Research in Colloid and Interface Science

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.

Matheus Malta de Sa

Current position

Postdoctoral Associate, Laboratory of Genetics and Molecular Cardiology, Incor, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Graduation year

2013

Thesis / Project

Theoretical Investigation of the Interactions Between Antitumor Alkylphosphocholines and Lipid Bilayers Using Coarse-Grained Molecular Dynamics Simulations

Degree / Position

Visiting Student (University of Sao Paulo, Brazil), 2012-2013

Recent News

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!

Dr. Alan Sam joins the DB group as a Postdoctoral Associate. Welcome!

Mr. Tom Froembgen joins the DB group as a visiting PhD student. Welcome!

Congratulations to Shuang Luo, Rahul Prasanna Misra and Professor Blankschtein for their paper on the role of water electric fields and polarization interactions on the wetting of hexagonal boron nitride, which has been published in ACS Nano!

Congratulations to Rahul Prasanna Misra and Professor Blankschtein for their research on surfactant-assisted dispersion of individual carbon nanotubes in water, which has been featured on the cover of Langmuir!

Computer Programs

Matheus Malta de Sa

Surfactant-Aided Stabilization of Individual Carbon Nanotubes in Water Around the Critical Micelle Concentration

Water Electric Field-Induced Modulation of the Wetting of Hexagonal Boron Nitride: Insights from Multiscale Modeling of Many-Body Polarization

Molecular transport enhancement in pure metallic carbon nanotube porins

Environmental damping and vibrational coupling of confined fluids within isolated carbon nanotubes

Breakdown of the Nernst–Einstein relation in carbon nanotube porins