Louis Hoffenberg
Hoffenberg uses molecular simulation to investigate the formation and behavior of catalytic nanoparticles in a plasma-enhanced pyrolysis process converting natural gas into H2 and carbon nanotubes (CNTs). If reactor conditions can be optimized to produce cheap CNTs out of abundant feedstocks, we would be able to turn methane into advanced carbon materials while getting zero-emissions H2 for free. Hoffenberg is advised by Prof. David Graves (Chemical and Biological Engineering) and Prof. Igor Kaganovich (Princeton Plasma Physics Lab).