronic Support Effects in Selective Alkyne Hydrogenation: A Kinetic Study of Au/MOx Catalysts Prepared from Oleylamine-Capped Colloidal Nanoparticles", 6, (11), pp. 1650-1664

Robert M Rioux, Zhifeng Chen, Ji Woong Chang, Choumini Balasanthiran and Scott T Milner, 2019, "Anisotropic Growth of Silver Nanoparticles Is Kinetically Controlled by Polyvinylpyrrolidone Binding", 141, (10), pp. 4328-4337

Robert M Rioux, Max A Mellmer, Chotitath Sanpitakseree, Benginur Demir, Kaiwen Ma, William A Elliott, Peng Bai, Robert L Johnson, Theodore W Walker, Brent H Shanks, Matthew Neurock, James A Dume andic, , 2019, "Effects of chloride ions in acid-catalyzed biomass dehydration reactions in polar aprotic solvents", 10, pp. 1132

Robert M Rioux, Zhifeng Chen, Tonnam Balankura and Kristen A Fichthorn, 2019, "Revisiting the Polyol Synthesis of Silver Nanostructures: Role of Chloride in Nanocube Formation", 13, (2), pp. 1849-1860

Robert M Rioux, Yang Guo, Zhifeng Chen and Phillip Savage, 2019, "Hydrothermal reaction of tryptophan over Ni-based bimetallic catalysts", 143, pp. 336-345

Robert M Rioux, Linxi Wang and Seyed Mehdi Kamali Shahri, 2018, "CO2 capacity and heat of sorption on a polyethylenimine-impregnated silica under equilibrium and transient sorption conditions", Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 122, pp. 11442-11449

Robert M Rioux, Choumini Balasanthiran, Stephanie Jensen, Charles S Spanjers, Shelton JP Varapragasam, Dmitri Kilin and James D Hoefelmeyer, 2018, "Quantitative Attachment of Bimetal Combinations of Transition Metal Ions to the Surface of TiO2 Nanorods", Langmuir, 34, pp. 5422-5434

Robert M Rioux and Seong H Kim, 2018, "Molecular Surface Science, Nanomaterials & Catalysis: Symposium in Honor of Gabor Somorjai at 80", 61, pp. 711-713

Robert M Rioux, Yong Yang and Ji Woong Chang, 2018, "Structural Elucidation of Supported Rh Complexes Derived from RhCl(PPh3)3 Immobilized on Surface-Functionalized SBA-15 and their Catalytic Performance for C-Heteroatom (S, O) Bond Formation", 365, pp. 43-54

Robert M Rioux, Antonios Armaou, Manda Yang, Linxi Wang and Seyed Medhi Kamali Shahri, 2018, "Investigation of CO2 sorption mechanisms in isothermal columns via transient material and energy balance PDE models", 57, pp. 10303-10314

Robert M Rioux, Suprita Jharimune and Ajay A Sathe, 2018, "Thermochemical measurements of cation exchange in CdSe nanocrystals using isothermal titration calorimetry", Nano Letters, 18, pp. 6795-6803

Robert M Rioux, 2018, "Evaluating Differences in Supported Au Nanoparticle Catalyst Active Site Electronics Using Hammett and DFT Studies", Nature Chemistry, 10, (3), pp. 268-274

Robert M Rioux, Shelton JP Varapragasam, Choumini Balasanthiran, Ashim Gurung, Qiquan Qiao and James D Hoefelmeyer, 2017, "Kirkendall Growth of Hollow Mn3O4 Nanoparticles upon Galvanic Reaction of MnO with Cu2+ adn Evaulation as Anode for Lithium-Ion Batteries", Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 121, (21), pp. 11089-11099

Robert M Rioux, Long Qi, Ricardo Alamillo, William A Elliott, Amity Anderson, David W Hoyt, Eric D Walter, Kee Sung Han, Nancy D Washton, James A Dumesic and Susannah L Scott, 2017, "Operando Solid-State NMR Observation of Solvent-Mediated Adsorption-Reaction of Carbohydrates in Zeolites", ACS Catalysis, 7, (5), pp. 3489-3500

Robert M Rioux, Charles S Spanjers, Anish Dasgupta, Melanie Kirkham, Blake Burger, G Kumar and Michael J Janik, 2017, "Determination of Bulk and Surface Atomic Arrangement in Ni-Zn Gamma Brass Phase at Different Ni to Zn Ratios", Chem. Mater., 29, pp. 504-512

Robert M Rioux, Charles S. Spanjers, Pascal Guillo, Michael J Janik and T. Don Tilley, 2017, "Identification of second shell coordination in transition metal species using theoretical XANES: Examples of Ti-O-(C, Si, Ge) molecular complexes", J. Phys. Chem. C, 121, pp. 162-167

Robert M Rioux, Ajay Sathe and Anirudh Nambiar, 2017, "Synthesis of cyclic organic carbonates via catalytic oxidative carboxylation of olefins in flow reactors", Catalysis Science and Technology, 7, (1), pp. 84-89

Robert M Rioux, C S Sievers, Y Noda, L Qi, E M Albuquerque and S L Scott, 2016, "Phenomena in Catalytic Reactions at Solid-Liquid Interfaces", ACS Catalysis, 6, pp. 8286-8307

Robert M Rioux, S G Turney, M Ahmed, I Chandrsekar, R B Wysolmerski, Z M Goeckeler, G M Whitesides and P C Bridgman, 2016, "Nerve growth factor stimulates axon outgrowth through negative regulation of growth cone actomyosin restraint of microtubule advance", Molecular Biology of the Cell, (27), pp. 500-517

Robert M Rioux, A Gellman and P Stair, 2016, "Editorial: Special issue dedicated to Gabor Somorjai’s 80th birthday", Surf. Sci., (648), pp. 1

Robert M Rioux, J Saavedra, T Whittaker, Z Chen, C J Pursell and B D Chandler, 2016, "Controlling activity and selectivity using water in the Au-catalyzed preferential oxidation in CO in H2", Nature Chem, (8), pp. 585-590

Robert M Rioux, Y Noda, K Li, A Engler and W A Elliot, 2016, "Development of Robust Sulfur Quantification and Speciation Method for SBA-15 Supported Sulfonic Acid Catalysts", Catal. Sci. Technol., (6), pp. 5961-5971

Robert M Rioux, Davood Babaei Pourkargar, Seyed Mehdi Kamali Shahri and Antonios Armaou, 2016, "Spatiotemporal Modeling and Parametric Estimation of Isothermal CO2 Adsorption Columns", Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., (55), pp. 6443-6453

Robert M Rioux, M. E. Strayer, T. P. Senftle, J. P. Winterstein, N. M. Vargos-Barbosa, R. Sharma, Michael J Janik and T. E. Mallouk, 2015, "Charge Transfer Stabilization of Late Transition Metal Oxide Nanoparticles on a Layered Niobate Support", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 137, (51), pp. 16216-16224

Robert M Rioux, B. Panthi, A. Mukopadhyay, L. Tibbitts, J. Saavedra, C. J. Pursell and B. D. Chandler, 2015, "Using Thiol Adsorption on Supported Au Nanoparticle Catalysts to Evaluate Au Dispersion and the Number of Active Sites for Benzyl Alcohol Oxidation", ACS Catal, 5, pp. 2232-2241

Robert M Rioux and F. D. Toste, 2015, "Catalysis Science and Technology: Catalysis in the USA", Catal Sci Technol, 5, pp. 1357-1359

Charles S Spanjers, Richard S Sim, Nicholas P Sturgis and Robert M Rioux, 2015, "In-situ Characterization of Ni1-xZnx/ZnO Catalysts and their Selectivity for Acetylene Semihydrogenation in Excess Ethylene", ACS Catal., 5, pp. 3304-3315

Robert M Rioux, A. Sathe, M. A. Peck, C. Balasanthiran, M. A. Langell and J. D. Hoefelmeyer, 2014, "X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy of transition metal ions attached to the surface of rod-shape anatase TiO2 nanocrystals", Inorganica Chimica Acta, 422, pp. 8-13

Robert M Rioux, D. Childers, N. M. Schweitzer, S. M. Kamali Shahri, J. T. Miller and R. J. Meyer, 2014, "Evidence for Geometric Effects in Neopentane Conversion on PdAu Catalysts", Catal Sci Technol, 4, pp. 4366-4377

Robert M Rioux, D. Childers, S. M. Kamali Shahri, N. Schweitzer, J. T. Miller and R. J. Meyer, 2014, "Modifying structure-sensitive reactions by addition of Zn to Pd", J. Catal, 318, pp. 75-84

Robert M Rioux, C. S. Spanjers, T. P. Senftle, A. C. T. van Duin, Michael J Janik and A. I. Frenkel, 2014, "Illuminating Surface Atoms in Nanoclusters by Differential X-ray Absorption Spectroscopy", Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 16, pp. 26528-26538

Y. Yang and Robert M Rioux, 2014, "Highly Stereoselective Anti-Markovnikov Hydrothiolation of Alkynes and Electron-Deficient Alkenes by a Supported Cu-NHC Complex.", Green Chem, 16, pp. 3916-3925

S. M. McCarthy, Y. C. Lin, D. Devarajan, J. W. Chang, H. Yennawar, Robert M Rioux, D. H. Ess and A. T. Radosevich, 2014, "Intermolecular N-H Oxidative Addition of Ammonia, Alkylamines and Arylamines to a Planar ?3-Phosphorus Compound via an Entropy-Controlled Electrophlic Mechanism.", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 136, pp. 4640-4650

E. G. Moschetta, K. M. Gans and Robert M Rioux, 2014, "Elucidating the Roles of Enthalpy, Entropy, and Donor Atom in the Chelate Effect for Binding Different Bidentate Ligands on the Same Metal Center", Journal of Catalysis 309, pp. 11-20

M. A. Smith, A. Zoelle, Y. Yang, Robert M Rioux, N. Hamilton, K. Amakawa, P. K. Nielsen and A. Trunschke, 2014, "Surface roughness effects in the catalytic behavior of vanadia supported on SBA-15.", J. Catal., 312, pp. 170-178

M. Strayer, J. M. Binz, M. Tanase, S. M. Kamali Shahri, R. Sharma, Robert M Rioux and T. E. Mallouk, 2014, "Interfacial bonding stabilizes rhodium and rhodium oxide nanoparticles on layered Nb- and Ta oxide supports.", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 136, pp. 5687-5696

C. S. Spanjers, J. T. Held, M. J. Jones, D. D. Stanley, R. S. Sim, Michael J Janik and Robert M Rioux, 2014, "Zinc Inclusion to Heterogeneous Nickel Catalysts Reduces Oligomerization during the Semihydrogenation of Acetylene.", J. Catal., 316, pp. 164-173

M. H. Do, T. Wang, Dang-Guo Cheng, Robert M Rioux and J. Gong, 2014, "Simple Strategies for Fabrication of a Periodic Mesoporous Aluminosilicate with Crystalline Walls", Small, 10, pp. 4249-4256

Robert M Rioux, V. Ravi and J. M. Binz, 2013, "Thermodynamic Profiles at the Solvated Inorganic-Organic Interface: The case of Gold-Thiolate Monolayers", Nano Lett., 13, pp. 4442-4448

Robert M Rioux, E. G. Moschetta and Kristina M. Gans, 2013, "Characterization of sites of different thermodynamic affinities on the same metal center via isothermal titration calorimetry", Journal of Catalysis, 302, pp. 1-9

Robert M Rioux, Y. Yang and Eric G. Moschetta, 2013, "Addition of Sulfonic Acids to Terminal Alkynes Catalyzed by a Rhodium Complex: Ligand Concentration-Controlled Reaction Selectivity", ChemCatChem, 5, pp. 3005-3013

Robert M Rioux, W. Kang, C. S. Spanjers and J. D. Hoefelmeyer, 2013, "Synthesis of brookite TiO2 nanorods with isolated Co(II) surface sites and photocatalytic degradation of 5,8-dihydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone dye", J. Mater. Chem. A, 1, pp. 7717-7728

Robert M Rioux, S. Jana and J. W. Chang, 2013, "Synthesis and Modeling of Hollow Intermetallic Ni-Zn Nanoparticles Formed by the Kirkendall Effect", Nano Lett., 13, pp. 3618-3625

Robert M Rioux, D. Childers, A. Saha, N. Schweitzer, J. T. Miller and R. J. Meyer, 2013, "Correlating Heat of Adsorption to Reaction Selectivity: Size Effects in Neopentane Isomerization over Pt and Pd Catalyst", ACS Catal., 3, pp. 2487-2496

Robert M Rioux, P. Cordeiro, P. Guillo, C. S. Spanjers, J. W. Chang, M. Lipschutz, M. Fasulo and T. D. Tilley, 2013, "Titanium-Germoxy Precursor Route to Germanium-Modified Epoxidation Catalysts with Enhanced Activity", ACS Catal., 3, pp. 2269-2279

Robert M Rioux, Y. Yang, W. Dong and Y. Guo, 2013, "Cu(I)-Catalyzed Aerobic Cross-Dehydrogenative Coupling of Terminal Alkynes with Thiols for Construction of Alkynyl Sulfides", Green Chem., 15, pp. 3170-3175

Robert M Rioux and S. Janna, 2012, "Seeded Growth Induced Amorphous to Crystalline Transformation of Niobium Oxide Nanostructures", Nanoscale, 4, pp. 1782-1788

Robert M Rioux, S. J. Kweskin, H. Song, K. Komvopoulos, P. Yang and G. A. Somorjai, 2012, "High-Pressure Adsorption of Ethylene on Cubic Pt Nanoparticles and Pt(100) Single Crystals Probed by in Situ Sum Frequency Generation Vibrational Spectroscopy", ACS Catal., 2, pp. 2377-2386

Robert M Rioux, Yeon S. Choi, Eric G. Moschetta, Jeffrey T. Miller, Meg Fasulo, Meredith J. McMurdo and T. Don Tilley, 2011, "Highly Dispersed Pd-SBA15 Materials from Tris(tert-butoxy)siloxy Complexes of Pd(II)", ACS Catalysis 1, pp. 1166-1177

Robert M Rioux and Y. Yang, 2011, "Highly regio- and stereoselective hydrothiolation of acetylenes with thiols catalyzed by a well-defined supported Rh complex", Chemical Communications, 47, pp. 6557-6559

Robert M Rioux and J. Gong, 2011, "Heterogeneous catalysis by metals: New synthetic methods and characterization techniques for high reactivity preface", Catalysis Today, 160, pp. 1-2

Robert M Rioux, S. Eldahj, M. D. Dickey, J. J. DeYoreo and G. M. Whitesides, 2010, "Subnanometer Replica Molding of Molecular Steps on Ionic Crystals", Nano Lett., pp. 4140-4145

Robert M Rioux, N. Chen, Luis A. M. M. Barbosa and F. H. Ribeiro, 2010, "Kinetic and Theoretical Study of the Hydrodechlorination of CH4-xClx (x=1-4) Compounds on Palladium", Langmuir, 26, pp. 16615-16624

Robert M Rioux, S. H. Kim and F. H. Ribeiro, 2010, "Preface to the Molecular Surface Chemistry and Its Applications Special Issue", Langmuir, 26, pp. 16187-16189

Robert M Rioux, D. J. Lipomi, R. V. Martinez, L. Cademartiri, W. F. Reus and G. M. Whitesides, 2010, "Survey of Materials for Nanoskiving and Influence of the Cutting Process on the Nanostructures Produced", ACS Applied Materials and Interfaces, 2, pp. 2503-2514

Robert M Rioux, M. E. Grass and G. A. Somorjai, 2009, "Dependence of gas-phase crotonaldehyde hydrogenation selectivity and activity on the size of Pt nanoparticles (1.7-7.1 nm) supported on SBA-15", Catal. Lett., 128, pp. 1-8

Robert M Rioux, J. Gingras, D. Cuvelier, N. A. Geisse, L. Mahadevan, J. W. Lichtman, G. M. Whitesides and J. R. Sanes, 2009, "Controlling the Orientation and Synaptic differentiation of Myotubes with Micropatterned Substrates", Biophysical Journal, 97, pp. 2771-2779

Robert M Rioux, J. D. Hoefelmeyer, M. Grass, H. Song, K. Niesz, P. D. Yang and G. A. Somoraji, 2008, "Adsorption and co-adsorption of ethylene and carbon monoxide on silica-supported monodisperse Pt nanoparticles. Volumetric adsorption and infrared spectroscopy studies", Langmuir, 24, pp. 198-207

Robert M Rioux, H. Song, M. Grass, J. D. Hoefelmeyer, K. Niesz, P. D. Yang and G. A. Somoraji, 2008, "Kinetics and mechanism of the poisoning of ethylene hydrogenation by CO on silica-supported monodisperse Pt nanoparticles", J. Catal., 254, pp. 1-11

Robert M Rioux, M. E. Grass, Y. Yue, S. E. Habas, C. I. Teall, P. Yang and G. A. Somorjai, 2008, "Silver ion mediated shape control of platinum nanoparticles: Removal of silver by selective etching leads to increased catalytic activity", J. Phys. Chem. C, 112, pp. 4797-4804

Robert M Rioux, D. A. Ruddy, J. Jarupatrakorn, J. T. Miller, M. J. McMurdo, K. A. Tupper and T. D. Tilley, 2008, "Site-Isolated Pt-SBA15 Materials from Tris(tert-butoxy)siloxy Complexes of Pt(II) and Pt(IV)", Chem. Mater., 20, pp. 6517-6527

Robert M Rioux, B. Hsu, M. E. Grass, H. Song and G. A. Somorjai, 2008, "Influence of particle size on reaction selectivity in cyclohexene hydrogenation and dehydrogenation over silica-supported monodisperse Pt particles", Catal. Lett., 126, pp. 10-19

Robert M Rioux, Q. Xu, M. D. Dickey and G. M. Whitesides, 2008, "Nanoskiving: A New Method to Produce Nanomaterials", Acc. Chem. Res., 41, pp. 1566-1577

Robert M Rioux, T. J. Toops and W. N. Delgass, 2007, "M. Albert Vannice Festschrift", Catal. Today, 123, pp. 2-5

Robert M Rioux, Q. Xu, J. Bao, R. Perez-Castejillos, F. Capasso and G. M. Whitesides, 2007, "Fabrication of Large-Area Patterned Nanostructures for Optical Applications by Nanoskiving", Nano Lett., 7, pp. 2800-2805

Robert M Rioux, Q. Xu and G. M. Whitesides, 2007, "Fabrication of Complex Nanostructures by Nanoskiving", ACS Nano, 1, pp. 215-221

Robert M Rioux, M. Yang and G. A. Somorjai, 2006, "Reaction kinetics and in-situ sum frequency generation surface vibrational spectroscopy studies of cycloalkene hydrogenation/ dehydrogenation on Pt(111): substituent effects and CO poisoning mechanism", J. Catal., 237, pp. 255-266

Robert M Rioux, H. Song, J. D. Hoefelmeyer, R. Komor, K. Niesz, M. Grass, P. Yang and G. A. Somorjai, 2006, "Hydrothermal growth of mesoporous SBA-15 silica in the presence of PVP-stabilized Pt nanoparticles: Synthesis, characterization, and catalytic properties", J. Am. Chem. Soc., 128, pp. 3027-3037

Robert M Rioux, G. A. Somorjai, A. M. Contreras and M. Montano, 2006, "Clusters, Surfaces, and Catalysis", Proc. Nat. Acad., U. S. A, 103, pp. 10577-83

Robert M Rioux, S. Kweskin, S. E. Habas, K. Komvopoulos, P. Yang and G. A. Somorjai, 2006, "Carbon Monoxide Adsorption and Oxidation on Monolayer Films of Cubic Platinum Nanoparticles Investigated by Infrared-Visible Sum Frequency Generation Vibrational Spectroscopy", J. Phys. Chem. B, 110, pp. 15920-15925

Robert M Rioux, H. Song, M. Grass, S. Habas, K. Niesz, J. D. Hoefelmeyer, P. Yang and G. A. Somorjai, 2006, "Monodisperse platinum nanoparticles of well-defined shape: Synthesis, characterization, catalytic properties and future prospects", Top. Catal., 39, pp. 167-174

Robert M Rioux, A. L. Marsh, J. S. Gaughan and G. A. Somorjai, 2006, "Oxidation and reforming reactions of methane on a stepped Pt(557) single crystal", Catal. Today, 123, pp. 265-275

Robert M Rioux, H. Song, J. D. Hoefelmeyer, P. Yang and G. A. Somorjai, 2005, "High-Surface-Area Catalyst Design: Synthesis, Characterization, and Reaction Studies of Platinum Nanoparticles in Mesoporous SBA-15 Silica", J. Phys. Chem. B, 109, pp. 2192-2202

Robert M Rioux and G. A. Somorjai, 2005, "High Technology Catalysts Towards 100% Selectivity. Fabrication, Characterization, and Reaction Studies", Catalysis Today, 100, pp. 201-215

Robert M Rioux and M. A. Vannice, 2005, "Dehydrogenation of isopropyl alcohol on carbon-supported Pt and Cu-Pt catalysts", J. Catal., 233, pp. 147-165

Robert M Rioux, Y. Yin, C. K. Erdonmez, S. Hughes, G. A. Somorjai and A. P. Alivisatos, 2004, "Formation of Hollow Nanocrystals through the Nanoscale Kirkendall Effect", Science, 304, pp. 711-714

Robert M Rioux, N. Chen and F. H. Ribeiro, 2004, "Hydrodechlorination reactions of 2-chloro-1,1,1,2-tetrafluoroethane and chloroethane in H2 and D2 on Pd catalysts", Appl. Catal. A-Gen, 271, pp. 85-94

Robert M Rioux and M. A. Vannice, 2003, "Hydrogenation/dehydrogenation: Isopropanol dehydrogenation over copper catalysts", J. Catal., 216, pp. 362-376

Robert M Rioux, N. Chen and F. H. Ribeiro, 2002, "Investigation of Reaction Steps for the Hydrodechlorination of Chlorine-Containing Organic Compounds on Pd Catalysts", J. Catal., 211, pp. 192-197

Robert M Rioux, K. O. Nowack, C. Na, X. Wu and L. R. Radovic, 2001, "A commentary on "Effect of metal additives on the physico-chemical characteristics of activated carbon exemplified by benzene and acetic acid adsorption", Carbon, 39, pp. 951-953

Robert M Rioux, C. D. Thompson, N. Chen and F. H. Ribeiro, 2000, "Turnover Rate, Reaction Order and Elementary Steps for the Hydrodechlorination of Chlorofluorocarbons on Palladium Catalysts", J. Phys. Chem. B, 104, pp. 3067-3077

Robert M Rioux, C. D. Thompson, N. Chen and F. H. Ribeiro, 2000, "Hydrodechlorination of chlorofluorocarbons CF3-CFCl2 and CF3-CCl3 over Pd/C and Pd black catalysts", Catal. Today, 62, pp. 269-278

Other

Robert M Rioux, 2009, "Liquid Phase Oxidation via Heterogeneous Catalysis"

Robert M Rioux, H. Song, P. Yang and G. A. Somoraj, 2007, "Platinum Nanoclusters: Size and Shape Surface Structure Sensitivity of Catalytic Reactions"

Robert M Rioux, G. A. Somorjai and J. Grunes, 2003, "Fabrication of Two-Dimensional and Three-Dimensional Platinum Nanoclusters to Serve as High Technology Catalysts - Catalysts Capable of 100% Reaction Selectivity", pp. 97-125

• PSEAS Outstanding Teaching Award, Penn. State Engineering Alumni Association Society, 2018

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