Dr. habil. Francesc Vines Solana

Profile

Academic positionLecturer, Assistant Professor, Researcher
Research fieldsTheoretical Chemistry: Electron Structure, Dynamics, Simulation,Kinetics and Catalysis
KeywordsCO2 and CH4 Activation, Density Functional Calculations, Genetic Algorithms, Heterogeneous Catalysis, Oxide Supported Metal Nanoparticles

Current contact address

CountrySpain
CityBarcelona
InstitutionUniversitat de Barcelona (UB)
InstituteDepartament de Quimica Fisica

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Andreas GörlingLehrstuhl für Theoretische Chemie, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, Erlangen
Start of initial sponsorship01/11/2008

Programme(s)

2008Humboldt Research Fellowship Programme for Postdocs

Publications (partial selection)

2009Elisabeth Florez Francesc Viñes Jose A. Rodriguez Francesc Illas: Adsorption and diffusion of Au atoms on the (001) surface of Ti, Zr, Hf, V, Nb, Ta, and Mo carbides. In: Journal of Chemical Physics, 2009, 244706-1-244706-7
2009Francesc Viñes, Konstantin M. Neyman, Andreas Görling: Carbon on Platinum Substrates: From Carbidic to Graphitic Phases on the (111) Surface and on Nanoparticles. In: Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 2009, 11963-11973
2009Francesc Viñes Christoph Löschen Francesc Illas Konstantin M. Neyman: Edge sites as a gate for subsurface carbon in palladium nanoparticles. In: Journal of Catalysis, 2009, 59-63
2009Elisabeth Florez, Leticia Feria, Francesc Viñes, Jose A. Rodriguez, Francesc Illas: Effect of the Support on the Electronic Structure of Au Nanoparticles Supported on Transition Metal Carbides: Choice of the Best Substrate for Au Activation. In: Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 2009, 19994-20001