Our group has access to a wide range of research resources, including state-of-the-art facilities on campus for catalysis studies and advanced computational platforms. We also utilize national laboratory resources through user proposals and collaborations.
Computational Resources
• Louisiana Optical Network Infrastructure: High Performance Computing, 6,000,000 SUs per year for the Group, 4 TB dedicated storage.
• VASP - Vienna Ab initio Simulation Package.
• Aspen Plus, Aspen Hysys, Aspen Dynamics, etc.
Experimental Facilities
Dedicated Equipment in the Xiao Group
• A GC-MS instrument (Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry) to separate and detect unknown species in a mixture.
• A continuous flow fixed-bed reactor for methane coupling and ethane/propane dehydrogenation
• A continuous flow fixed-bed reactor for methanol oxidation and thermal runaway investigation
• An Agilent Gas Chromatograph with FID, TCD, liquid-phase autosampler, and gas-phase online sampler
• An Agilent HP 5973N Mass Selective Detector
• A Steady State Isotopic Transient Kinetic Analysis (SSITKA) instrument
• A high-pressure Parr reactor (Series 4560, 600 ml, 350 °C, 2000 psi)
• CO/H2 chemisorption and H2-O2 titration instruments
• TPD/TPR/TPO/TPSR (temperature-programmed desorption, reduction, oxidation and surface reaction) instruments
• Three High-temperature furnaces (up to 1200 °C)
Gas Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
Continuous flow fixed-bed reactor
High-pressure Parr reactor