Mesoscale Phenomena in Fluid Systems


Section 1: Characterizing Mesoscale Structure and Phenomena in Fluid Systems

Dr. Ulf Nobbmann 
Protein Solutions
Characterization down to nonmeters: Light scattering from proteins and micelles
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Professor Paschalis Alexandridis School of Engineering and Applied Science, State University of New York at Buffalo  Small-angle scattering characterization of block copolymer micelles and lyotropic liquid crystals Web Site
Professor Mark L. Schlossman
University of Illinois at Chicago
X-ray scattering studies of long-chain n-alcohol monolayers at the water-hexane interface

Dr. Jeffery Penfold Rutherford Appleton Laboratories, UK The structure and composition of mixed surfactants at interfaces and in solution Web Site
Professor G. H. Findenegg
Technical University Berlin


Professor Talmon Department of Chemical Engineering Technion-Israel Institute of Technology Cryo-TEM study of self-aggregation of sodium lithocholate single-molecular walled nanotubules 
Coauthors: Judith Schmidt, and Pierre Terech
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Complex Fluids, Microstructure and Macromolecules Lab Homepage

Professor Guangzhao Mao
Max-Planck-Institute for Colloid and Interface Science
Characterizing mesoscale structure using AFM
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Dr. Eugene Pashkovski  Colgate Palmolive  Aging phenomena in colloidal systems: Rheology, microrheology, and thermodynamics .
Professor Peter Schurtenberger
Coauthors: Hugo Bissig, Ronny Vavrin, Anna Stradner, Frank Scheffold, Veronique Trappe and Luca Cipelletti (University of Montpellier)
Department of Physics, University of Fribourg, Switzerland Aggregation, gelation and aging in colloidal suspensions - time-resolved light and neutron scattering experiments. 

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Professor Peter Stilbs Physical Chemistry, Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Stockholm, Sweden Characterizing mesoscale structure and phenomena in fluids using NMR Web Site
Dr. Richard C. Bell
EMSL, Pacific Northwest National Lab

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Professor Mark A. Berg
University of South Carolina

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Section 2: Predicting Mesoscale Structure and Phenomena in Fluid Systems


Dr. Simon McGrother, Dr. Gerhard Goldbeck-Wood
Accelrys Inc.
Mesoscale modeling: industrial applications 

Accelrys Mesoscale Modeling Web Site
Dr. André G Moreira & Professor Glenn H. Fredrickson
Mitsubishi Chemical Center for Advanced Materials, University of California, Santa Barbara
Field theory in the computer: complex fluids
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Dr Agur Sevink & Professor Hans Fraaije
Institute of Chemistry, University of Leiden (NL) 
Simulation and theory of macromolecular self assembly dynamics
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Professor Peter Coveney Department of Chemistry, Queen Mary, University of London (UK) Modeling structure and rheological systems in mesoscale fluid systems
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Paper on Mesoscale Modeling of Amphiphilic Fluid Dynamics 

Dr. Massimo Noro & Dr. Patrick Warren
Unilever Research
Application of the dissipative particle dynamics simulation method to materials  physics problems in polymer and surfactant science

Professor James T. Kindt
Emory University
Monte Carlo simulation and theory of self-assembled networks

Dr Stelian Grigoras
Dow Corning
Mesoscale modeling of siloxane-based nanoparticles and nanocomposites

Professor Nagarajan
Department of Chemical Engineering, Penn State University
How well can a simple molecular theory predict self-assembled microstructures in multicomponent systems involving surfactants, oil, water, alcohol and electrolytes?

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Bin Lin, S. Mohanty, Alon McCormick, H. T. Davis
Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of Minnesota
Complementary use of simulations and free energy models for CTAB/NaSal Systems


 

Professor Tom McLeish
Coauthors: Amalia Aggelli, Peter Mawer, Mark Bell, Tom Waigh, Neville Boden
Polymers and Complex Fluids, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds, UK
Self-Assembled Peptide Tapes: Theory and Experiment on Self-Assembly, Kinetics and Rheology. 
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Recent PNAS paper

Section 3: Applications, How and Why We Design Materials With Mesoscale Structure


Dr. Patrick T. Spicer
Complex Fluids Research
The Procter and Gamble Company
The design and applications of “soft” cubic liquid crystalline nanostructured particles

Dr. J. Keith Harris
The Dow Chemical Company
Formation and applications of multi-lamellar vesicles from ethylene oxide/ butylene oxide di-block copolymers

Dr. Guy Broze & Fiona Case
Colgate Palmolive
The effect of micellar structure on rheology and performance of superwetting cleaners

Dr. Ingegard Johansson  Akzo Nobel Surface Chemistry AB Emulsions or microemulsions?
Phase diagrams and their importance for optimal formulations
Akzo Nobel Web Site

Publication List

Dr. Christina Thomas, Dr. Greg Caldwell, Dr. Sanat Mohanty and Dr. Miriam Freedman 3M The Importance of  Mesoscale Structures in the Development of Advanced Materials. 




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