Dr. Jerry LaRue

Dr. Jerry LaRue

Associate Professor
Schmid College of Science and Technology; Chemistry
Expertise: Heterogeneous catalysis; Surface Science; Lasers; X-Rays; spectroscopy; Nanomaterials;
Office Location: Keck Center for Science and Engineering 233
Phone: (714) 744-7660
Website: http://sites.chapman.edu/catlab
Scholarly Works:
Digital Commons
Education:
Willamette University, Bachelor of Arts
University of California, Santa Barbara, Ph.D.

Biography

Education

2011-15
Postdoctoral Scholar, SUNCAT Center for Interface Science and Catalysis, Stanford University / SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory; Advisor: Dr. Anders Nilsson

2005-11
Ph.D. in Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, University of California at Santa Barbara; Advisor: Dr. Alec Wodtke

2000-04
B.A. in Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Willamette University

Research Interests

Catalysts are the unsung heroes of chemistry: Widely used in industry, they speed up chemical reactions by making the reactions much more efficient. Many important reactions related to global issues, such as climate change and carbon-neutral fuel production, take place on the surfaces of metal catalysts. Today we know very little about how these reactions proceed. Dr. LaRue’s research interests are aimed at understanding the most fundamental processes that occur during chemical reactions on these catalytic surfaces and how to manipulate them to control reactivity. His current research projects involve using various types of spectroscopy (ultrafast optical techniques, x-ray spectroscopies, Raman spectroscopy, fluorescence spectroscopy) to study the elementary processes of chemical reactions and molecular interactions.

Keywords

Heterogeneous catalysis, surface science, lasers, x-rays, physical chemistry, chemical physics spectroscopy, nanomaterials, metals, nanoparticles, proteins

Recent Creative, Scholarly Work and Publications

H. Öström; B. Zhang; T. Vallejo; B. Merrill; J. Huang; J. LaRue. Methanol Decomposition on Ni(111) and O/Ni(111). Journal of Chemical Physics 2022, 156 (2), 024704. doi.org/10.1063/5.0072396.
Z. C. Berry; J. LaRue; G. R. Goldsmith, Quantifying and Manipulating the Angles of Light in Experimental Measurements of Plant Gas Exchange. Plant, Cell & Environment 2022, 45(6), 1954-1961. doi.org/10.1111/pce.14309.
J. LaRue, B. Liu, G. L. S. Rodrigues, C. Liu, J. A. G. Torres, S. Schreck, M. Weston, H. Ogasawara, F. Perakis, M. Dell’Angela, F. Capotondi, D. Ball, C. Carnahan, G. Zeri, L. Giannessi, E. Pedersoli, D. Naumenko, P. Amann, I. Nikolov, L. Raimondi, C. Spezzani, M. Beye, J. Voss, H.-Y Wang, F. Cavalca, J. Gladh, S. Koroidov, F. Abild Pedersen, M. Kolb, P. S. Miedema, R. Costantini, T. Heinz, A. Luntz, L. G. M. Pettersson, A. Nilsson. Symmetry-resolved CO desorption and oxidation dyamics on O/Ru(0001) at the C K-edge. Journal of Chemical Physics 2022, 157, 164705. doi.org/10.1063/5.0114399.
1. S. Schreck, E. Diesen, M. Dell’Angela, C. Liu, M. Weston, F. Capotondi, H. Ogasawara, J. LaRue, R. Costantini, M. Beye, P. S. Miedema, J. H. Stenlid, J. Gladh, B. Liu, H.-Y. Wang, F. Perakis, F. Cavalca, S. Koroidov, P. Amann, E. Pedersoli, D. Naumenko, I. Nikolov, L. Raimondi, F. Abild-Pedersen, T. F. Heinz, J. Voss, A. C. Luntz, A. Nilsson, Atom-Specific Probing of Electron Dynamics in an Atomic Adsorbate by Time-Resolved X-ray Spectroscopy, Physical Review Letters 2022 129, 276001. doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.129.276001
E. Diesen, H. Y. Wang, S. Schreck, M. Weston, H. Ogasawara, J. LaRue, F. Perakis, M. Dell’Angela, F. Capotondi, L. Giannessi, E. Pedersoli, D. Naumenko, I. Nikolov, L. Raimondi, C. Spezzani, M. Beye, F. Cavalca, B. Liu, J. Gladh, S. Koroidov, P. S. Miedema, R. Costantini, T. F. Heinz, F. Abild-Pedersen, J. Voss, A. C. Luntz, A. Nilsson, Ultrafast Adsorbate Excitation Probed with Subpicosecond-Resolution X-Ray Absorption Spectroscopy, Physical Review Letters 2021, 127, 016802. DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.127.016802
1. H. Y. Wang, S. Schreck, M. Weston, C. Liu, H. Ogasawara, J. LaRue, F. Perakis, M. Dell’Angela, F. Capotondi, L. Giannessi, E. Pedersoli, D. Naumenko, I. Nikolov, L. Raimondi, C. Spezzani, M. Beye, F. Cavalca, B. Liu, J. Gladh, S. Koroidov, P. S. Miedema, R. Costantini, L. G. M. Pettersson, A. Nilsson, Time-Resolved Observation of Transient Precursor State of CO on Ru(0001) using Carbon K-edge spectroscopy, Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics 2019, 22, 2677-2684; DOI: 10.1039/C9CP03677F
S. Schreck, E. Diesen, J. LaRue, H. Ogasawara, K. Marks, D. Nordlund, M. Weston, M. Beye, F. Cavalca, F. Perakis, J. Sellberg, A. Eilert, K. H. Kim, G. Coslovich, R. Coffee, J. Krzywinski, A. Reid, S. Moeller, A. Lutman, H. Öström, L. G. M. Pettersson, A. Nilsson, Atom-Specific Activation in CO Oxidation, Journal of Chemical Physics 2018, 149, 234707; DOI: 10.1063/1.5044579
A. Nilsson, J. LaRue, H. Öberg, H. Ogasawara, M. Dell'Angela, M. Beye, H. Öström, J. Gladh, J.K. Nørskov, g, W. Wurth, h, F. Abild-Pedersen, L.G.M. Pettersson, Catalysis in Real Time using X-ray Lasers, Chemical Physics Letters 2017, 675, 145-173; DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2017.02.018
J. LaRue, O. Krejcí, L. Yu, M. Beye, M. L. Ng, H. Öberg, H. Xin, G. Mercurio, S. Moeller, J. J. Turner, D. Nordlund, R. Coffee, M. P. Minitti, W. Wurth, L. G. M. Pettersson, H. Öström, A. Nilsson, F. Abild-Pedersen, H. Ogasawara, Dynamics of Competing Pathways during Catalytic CO Hydrogenation on Ru, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 2017, 8, 3820-3825; DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.7b01549
M. Beye, H. Öberg, H. Xin , G. L. Dakovski, M. Dell’Angela, A. Föhlisch, J. Gladh, M. Hantschmann, F. Hieke, S. Kaya, D. Kühn, J. LaRue, G. Mercurio, M. P. Minitti, A. Mitra, S. P. Möller, M. L. Ng, A. Nilsson, D. Nordlund, J. Nørskov, H. Öström, H. Ogasawara, M. Persson, W. F. Schlotter, J. A. Sellberg, M. Wolf, F. Abild-Pedersen, L. G. M. Pettersson, W. Wurth, Chemical Bond Activation Observed with an X-ray Laser, Journal of Physical Chemistry Letters 2016, 7 (18), 3647–3651; DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.6b01543

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