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.

Research

The slideshow below highlights the main thrusts of the DB Group research. Please click on the respective images to learn more about each research area.

Recent News

Congratulations to Alan Sam for receiving a poster award at the CENT Annual Symposium at Stanford University!

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!

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!

Computer Programs

Research

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

Angstrom-Scale Triangular Pore in Single-Layer Hexagonal BoronNitride Membrane for Molecular Sieving

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

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

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