They also play a key role in the control of automobile exhaust emissions and industrial pollution. As important as these processes are, however, many industrial heterogeneous catalytic reactions are not well understood. A significant example of this work is the TAP reactor system, a unique analytical instrument which was developed and patented by Prof. Gleaves and his co-workers and is now being manufactured commercially. The TAP system is a high-speed transient response technique which can be used to study industrial catalysts. It has provided new insights into a variety of important reactions, including the selective oxidation of butane to maleic anhydride, the selective oxidation of ethylene to ethylene oxide, and the ammoxidation of methanol.
Vapor deposition is employed in the production of microelectronic devices and related products.
With G. Centi. With N.C. Rigas and G.D. Svoboda. N.C. Rigas, and B.K. Hodnett. With G.D. Svoboda and P.L. Mills. N.C. Rigas, and B.K. Hodnett.