D. Wayne Goodman (1945–2012)
D. Wayne Goodman (1945–2012)
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D·韦恩·古德曼 (1945–2012)
DOI：
10.1016/j.susc.2012.04.011
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发表时间：
2012
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影响因子：
1.9
通讯作者：
J. Yates
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作者：
C. Campbell;J. Yates
我们怀着沉痛的心情宣布，得克萨斯农工大学大学城物理化学教授韦恩·古德曼在与癌症进行了漫长而艰难的斗争后，于2012年2月27日星期一去世，享年66岁。他对催化的理解和对在这个领域工作的人的贡献数量众多，影响深远。韦恩于1975年在德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校获得物理化学博士学位，在MJS杜瓦的指导下，他的研究包括一些最早的测量和无机分子光电子能谱的全面分析。完成博士学位后，韦恩获得了北约的奖学金。1975年至1976年，他在德国达姆施塔特大学做了一年的博士后，在那里他学会了说德语。随后，他成为华盛顿特区附近国家标准局的NRC研究员。在“局”（现在的NIST），他在表面科学领域的两位先驱泰德·马迪和约翰·耶茨的监督下工作。在他任职期间的几项重要成就中，Wayne在金属催化CO甲烷化反应方面发表了具有里程碑意义的出版物。利用定义明确的Ni和Ru单晶模型催化剂和一种新型的超高压催化反应器，他的工作提供了确凿的证据，证明CO甲烷化是一种结构不敏感的反应。韦恩的科学事业在20世纪80年代起飞；这是他高产的几年，使他成为表面科学和多相催化领域的领军人物。在新墨西哥州阿尔伯克基的桑迪亚国家实验室，他发现了一些表面改性剂的“长期”影响，为研究与中毒和促进催化反应有关的现象提供了新的视角。Wayne还发起了研究工作，重点分析烷烃的氢解、环己烷脱氢、甲醇合成、CO氧化和NO还原。他的基础研究继续探索表面结构和表面反应性之间的联系，并在随后的几年里帮助许多研究小组建立了一种方法。
With great sadness we report that D. Wayne Goodman, Professor of Physical Chemistry at the Texas A&M University at College Station, died on Monday, February 27, 2012 at the age of 66, after a lengthy and difficult battle with cancer. His contributions to the understanding of catalysis and to the people who worked in this field were many in number and very deep in impact. Wayne received his Ph. D. in Physical Chemistry in 1975 at the University of Texas, Austin, under the supervision of MJS Dewar, where his research included some of the earliest measurements and full analysis of the photoelectron spectra of inorganic molecules. After completing his Ph. D., Wayne won a NATO fellowship. He spent a year between 1975 and 1976 at the TH Darmstadt as a postdoctoral fellow in Germany, where he learned to speak German. He then became an NRC Research Fellow at the National Bureau of Standards near Washington, DC. At the “Bureau”(now NIST), he worked under the supervision of two pioneers in the field of surface science, Ted Madey and John Yates. Among several important accomplishments during his tenure there, Wayne produced landmark publications on the metal-catalyzed CO methanation reaction. Using well-defined single-crystal model catalysts of Ni and Ru and a novel, UHV-attached “high” pressure catalytic reactor, his work provided conclusive evidence that CO methanation is a structure-insensitive reaction.Wayne s scientific career took off in the 1980s; these were highly productive years that established him as a leading figure in surface science and heterogeneous catalysis. At Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico, he identified “long-range” effects of some surface modifiers giving new perspectives on phenomena associated with poisoning and promotion of catalytic reactions. Wayne also initiated research efforts focused on analyzing the hydrogenolysis of alkanes, cyclohexane dehydrogenation, methanol synthesis, CO oxidation, and NO reduction. His fundamental studies continued to explore links between surface structure and surface reactivity, and help to establish an approach followed by many research groups in subsequent years.