Vincent Mark B Crisostomo Visiting Assistant Professor of Chemistry   Email: vcrisostomo@jsd.claremont.edu Office: Keck Science Center 117 Phone: 909-607-8272 Office Hours: Web Site:     Courses Taught This Year: Fall CHEM 014L Basic Principles of Chemistry Section 5   MWF 9:00-9:50 <> HUM 201       Fall CHEM 126L Advanced Lab in Chemistry Section 1   MW 1:15-2:15 <> KS 125       Spring CHEM 051L Topics in Forensic Science Section 1   TTh 9:35-10:50 <> VN 100       Spring CHEM 127L Advanced Lab in Chemistry Section 1   MW 1:15-2:15 <> KS 125       Educational Background: PhD Chemistry (Inorganic and Materials) 2008 Advisor: Professor Steven L. Suib University of Connecticut Storrs, CT BS Chemistry 2001 University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City Courses Taught: Chem 126 Advanced Laboratory I Chem 14 General Chemistry Laboratory Chem 127 Advanced Laboratory II Chem 15 General Chemistry Chem 51 Topics in Forensic Science Research Interests: Heterogeneous Catalysis. Synthesis and Characterization of Nano-sized metal oxides and silicates Thesis Topics: Synthesis of catalytically active nano-sized manganese oxides and oxyhydroxide. Continuous flow microwave synthesis of nano-sized metal oxides and oxyhydroxides.   Selected Publications List: Click to open new window. 1.   Weina Li, Vincent Mark B. Crisostomo, Edward K. Nyutu, Yunshuang Ding, Steven L. Suib . (2008). Transition Metal Oxide (TMO) Nanorods: Synthesis, Characterization, Properties, and Applications. In Nanorods, Nanotubes and Nanomaterials Research Progress. Wesley V. Prescott, Arnold I. Schwartz Nova Science Publishers, Inc : 203-238.   2.   Lei Jin, Chun-Hu Chen, Vincent Mark B. Crisostomo, Linping Xu, Young-Chan Son, Steven L. Suib . (2008). γ-MnO2 Octahedral Molecular Sieve: Preparation, Characterization, and Catalytic Activity in the Atmospheric Oxidation of Toluene. Applied Catalysis A: General   In Press: .   3.   Edward K. Nyutu, Chun-Hu Chen, Shanthakumar Sithambaram, Vincent Mark B. Crisostomo, Steven L. Suib . (2008). Systematic Control of Particle Size in Rapid Open-Vessel Microwave Synthesis of K-OMS-2 Nanofibers. Journal of Physical Chemistry C   112: 6786-6793.   4.   Chun-Hu Chen, Vincent Mark B. Crisostomo, Weina Li, Linping Xu, Steven L. Suib . (2008). A Designed Single-Step Method for Synthesis and Structural Study of Organic-Inorganic Hybrid Materials: Well-Ordered Layered Manganese Oxide Nanocomposites. Journal of the American Chemical Society   130: 14390-91.   5.   J. Katana Ngala, Shaun Alia, Arthur Dobley, Vincent Mark B. Crisostomo, Steven L. Suib . (2007). Characterization and Electrocatalytic Behavior of Layered Li2MnO3 and Its Acid-Treated Form. Chemistry of Materials   19: 229-234.   6.   Vincent Mark B. Crisostomo, J. Katana Ngala, Shaun Alia, Arthur Dobley, Christine Morein, Chun-Hu Chen, Xiongfei Shen, Steven L. Suib . (2007). New Synthetic Route, Characterization and Electrocatalytic Activity of Nano-sized Manganite. Chemistry of Materials   19: 1832-1839.   7.   Yunshuang Ding, Xiongfei Shen, Shanthakumar Sithambaram, Sinue Gomez, Ranjit Kumar, Vincent Mark B. Crisostomo, Steven L. Suib, Mark Aindow . (2005). Synthesis and Catalytic Activity of Cryptomelane-Type Manganese Dioxide Nanomaterials Produced by a Novel Solvent-Free Method. Chemistry of Materials   17: 5382-5389.