University of Delaware - College of Engineering
CHEMICAL & BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING

People

Faculty

Raul F Lobo

Raul Lobo
  • Director of CCST
  • Full Professor

329 CLB
University of Delaware
Newark, Delaware 19716
lobo@udel.edu
302-831-1261
302-831-1048 (fax)


Education
  • Doctorate - 1994 California Institute of Technology
  • Masters - 1993 California Institute of Technology
  • Bachelors - 1989 University of Costa Rica

"Zeolites and other ordered nanoporous materials are truly fascinating. Not only their wide range of applications which include catalytic, adsorption and ion exchange unit operations, but also their symmetry, their structural complexity and the possibility to fine tune their properties to fit a particular application has made them a subject of research of ever increasing importance. The availability of materials with different pore shapes and sizes always of the same length scale of small organic molecules and all of the same size due to their crystalline nature are a challenge to scientists and engineers who want to make a meaningful contribution to the chemical industries and the environment.

The goal of this research program is to gain fundamental understanding of the properties of these materials and the relations of these properties with the materials structure and chemical composition. Chemical engineering principles are then used to modify the properties of the microporous solids to fulfill the requirements of a specific application such as a chemical reaction, the selective adsorption of a particular molecule, enhanced thermochemical stability, etc."

XSelected Publications

For a complete listing of publications, please view the Full CV.
  1. Hould, N.D., Kumar, S., Tsapatsis, M., Nikolakis, V., Lobo, R.F.,, "Structure and colloidal stability of nanosized zeolite beta precursors", Langmuir 26, 1260, (2010)
  2. Ooms, K., Polenova, T., Shough A.M., Doren, D.J., Nash, M.J., Lobo, R.F., "Identification of Mixed Valence Vanadium in ETS-10 using EPR, V51 NMR and DFT Studies", J. Phys. Chem. C. 113, 10477, (2009)
  3. Nash, M. J., Shough, A. M., Fickel, D. W., Doren, D.J., Lobo, R. F., "High Temperature Dehydrogenation of Bronsted Acid Sites in Zeolites", J. Am. CHem. Soc. 130, 2460, (2008)
  4. Huang, W.; McCormick, J. R.; Lobo, R. F.; Chen, J, "Selective hydrogenation of acetylene in the presence of ethylene on zeolite-supported bimetallic catalysts", J. Catal 246, 40, (2007)
  5. Martinez-Inesta, M.A.M., Lobo, R. F., "Investigation of the structure of platinum clusters supported in zeolite beta using the pair distribution function", J. Phys. Chem. C. 111, 8573, (2007)
  6. Rimer, J. D.; Fedeyko, J. M.; Vlachos, D. G.; Lobo, R. F., "Silica Self-Assembly and the Synthesis of Microporous and Mesoporous Silicates", Chem. Eur. J. 12, 2926, (2006)
  7. Fedeyko, J.M.; Fox H.; Vlachos, D.G., Lobo, R.F., "Initial Stages of Self-Organization of Silica-Alumina Gels in Zeolite Synthesis", Langmuir 23, 4532, (2007)
  8. A. Kumar, R. F. Lobo, and N. J. Wagner, "Porous Amorphous Carbon Models from Periodic Gaussian Chains of Amorphous Polymers", Carbon 43, 3099, (2005)
  9. K. R. Sawant and R. F. Lobo, "Imprinting of the surface of mesoporous silicates using organic structure directing agents", Stud. Surf. Sci. Catal. 141, 53, (2002)
  10. R. F. Lobo and H. V. Koningsveld, "A New Description of the Disorder in Zeolite ZSM-48", J. Am. Chem. Soc. 124, 13222, (2002)

XPatents

  1. Process for Preparing Methylamines Using Acidic Molecular Sieve Catalysts. (60-109975): D. Corbin, R. F. Lobo, S. Schwarz, 1998
  2. Process for Preparing Methylamines Using Acidic Chabazite-type Zeolite Catalysts. (60-064493): D. Corbin, S. Schwarz, R. F. Lobo, 1997
  3. Zeolite CIT-1. (5512267): R. F. Lobo and M. E. Davis, 1996

XSelected Awards

For a complete listing of awards, please view the Full CV.
  1. Ipatieff Prize (American Chemical Society: 2004)
  2. Innovation Recognition Program (Dow Chemical Company: 2001)
  3. Outstanding Young Faculty of the College of Engineering: 1999
  4. Young Scholar of the Frances Alison Society: 1999
  5. Camille Dreyfus Teacher-Scholar: 1999
  6. Recipient of the CAREER Award for Young Investigators of the NSF: 1997


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