DB Group @ MIT ChemE

Research in Colloid and Interface Science

Recent News

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

Explicit Modeling of Electronic Polarization Reveals Water-Mediated Screening of Ion Adsorption at Hexagonal Boron Nitride Interfaces

Title

Explicit Modeling of Electronic Polarization Reveals Water-Mediated Screening of Ion Adsorption at Hexagonal Boron Nitride Interfaces

Journal Article

Year of Publication

2025

Author

Luo, Shuang

Misra, Rahul Prasanna

Sam, Alan

Frömbgen, Tom

Kirchner, Barbara

Blankschtein, Daniel

Journal

ACS Nano 19, 30, 27500–27514

Date Published

07/2025

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/full/10.1021/acsnano.5c06456

https://doi.org/10.1021/acsnano.5c06456