Publications

2023

131. "Microkinetic Models with Interacting Adsorbates and Langmuir–Hinshelwood Steps: Solving the Master Equation on Small Periodic Tiles", J. Ge, K. C. Adams and B. Peters, J. Phys. Chem. C, 127 (49), 23687-23695 (2023).

130. "Mass transfer in catalytic depolymerization: External effectiveness factors and serendipitous processivity in stagnant and stirred melts", J. Ge and B. Peters, Chemical Engineering Journal, 466, 143251 (2023).

129. "Engulfment Avalanches and Thermal Hysteresis for Antifreeze Proteins on Supercooled Ice", H. Farag and B. Peters, J. Phys. Chem. B, 127, 5422-5431 (2023).

128. "Site-Averaged Ab Initio Kinetics: Importance Learning for Multistep Reactions on Amorphous Supports", A. S. Zadeh, S.A. Khan, C. Vandervelden, and B. Peters, J. Chem. Theory Comput., 19, 2873-2886 (2023).

127. "Zirconium-Catalyzed C–H Alumination of Polyolefins, Paraffins, and Methane", U. Kanbur, A. L. Paterson, J. Rodriguez, A. L. Kocen, R. Yappert, R. A. Hackler, Y. Wang, B. Peters, M. Delferro, A. M. LaPointe, G. W. Coates, F. A. Perras, and A. D. Sadow, JACS, 145, 2901-2910 (2023).

126. "Quantifying synergy for mixed end-scission and random-scission catalysts in polymer upcycling", Z. Chen, E. Ejiogu, B. Peters, in print.

125. “Broken bond models, magic-sized clusters, and nucleation theory in nanoparticle synthesis”, H. Weatherspoon and B. Peters, J. Chem. Phys., 158, 114306 (2023).

124. “Free energy barriers for anti-freeze protein engulfment in ice: Effects of supercooling”, footprint size, and spatial separation, H. Farag and B. Peters, J. Chem. Phys., 158, 094501 (2023).

123. “Bifunctional tandem catalytic upcycling of polyethylene to surfactant-range alkylaromatics”, J. Sun, Y.-H. Lee, R. D. Yappert, A. M. LaPointe, G. W. Coates, B. Peters, M. M. Abu-Omar, S. L. Scott, Chem>, 9, 2318-2336 (2023).

122. “Mass transfer effects in catalytic depolymerization: reactant supply and serendipitous processivity in stagnant and stirred polymer melts”, J. Ge, B. Peters, J. Chem. Eng., 4661, 143251 (2023).

121. “Ultrasmall amorphous zirconia nanoparticles catalyze carbon-carbon bond hydrogenolysis”, S. Chen, A. Tennakoon, K.-E. You, A. L. Paterson, R. Yappert, S. Alayoglu, L. Fang, X. Wu, T. Y. Zhao, M. P. Lapak, M. Saravanan, R. A. Hackler, Y.-Y. Wang, L. Qi, M. Delferro, T. Li, B. Lee, B. Peters, K. R. Poeppelmeier, S. C. Ammal, C. R. Bowers, F. A. Perras, A. Heyden, A. D. Sadow, W. Huang, Nat. Catal., 6, 161–173 (2023).

120. "Crystal step edges with alternating rows of growth units: 1D nucleation and step velocity", M. N. Joswiak, M. F. Doherty, and B. Peters, J. Crystal Growth, 604, 127042 (2023).

119. "On dimerization kinetics and boundary layer transport in crystal growth from dimers", A. Shayesteh Zadeh, B. Peters, J. Crystal Growth, 601, 126913 (2023). Chernov special issue.

2022

118. “Oriented attachment kinetics for rod-like particles at a flat surface: Buffon’s needle at the nanoscale”, K. Kamat, P. Madhavi, V. Molinero, B. Peters, J. Chem. Phys., 157, 214113 (2022).

117. “Population balance models for polymer upcycling: signatures of the mechanism in the molecular weight evolution”, R. Yappert, B. Peters, J. Mater. Chem. A., 10, 24084-95 (2022).

116. "Polyethylene in Dead-End Silica Nanopores: Forces and Mobility from Nonequilibrium Statistical Mechanics and EXSY NMR", Z. Chen, A. Paterson, F. A. Perras, B. Peters, J. Phys. Chem. C., (accepted).

115. "Mason-Weaver theory: revised and extended for a semi-infinite domain", Z. Chen, B. Peters, AIP Advances, 12, 075215 (2022).

114. "Kinetic coefficient for ice-water interface from simulated non-equilibrium relaxation at coexistence", Ravi K. R. Addula, B. Peters, J. Chem. Phys., 157, 174502 (2022).

113. "Predicting solubility and driving forces for crystallization using the absolute chemical potential route", V. Khanna, M. F. Doherty, and B. Peters, Mol. Phys., 121, e2155595 (2023).

112. "Crystal nucleation: Rare made common and captured by Raman", B. Peters, PNAS commentary, 119, e2204971119 (2022).

111. "Processive Depolymerization Catalysts: A Population Balance Model for Chemistry’s “While” Loop", R. D. Yappert, B. Peters, ACS Catal., 12, 10353-360 (2022).

110. "Conformational interconversion kinetics, boundary layer transport, and crystal growth impedance", A. Shayesteh Zadeh, B. Peters, Crystal Growth & Des., 22, 4298-4304 (2022).

109. "Crystal Growth Impedance from Slow Conformer Interconversion in Bulk Solution", A. Shayesteh Zadeh, B. Peters, Crystal Growth & Des., 22, 4821-27 (2022).

108. "Simple Model and Spectral Analysis for a Fluxional Catalyst: Intermediate Abundances, Pathway Fluxes, Rates, and Transients", B. Peters, ACS Catal., 12, 8038-47 (2022).

107. "Persistent Nucleation and Size Dependent Attachment Kinetics Produce Monodisperse PbS Nanocrystals, B. Abecassis, M. Greenberg, M. Campos, V. Bal, M. Hendricks, B. McMurtry, G. Lilian, E. Bennett, N. Saenz, D. DeRosha, B. Peters, J. S. Owen, Chem. Sci. 13, 4977-83 (2022).

106. "Modeling the structural heterogeneity of vicinal silanols and its effects on TiCl4 grafting onto amorphous silica", S. Khan, S. Godahewa, P. Wimalasiri, W. Thompson, S. Scott, B. Peters, Chem. Materials 34, 3920-30 (2022).

105. "Size-Controlled Nanoparticles Embedded in a Mesoporous Architecture Leading to Efficient and Selective Hydrogenolysis of Polyolefins", X. Wu, A. Tennakoon, R. Yappert, M. Esveld, M. Ferrandon, R. Hackler, A. LaPointe, A. Heyden, M. Delferro, B. Peters, A. Sadow, W. Huang, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 144, 5323-34 (2022).

104. "Diffusion Attachment Model for Long Helical Antifreeze Proteins to Ice", K. Kamat, P. Naullage, V. Molinero, B. Peters Biomacromolecules 23, 513-519 (2022).

2020

100. "Importance learning estimator for the site-averaged turnover frequency of a disordered solid catalyst", C. Vandervelden, S. A. Khan, B. Peters, J. Chem. Phys. 153, 244120 (2020).

99. "Crystallization with sinusoidal modulation of stirrer speed: frequency response analysis and secondary nucleation kinetics", V. Bal, B. Peters, (2020).

98. "Coupled Population Balance and Species Balance Models of Crystallization: Analytic Solutions and Data Fits", V. Bal, B. Peters, Cryst. Growth Des. (2020).

97. "Diabat method for polymorph free energies: Extension to molecular crystals", K. Kamat, R. Guo, S. Reutzel-Edens, S. L. Price, B. Peters, 153, 244105 (2020).

96. "Absolute chemical potentials for complex molecules in fluid phases: A centroid reference for predicting phase equilibria", V. Khanna, M. F. Doherty, B. Peters, J. Chem. Phys., 153, 214504 (2020).

95. "Polyethylene upcycling to long-chain alkylaromatics by tandem hydrogenolysis/aromatization", F. Zhang, M. Zeng, R. D. Yappert, J. Sun, Y.-H. Lee, A. M. LaPointe, B. Peters, M. Abu-Omar, S. L. Scott, Science, 370, 437-441 (2020) .

94. "Secondary effectiveness factors for catalytic reactions in series: extension to slab, cylindrical, and spherical geometries", A. Shayesteh Zadeh, B. Peters, Reaction Chem. & Eng., 5, 2003-2008 (2020).

93. "How fluxional reactants limit the accuracy/efficiency of infrequent metadynamics", S. Khan, B. Dickson, B. Peters, J. Chem. Phys. 153, 054125 (2020).

92. "Catalytic upcycling of a high density polyethylene via a processive mechanism", A. L. Paterson, A. Tennakoon, X. Wu, S. Patnaik, Y. Pei, A. M. LaPointe, S. C. Ammal, R. A. Hackler, A. Heyden, I. I. Slowing, G. W. Coates, M. Delferro, M. Pruski, M. Pruski, B. Peters, W. Huang, A. D. Sadow, F. A. Perras, Nat. Catal., 3, 893-901 (2020)

91. "Secondary effectiveness factors and solubility effects for catalytic reactions in series", B. Peters, ACS Catal., 10, 4319-4325 (2020).

90. "Solid-solid phase equilibria in the NaCl-KCl system", J. Anwar, C. Leitold, B. Peters, J. Chem. Phys., 152, 244109 (2020).

89. "Solvent reaction coordinate for an SN2 reaction", C. Leitold, C. J. Mundy, M. D. Baer, G. Schenter, B. Peters, J. Chem. Phys., 153, 024103 (2020).

88. "Tandem catalysts for polyethylene upcycling: a simple kinetic model", D. Guironnet, B. Peters, J. Phys. Chem. B., 120, 3935-42 (2020).

87. "Performing solvation free energy calculations in LAMMPS using the decoupling approach", V. Khanna, J. I. Monroe, M. F. Doherty, B. Peters, J. Comp. Aided Molec. Design, 34, 641-646 (2020).

86. "Site-averaged kinetics for catalysts on amorphous supports: an importance learning algorithm", C. Vandervelden, S. A. Khan, S. L. Scott, B. Peters, React. Chem. Eng., 77-86 (2020).

85. "Grafting metal complexes onto amorphous supports: from elementary steps to catalyst site populations via kernel regression", S. A. Khan, C. Vandervelden, S. L. Scott, B. Peters, React. Chem. Eng., 5, 66-76 (2020).

2015


60. "Accelerated nucleation due to trace additives: a fluctuating coverage model," G. G. Poon, B. Peters, J. Phys. Chem. B. 120 (8), pp 1679–1684 (2015).


59. "Nucleation of NaCl from Aqueous Solution: Critical Sizes, Ion-Attachment Kinetics, and Rates," N. E. R. Zimmermann, B. Vorselaars, D. Quigley, B. Peters, J. Am. Chem. Soc 137, 13352–13361 (2015).


58. "Nucleation in complex multi-component and multi-phase systems: general discussion," S. Price et al., Faraday Disc. 179, 503-542 (2015).


57. "Solvent and additive interactions as determinants in the nucleation pathway: general discussion," C. C. Sun et al.,Faraday Disc. 179, 383-420 (2015).


56. "Reexamining the evidence for proton transfers in ethylene polymerization," B. Peters, S. L. Scott, A. Fong, Y. Wang, A. E. Stiegman, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. 112, 31 (2015).


55. "Rate-enhancing roles of water molecules in methyltrioxorhenium-catalyzed olefin epoxidation by hydrogen peroxide," B. R. Goldsmith, T. Hwang, S. Seritan, B. Peters, S. L. Scott, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 137, 9604 (2015).


54. "Easy transition path sampling methods: Flexible length aimless shooting and permutation shooting," R. Mullen, J-E. Shea, B. Peters, J. Chem. Theory Comput. 11, 2421 (2015).


53. "Common features of extraordinary rate theories," B. Peters, J. Phys. Chem. B 119, 6349 (2015).


52. "Computational kinetic discrimination of ethylene polymerization mechanisms for the Phillips (Cr/SiO2) catalyst," A. Fong, Y. Yuan, S. Ivry, S. L. Scott, B. Peters, ACS Catal. 5, 3360 (2015).


51. "Single atom catalysts on amorphous supports: A quenched disorder perspective," B. Peters and S. L. Scott, J. Chem. Phys. 142, 104708 (2015).


50. "Synthesis and characterization of a Cu14 hydride cluster supported by neutral donor ligands," T-A. D. Nguyen, B. R. Goldsmith, H. T. Zaman, G.Wu, B. Peters, T. W. Hayton, Chem. Eur. J. 21, 5341 (2015).


49. "FD Nucleation: A design equation for low dosage additives that accelerate nucleation," G. G. Poon, S. Seritan, and B. Peters, Faraday Discuss. 179, 329 (2015).

2011


32. "Comment on "Towards Identification of the Reaction Coordinate Directly from the Transition State Ensemble using the Kernel PCA Method" by D. Antoniou and S. Schwartz, J. Phys. Chem. B. 115, 2465-2469 (2011)," B. Peters, J. Phys. Chem. B. 115, 12671 (2011).


31. "Polymorph specific RMSD local order parameters for molecular crystals and nuclei: α-, β-, and γ-glycine," N. Duff, and B. Peters, J. Chem. Phys. 135, 134101 (2011).


30. "Optimizing Nucleus Size Metrics for Liquid-Solid Nucleation from Transition Paths of Near-Nanosecond Duration," G. T. Beckham, and B. Peters, J. Phys. Chem. Lett. 2, 1133 (2011).


29. "Communication: Bubbles, crystals, and laser-induced nucleation," B. C. Knott, J. L. Larue, A. M. Wodtke, M. F. Doherty, and B. Peters, J. Chem. Phys. 134, 171102 (2011).


28. "On the coupling between slow diffusion transport and barrier crossing in nucleation," B. Peters, J. Chem. Phys. 135, 044107 (2011).


27. "Supersaturation rates and schedules: Nucleation kinetics from isothermal metastable zone widths," B. Peters, J. Cryst. Growth 317, 79 (2011).


26. "A simulation test of the optical Kerr mechanism for laser-induced nucleation," B. C. Knott, B. Peters, and M. F. Doherty, J. Chem. Phys. 134, 154501 (2011).


25. "Molecular-Level Origins of Biomass Recalcitrance: Decrystallization Free Energies for Four Common Cellulose Polymorphs," G. T. Beckham, J. F. Matthews, B. Peters, Y. J. Bomble, M. E. Himmel, and M. F. Crowley, J. Phys. Chem. B 115, 4118 (2011).