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.

Formulation of Polarizable Force Fields to Model Simple Ionic Liquid/Graphite Interfaces

Title

Formulation of Polarizable Force Fields to Model Simple Ionic Liquid/Graphite Interfaces

Journal Article

Year of Publication

2025

Author

Frömbgen, Tom

Misra, Rahul Prasanna

Luo, Shuang

Sam, Alan

Kirchner, Barbara

Blankschtein, Daniel

Journal

The Journal of Physical Chemistry B 129, 32, 8218–8230

Date Published

08/2025

URL

https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/acs.jpcb.5c02352

https://doi.org/10.1021/acs.jpcb.5c02352