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Name: Mark White
Title: Director and Earnest W. Deavenport, Jr. Chair.
Office: Swalm 330
Office Hours: M W F 2:00PM - 3:00PM
Email: white@che.msstate.edu
Phone: 662-325-2480

Current Research Projects
“Synthesis Gas to Gasoline”, funded by the Department of Energy, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, CO.


Mississippi is rich in biomass that is the by-product of processing wood into lumber and pulp products. This biomass is currently undervalued because of its ultimate use in creating landscapes as a mulch. We propose to use this biomass as a feedstock to a gasifier that makes synthesis gas (CO + H2), which is then feed to a one-step conversion process to make gasoline from synthesis gas.



“Identifying a method to visually see radiation/ contamination for decontamination activities and dose control"; This research project is aimed at identifying radiation/contamination in nuclear-powered facilities with a minimum of exposure to radiation health personnel. Funded by the Entergy Corporation.

 
Editorial Board Memberships
Journal of Molecular Catalysis A: Chemical

Open Catalysis Journal
 
Recent Publications

  1. White, Mark G., “Novel Metal Oxide Adsorbents and Catalysts from Polynuclear Metal Complexes”, Catalysis—Vol 18, Royal Society of Chemistry, pp. 72-115 (2005).

  2. Angueira, E. J., and M. G. White, “Arene Carbonylation in Acidic, Chloroaluminate Ionic Liquids” J. Mol. Catal. A. Chemical, vol 227/1-2 pp 51-58 (2005).

  3. Gole, J. L., Burda, C., Wang Z. L., White M. G., “Unusual properties and reactivity at the nanoscale”, JOURNAL OF PHYSICS AND CHEMISTRY OF SOLIDS 66 (2-4): 546-550, (2005)

  4. Angueira, E. J. and Mark G. White, “Predicting the Composition of Acidic, Chloroaluminate/EMIM-Cl Ionic Liquids in Contact with HCl Gas”, A.I.Ch.E. Journal, vol 51, No. 10, 2778-2785 (2005).

  5. Angueira, E. J. and Mark G. White, “Ionic liquid structure effect upon reactivity of toluene carbonylation: 1. Organic cation structure”, J. Mol. Catal. A. Chemical vol 238/ (2005), 163-74.

  6. Iretskii, A. V., S. C. Sherman, E. J. Angueira, and Mark G. White, “Arene Formylation in Perfluoroalkanesuflonic Acids”, Leading Edge Catalysis Research, edited by Lawrence P. Bevy, Nova Science Publications, Inc., New York, (2006).

  7. Angueira, E. J. and M. G. White, “Novel Chloroaluminate Ionic Liquids for Arene Carbonylation”, Catalysis of Organic Reactions—115, Ed. By Stephen R. Schmidt, p 271 - 280. Marcell-Dekker, Inc. (2006); ORCS 2006, Orlando, FL April 2-6, 2006.

  8. E.J. Angueira, M.G. White, “Super acidic ionic liquids for arene carbonylation derived from dialkylimidazolium chlorides and MCl3 (M = Al, Ga, or In)”, J. Mol. Catal. A: Chemical 277 (2007), 164-70. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.molcata.2007.07.044

  9. James L. Gole, Sharka M. Prokes, Mark G. White, Tsang-Hsiu Wang, Raluca Craciun, David A. Dixon, "Evidence for High Spin Transition Metal Ion Induced Infrared Spectral Enhancement", JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C, 111 Issue: 45, 16871-16877 (2007).

  10. Tracy J. Benson, William E. Holmes, Mark G. White, W. Todd French, Earl G. Alley, Rafael Hernandez “Development of a heterogeneous catalytic cracking reactor utilizing online mass spectrometry analysis”, Journal of Chromatography A, 1172 (2007) 204-08.

  11. Yan, Q.; Toghiani, H.; White, M. G., “Combined Temperature-Programmed Processes, Pulse Reactions, and On-Line Mass Spectroscopy Study of CH4, CO, and H2 Interaction with Ni/Al2O3 Catalysts”. J. Phys. Chem. C.; 2007; 111(50); 18646-18662. DOI: 10.1021/jp0740898

  12. Macala, Gerald S.; Robertson, Andrew W.; Johnson, Charles L.; Day, Zachary B.; Lewis, Robert S.; White, Mark G.; Iretskii, Alexei V.; Ford, Peter C. “Transesterification Catalysts from Iron Doped Hydrotalcite-like Precursors: Solid Bases for Biodiesel Production”, Catalysis Letters (2008), 122(3-4), 205-209.

  13. Zub, Yuriy L.; Melnyk, Inna V.; White, Mark G.; Alonso, Bruno. “Structural features of surface layers of bifunctional polysiloxane xerogels containing 3-aminopropyl groups and 3-mercaptopropyl groups” Adsorption Science & Technology (2008), 26(1/2), 119-133.

  14. Benson, T. J., Rafael Hernandez, W. Todd French, Mark G. White, William E. Holmes, Earl Alley, "Heterogeneous Cracking of an Unsaturated Fatty Acid and Reaction Intermediates on H+ZSM-5 Catalyst", Clean, Soil, Air, and Water. Clean: Soil, Air, Water (2008), 36(8), 652-656.

  15. Yan, Qiangu, Phuong Thanh Doan, Hossein Toghiani, Amit C. Gujar, and Mark G. White, “Synthesis Gas to Hydrocarbons over CuO-CoO-Cr2O3/H+-ZSM-5 Bifunctional Catalysts”, J. Phys. Chem. C., 2008, 112, 11847–11858.

  16. Gujar, A.C., & White, M. (May 2009). Ionic Liquids as Catalysts, Solvents and Conversion Agents. In J. J. Spivey and K. M. Dooley (Eds.), Catalysis--Royal Society of Chemistry, Cambridge, UK: RSC Publishing , 21, 154-181.

  17. Gole, James L.; Prokes, S. M.; White, Mark G.. "Metal ion induced room temperature phase transformation and stimulated infrared spectroscopy on TiO2-based surfaces." Applied Surface Science (2008), 255(3), 718-721.


  18. Shetian Liu, Amit C Gujar, Peter Thomas, Hossein Toghiani; Mark G White, "Synthesis of Gasoline-Range Hydrocarbons over Mo/HZSM-5 Catalysts", Applied Catalysis, A: General, 2009, 357, 18-25.

  19. Gujar, A.C., Guda, V.K., Nolan, M., Yan, Q., Toghiani, H. , & White, M. (May 2009). Reactions of methanol and higher alcohols over H-ZSM-5. Applied Catalysis: A. in press.


 
Patents

  1. US 5,679,867: “Carbonylation via Solid Acid Catalysis”, (1997).


  2. US 5,756,789: “Synthesis of Metal-Containing Aluminophosphates with Layered Structure”, (1998).


  3. EP 99112806.7-2104: "Catalytic System and Method for Coupling of Aromatic Compounds, (1999).


  4. US 6,103,919: "Catalytic System and Method for Coupling of Aromatic Compounds", (8-15-2000).


  5. US 6,281,382: “Palladium Phenanthroline Acetate Catalyst and a Method of Oxidizing Side-Chains of Alkylbenzene with Catalyst”, (2001).


  6. EP 2001,294,542: "Isomerization of substituted diaryl compounds with strong acid catalysts", (2001).


  7. US 6,433,236: “Acid-catalyzed isomerization of substituted biaryls”, August 13, 2002.


  8. WO 2004/000440 A1: “Adsorbents, Methods of Preparation, and Methods of Use Thereof”, December 31, 2003.


  9. US 6,720,240 "Silicon based nanospheres and nanowires", with J. L. Gole, J. D. Stout. 2004.


  10. US Application #200601442227 “Adsorbents, methods of preparation, and methods of use thereof”, with A. V. Iretskii, S. Weigel, R.L. Chiang, J. Brozozowski, July 2006.


  11. US 7,442,232 “Adsorbents, methods of preparation, and methods of use thereof”, with A. V. Iretskii, S. Weigel, R.L. Chiang, J. Brozozowski, October 28, 2008.