DB Group @ MIT ChemE

Research in Colloid and Interface Science

Recent News

Congratulations to Tom Froembgen for receiving a Best Poster Award at the Congress on Ionic Liquids in Perth!

Sat, 11/22/2025
Congratulations to Alan Sam for receiving a poster award at the CENT Annual Symposium at Stanford University!

Wed, 08/13/2025
Congratulations to Rahul Prasanna Misra for being recognized as a Presidential Young Professor, including securing a tenure-track Assistant Professor position at the National University of Singapore!

Wed, 08/13/2025
Congratulations to Rahul Prasanna Misra and Professor Blankschtein for their research on molecular transport enhancement in pure metallic carbon nanotube porins, which has been featured on the cover of Nature Materials!

Fri, 08/02/2024
Dr. Alan Sam joins the DB group as a Postdoctoral Associate. Welcome!

Tue, 01/16/2024

Computer Programs

The DB group has pioneered several user-friendly computer programs to predict the bulk and interfacial behavior of pure and mixed surfactant systems.

Beyond Pairwise Interactions: How Interfacial Polarization Modulates Water Flow in Graphene Nanochannels

Title

Beyond Pairwise Interactions: How Interfacial Polarization Modulates Water Flow in Graphene Nanochannels

Publication type

Journal Article

Year of Publication

2025

Author

Sam, Alan

Misra, Rahul Prasanna

Luo, Shuang

Frömbgen, Tom

Kirchner, Barbara

Blankschtein, Daniel

Journal

ACS Applied Materials & Interfaces 17, 34, 48919–48931

DOI

https://doi.org/10.1021/acsami.5c10054