Aditya (Ashi) Savara

Research Staff

Ph.D., Physical Chemistry, Northwestern University, 2008.

Research Staff, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, 2011 to present

Research Interests:

heterogeneous catalysis

catalysis kinetics & mechanisms

diffusion phenomena in catalysis

spectroscopy of catalysis intermediates

surface chemistry

adsorption and reactions in porous materials

adsorption thermodynamics

spatial phenomena catalysis

energy and environmental applications

Professional Societies:

American Chemical Society (ACS),

American Vacuum Society (AVS)

 North American Catalysis Society (NACS)

International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry (IUPAC)

Selected Publications

1. Savara, A.; Kinetic, Thermodynamic, and Mechanistic Studies of DeNOx Catalysis over BaNa-Y: The Roles of Nitrates and Nitrites. Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, 2008.
   
   
2. Savara, A.; Li, M.; Sachtler, W.M.H.; and Weitz, E. “Catalytic Reduction of NH₄NO₃ by NO: Effects of Solid Acids and Implications for Low Temperature DeNOx Processes.” Appl. Catal. B 2008, 81, 251-257.
   
   
3. Savara, A.; Schmidt, C.; Geiger, F.M.; and Weitz, E. “Adsorption Entropies and Enthalpies and Their Implications for Adsorbate Dynamics.” J. Phys. Chem. C, 2008, 113,2806-2815.
   
   
4. Savara, A.; Danon, A; Sachtler, W.M.H.;  and Weitz, E. “TPD of Nitric Acid on BaNa-Y:  Evidence that a Nanoscale Environment Can Alter a Reaction Mechanism.” Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys, 2009, 11,1180-1188.
   
   
5. Savara, A.; Sachtler, W.M.H.; and Weitz, E. “TPD of NO2- and NO3- from Na‑Y: The Relative Stabilities of Nitrates and Nitrites in Low Temperature DeNOx Catalysis.” Appl. Catal. B, 2009, 90, 120-125.
   
   
6. Ludwig, W.; Savara, A.; Schauermann, S.; and Freund, H.-J. “Role of Low-Coordinated Surface Sites in Olefin Hydrogenation: A Molecular Beam Study on Pd Nanoparticles and Pd(111).” ChemPhysChem, 2010, 11, 2319 – 2322.
   
   
7. Savara, A.; and Weitz, E. “Kinetics of NO + H⁺ + NO₃^- à NO₂ + HNO₂ on BaNa‑Y:  Evidence for a Diffusion-Limited A + B à 0 Reaction on a Surface.” J.  Phys. Chem., 2010, 114, 20621–20628. 
   
   
8. Ludwig, W.; Brandt, B.; Savara, A.; and Schauermann, S. “A Kinetic Study on the Conversion of Cis-2-butene with Deuterium on a Pd/Fe3O4 Model Catalyst.” Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2011, 13, 966-977.