Götz Veser

 

Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering

1232 Benedum Hall

412-624-1042, 9639(fax)

gveser@pitt.edu

http://www.engr.pitt.edu/chemical/facstaff/veser.html

 

Götz Veser’s research is focused on the development and systematic investigation of metal/oxide nanocomposites as flexible and widely applicable templates for functional materials, in particular for chemical reactions and catalysis. The approach is based on chemical self-organization via microemulsion-templating, and involves hierarchical tailoring of the characteristic dimensions of these materials across all length scales involved in catalytic reactions. Overall, this research aims at developing a flexible, multiscale approach towards increased control over composition, structure, and function of nanocomposite materials in order to develop a fundamental understanding of how these structures interact at different length scales and influence each other over different time scales.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Multiscale tailoring of a high-temperature nanocomposite from the millimeter- to the nanometer-scale (clockwise from top left). The sample is composed of Pt nanoparticles, a hexaaluminate matrix, and a silica support, and has been successfully used as catalyst for hydrogen production from natural gas at temperatures in excess of 1000 K.