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Funding Source: Year 2-4 Consortia Grants (RFP-I)

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Consortium for the Molecular Engineering of Dispersant Systems (C-MEDS)

Journal Articles - 120

2018

Ezeh, C. G., Chen, C. - Y., & Papadopoulos, K. D. (2018). Mobilization of n-hexadecane in porous media using food grade amphiphiles. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 558, 123–129.
McCormick, A., & John, V. (2018). Consortium for the Molecular Engineering of Dispersant Systems (C-MEDS). mar technol soc j, 52(6), 95–98.

2017

Rocchio, J., Neilsen, J., Everett, K., & Bothun, G. D. (2017). A solvent-free lecithin-Tween 80 system for oil dispersion. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 533, 218–223.

2016

Boglaienko, D., & Tansel, B. (2016). Partitioning of fresh crude oil between floating, dispersed and sediment phases: Effect of exposure order to dispersant and granular materials. Journal of Environmental Management, 175, 40–45.
Boglaienko, D., & Tansel, B. (2016). Gravity induced densification of floating crude oil by granular materials: Effect of particle size and surface morphology. Science of The Total Environment, 556, 146–153.
Boglaienko, D., & Tansel, B. (2016). Encapsulation of light hydrophobic liquids with fine quartz sand: Property based characterization and stability in aqueous media with different salinities. Chemical Engineering Science, 145, 90–96.
Boglaienko, D., Tansel, B., & Sukop, M. C. (2016). Granular encapsulation of light hydrophobic liquids (LHL) in LHL-salt water systems: Particle induced densification with quartz sand. Chemosphere, 144, 1358–1364.
Creighton, M. A., Zhu, W., van Krieken, F., Petteruti, R. A., Gao, H., & Hurt, R. H. (2016). Three-Dimensional Graphene-Based Microbarriers for Controlling Release and Reactivity in Colloidal Liquid Phases. ACS Nano, 10(2), 2268–2276.
Huberty, W., Tong, X., Balamurugan, S., Deville, K., Russo, P. S., & Zhang, D. (2016). Colorful Polyelectrolytes: An Atom Transfer Radical Polymerization Route to Fluorescent Polystyrene Sulfonate. J Fluoresc, 26(2), 609–615.
John, V., Arnosti, C., Field, J., Kujawinski, E., & McCormick, A. (2016). The Role of Dispersants in Oil Spill Remediation: Fundamental Concepts, Rationale for Use, Fate, and Transport Issues. Oceanog, 29(3), 108–117.
Kaizu, K., & Alexandridis, P. (2016). Effect of surfactant phase behavior on emulsification. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 466, 138–149.
Owoseni, O., Nyankson, E., Zhang, Y., Adams, D. J., He, J., Spinu, L., et al. (2016). Interfacial adsorption and surfactant release characteristics of magnetically functionalized halloysite nanotubes for responsive emulsions. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 463, 288–298.
Riehm, D. A., Rokke, D. J., & McCormick, A. V. (2016). Water-in-Oil Microstructures Formed by Marine Oil Dispersants in a Model Crude Oil. Langmuir, 32(16), 3954–3962.
Zhang, Z., Avij, P., Perkins, M. J., Liyana-Arachchi, T. P., Field, J. A., Valsaraj, K. T., et al. (2016). Combined Experimental and Molecular Simulation Investigation of the Individual Effects of Corexit Surfactants on the Aerosolization of Oil Spill Matter. J. Phys. Chem. A, 120(30), 6048–6058.

2015

Benner, S. W., John, V. T., & Hall, C. K. (2015). Simulation Study of Hydrophobically Modified Chitosan as an Oil Dispersant Additive. J. Phys. Chem. B, 119(23), 6979–6990.
Bhadani, A., Rane, J., Veresmortean, C., Banerjee, S., & John, G. (2015). Bio-inspired surfactants capable of generating plant volatiles. Soft Matter, 11(15), 3076–3082.
Bodratti, A. M., Sarkar, B., Song, D., Tsianou, M., & Alexandridis, P. (2015). Competitive Adsorption Between PEO-Containing Block Copolymers and Homopolymers at Silica. Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology, 36(1), 1–9.
Bodratti, A. M., Wu, J., Jahan, R., Sarkar, B., Tsianou, M., & Alexandridis, P. (2015). Mono- and Di-valent Salts as Modifiers of PEO-PPO-PEO Block Copolymer Interactions with Silica Nanoparticles in Aqueous Dispersions. Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology, 36(12), 1806–1815.
Boglaienko, D., & Tansel, B. (2015). Instantaneous stabilization of floating oils by surface application of natural granular materials (beach sand and limestone). Marine Pollution Bulletin, 91(1), 107–112.
Bollinger, J. A., Jain, A., & Truskett, T. M. (2015). How Local and Average Particle Diffusivities of Inhomogeneous Fluids Depend on Microscopic Dynamics. J. Phys. Chem. B, 119(29), 9103–9113.
Bookstaver, M., Bose, A., & Tripathi, A. (2015). Interaction of Alcanivorax borkumensis with a Surfactant Decorated Oil-Water Interface. Langmuir, 31(21), 5875–5881.
Bookstaver, M., Godfrin, M. P., Bose, A., & Tripathi, A. (2015). An insight into the growth of Alcanivorax borkumensis under different inoculation conditions. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 129, 153–158.
Cha, M., Baek, S., Lee, W., Shin, K., & Lee, J. W. (2015). Tuning Behaviors of Methane Inclusion in Isoxazole Clathrate Hydrates. J. Chem. Eng. Data, 60(2), 278–283.
Chaudhari, M. I., Pratt, L. R., & Paulaitis, M. E. (2015). Loop-Closure and Gaussian Models of Collective Structural Characteristics of Capped PEO Oligomers in Water. J. Phys. Chem. B, 119(29), 8863–8867.
Chaudhari, M. I., Sabo, D., Pratt, L. R., & Rempe, S. B. (2015). Hydration of Kr(aq) in Dilute and Concentrated Solutions. J. Phys. Chem. B, 119(29), 9098–9102.
Chen, H., Kelley, M., Guo, C., Yarger, J. L., & Dai, L. L. (2015). Adsorption and release of surfactant into and from multifunctional zwitterionic poly(NIPAm-co-DMAPMA-co-AAc) microgel particles. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 449, 332–340.
Cremaldi, J. C., Khosla, T., Jin, K., Cutting, D., Wollman, K., & Pesika, N. (2015). Interaction of Oil Drops with Surfaces of Different Interfacial Energy and Topography. Langmuir, 31(11), 3385–3390.
Fajalia, A. I., Antoniou, E., Alexandridis, P., & Tsianou, M. (2015). Self-assembly of sodium bis(2-ethylhexyl) sulfosuccinate in aqueous solutions: Modulation of micelle structure and interactions by cyclodextrins investigated by small-angle neutron scattering. Journal of Molecular Liquids, 210, 125–135.
Gupta, D., Sarker, B., Thadikaran, K., John, V., Maldarelli, C., & John, G. (2015). Sacrificial amphiphiles: Eco-friendly chemical herders as oil spill mitigation chemicals. Science Advances, 1(5), e1400265.
He, W., Senbil, N., & Dinsmore, A. D. (2015). Measured capillary forces on spheres at particle-laden interfaces. Soft Matter, 11(25), 5087–5094.
Huston, K. J., & Larson, R. G. (2015). Reversible and Irreversible Adsorption Energetics of Poly(ethylene glycol) and Sorbitan Poly(ethoxylate) at a Water/Alkane Interface. Langmuir, 31(27), 7503–7511.
Jadrich, R. B., Bollinger, J. A., Johnston, K. P., & Truskett, T. M. (2015). Origin and detection of microstructural clustering in fluids with spatial-range competitive interactions. Phys. Rev. E, 91(4).
Kabadi, P. K., Vantangoli, M. M., Rodd, A. L., Leary, E., Madnick, S. J., Morgan, J. R., et al. (2015). Into the depths: Techniques for in vitro three-dimensional microtissue visualization. BioTechniques, 59(5), 279–86.
Kirby, S. M., Anna, S. L., & Walker, L. M. (2015). Sequential Adsorption of an Irreversibly Adsorbed Nonionic Surfactant and an Anionic Surfactant at an Oil/Aqueous Interface. Langmuir, 31(14), 4063–4071.
Mallia, V. A., & Weiss, R. G. (2015). Structural bases for mechano-responsive properties in molecular gels of (R)-12-hydroxy-N-(ω-hydroxyalkyl)octadecanamides. Rates of formation and responses to destructive strain. Soft Matter, 11(25), 5010–5022.
Meng, B., & Ashbaugh, H. S. (2015). Effect of Hydrostatic Pressure on Gas Solubilization in Micelles. Langmuir, 31(11), 3318–3325.
Nyankson, E., DeCuir, M. J., & Gupta, R. B. (2015). Soybean Lecithin as a Dispersant for Crude Oil Spills. ACS Sustainable Chem. Eng., 3(5), 920–931.
Nyankson, E., Owoseni, O., John, V. T., & Gupta, R. B. (2015). Surfactant-Loaded Halloysite Clay Nanotube Dispersants for Crude Oil Spill Remediation. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 54(38), 9328–9341.
Owoseni, O., Zhang, Y., Su, Y., He, J., McPherson, G. L., Bose, A., et al. (2015). Tuning the Wettability of Halloysite Clay Nanotubes by Surface Carbonization for Optimal Emulsion Stabilization. Langmuir, 31(51), 13700–13707.
Rao, A., Reddy, R. K., Valsaraj, K. T., Nandakumar, K., Pandey, S., & Wu, C. (2015). Influence of unsteady mass transfer on dynamics of rising and sinking droplet in water: Experimental and CFD study. AIChE J., 61(1), 342–354.
Riehm, D. A., Neilsen, J. E., Bothun, G. D., John, V. T., Raghavan, S. R., & McCormick, A. V. (2015). Efficient dispersion of crude oil by blends of food-grade surfactants: Toward greener oil-spill treatments. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 101(1), 92–97.
Saha, A., John, V. T., & Bose, A. (2015). In Situ Assembly of Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic Nanoparticles at Oil-Water Interfaces as a Versatile Strategy To Form Stable Emulsions. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 7(38), 21010–21014.
Sauret, A., Boulogne, F., Cappello, J., Dressaire, E., & Stone, H. A. (2015). Damping of liquid sloshing by foams. Phys. Fluids, 27(2), 022103.
Senbil, N., He, W., Démery, V., & Dinsmore, A. D. (2015). Effect of interface shape on advancing and receding fluid-contact angles around spherical particles. Soft Matter, 11(25), 4999–5003.
Stewart, P. S., Feng, J., Kimpton, L. S., Griffiths, I. M., & Stone, H. A. (2015). Stability of a bi-layer free film: simultaneous or individual rupture events? J. Fluid Mech., 777(August 2015), 27–49.
Tansel, B., Arreaza, A., Tansel, D. Z., & Lee, M. (2015). Decrease in osmotically driven water flux and transport through mangrove roots after oil spills in the presence and absence of dispersants. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 98(1-2), 34–39.
Yu, G., Dong, J., Foster, L. M., Metaxas, A. E., Truskett, T. M., & Johnston, K. P. (2015). Breakup of Oil Jets into Droplets in Seawater with Environmentally Benign Nanoparticle and Surfactant Dispersants. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 54(16), 4243–4251.

2014

Athas, J. C., Jun, K., McCafferty, C., Owoseni, O., John, V. T., & Raghavan, S. R. (2014). An Effective Dispersant for Oil Spills Based on Food-Grade Amphiphiles. Langmuir, 30(31), 9285–9294.
Bollinger, J. A., Jain, A., & Truskett, T. M. (2014). Structure, Thermodynamics, and Position-Dependent Diffusivity in Fluids with Sinusoidal Density Variations. Langmuir, 30(28), 8247–8252.
Carmer, J., van Swol, F., & Truskett, T. M. (2014). Position-dependent and pair diffusivity profiles from steady-state solutions of color reaction-counterdiffusion problems. J. Chem. Phys., 141(4), 046101.
Cha, M., Baek, S., Lee, H., & Lee, J. W. (2014). Inclusion of thiophene as a co-guest in a structure II hydrate with methane gas. RSC Adv., 4(50), 26176–26180.
Cha, M., Baek, S., Morris, J., & Lee, J. W. (2014). Hydrophobic Particle Effects on Hydrate Crystal Growth at the Water-Oil Interface. Chem. Asian J., 9(1), 261–267.
Collins, M. E., Soto-Cantu, E., Cueto, R., & Russo, P. S. (2014). Separation and Characterization of Poly(tetrafluoroethylene) Latex Particles by Asymmetric Flow Field Flow Fractionation with Light-Scattering Detection. Langmuir, 30(12), 3373–3380.
Creighton, M. A., Ohata, Y., Miyawaki, J., Bose, A., & Hurt, R. H. (2014). Two-Dimensional Materials as Emulsion Stabilizers: Interfacial Thermodynamics and Molecular Barrier Properties. Langmuir, 30(13), 3687–3696.
Dong, J., Worthen, A. J., Foster, L. M., Chen, Y., Cornell, K. A., Bryant, S. L., et al. (2014). Modified Montmorillonite Clay Microparticles for Stable Oil-in-Seawater Emulsions. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 6(14), 11502–11513.
Ehrenhauser, F. S., Avij, P., Shu, X., Dugas, V., Woodson, I., Liyana-Arachchi, T., et al. (2014). Bubble bursting as an aerosol generation mechanism during an oil spill in the deep-sea environment: laboratory experimental demonstration of the transport pathway. Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 16(1), 65.
Faure, L., Nagarajan, S., Hwang, H., Montgomery, C. L., Khan, B. R., John, G., et al. (2014). Synthesis of Phenoxyacyl-Ethanolamides and Their Effects on Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase Activity. Journal of Biological Chemistry, 289(13), 9340–9351.
Feng, J., Roché, M., Vigolo, D., Arnaudov, L. N., Stoyanov, S. D., Gurkov, T. D., et al. (2014). Nanoemulsions obtained via bubble-bursting at a compound interface. Nat Phys, 10(8), 606–612.
Foster, E. L., Xue, Z., Roach, C. M., Larsen, E. S., Bielawski, C. W., & Johnston, K. P. (2014). Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Grafted with Sulfonated and Zwitterionic Polymers: High Stability and Low Adsorption in Extreme Aqueous Environments. ACS Macro Lett., 3(9), 867–871.
Foster, L. M., Worthen, A. J., Foster, E. L., Dong, J., Roach, C. M., Metaxas, A. E., et al. (2014). High Interfacial Activity of Polymers “Grafted through” Functionalized Iron Oxide Nanoparticle Clusters. Langmuir, 30(34), 10188–10196.
Glover, C. M., Mezyk, S. P., Linden, K. G., & Rosario-Ortiz, F. L. (2014). Photochemical degradation of Corexit components in ocean water. Chemosphere, 111(2014), 596–602.
Godfrin, M. P., Tiwari, A., Bose, A., & Tripathi, A. (2014). Phase and Steady Shear Behavior of Dilute Carbon Black Suspensions and Carbon Black Stabilized Emulsions. Langmuir, 30(51), 15400–15407.
Gupta, A., Sender, M., Fields, S., & Bothun, G. D. (2014). Phase and sedimentation behavior of oil (octane) dispersions in the presence of model mineral aggregates. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 87(1-2), 164–170.
Hwang, H. L., Jadhav, S. R., Silverman, J. R., & John, G. (2014). Sweet and Sustainable: Teaching the Biorefinery Concept through Biobased Gelator Synthesis. J. Chem. Educ., 91(10), 1563–1568.
Jaimes-Lizcano, Y. A., Hunn, D. D., & Papadopoulos, K. D. (2014). Filamentous Escherichia coli cells swimming in tapered microcapillaries. Research in Microbiology, 165(3), 166–174.
Jain, A., Bollinger, J. A., & Truskett, T. M. (2014). Inverse methods for material design. AIChE J., 60(8), 2732–2740.
Katepalli, H., & Bose, A. (2014). The Response of Surfactant Stabilized Oil-in Water Emulsions to the Addition of Particles in an Aqueous Suspension. Langmuir, 30(43), 12736–12742.
Kover, S. C., Rosario-Ortiz, F. L., & Linden, K. G. (2014). Photochemical fate of solvent constituents of Corexit oil dispersants. Water Research, 52(2014), 101–111.
Liyana-Arachchi, T. P., Zhang, Z., Ehrenhauser, F. S., Avij, P., Valsaraj, K. T., & Hung, F. R. (2014). Bubble bursting as an aerosol generation mechanism during an oil spill in the deep-sea environment: molecular dynamics simulations of oil alkanes and dispersants in atmospheric air/salt water interfaces. Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 16(1), 53–64.
Mallia, V. A., & Weiss, R. G. (2014). Self-assembled fibrillar networks and molecular gels employing 12-hydroxystearic acid and its isomers and derivatives. J. Phys. Org. Chem., 27(4), 310–315.
Mondal, T., Bhowmick, A. K., & Krishnamoorti, R. (2014). Butyl lithium assisted direct grafting of polyoligomeric silsesquioxane onto graphene. RSC Adv., 4(17), 8649.
Nyankson, E., Ober, C. A., DeCuir, M. J., & Gupta, R. B. (2014). Comparison of the Effectiveness of Solid and Solubilized Dioctyl Sodium Sulfosuccinate (DOSS) on Oil Dispersion Using the Baffled Flask Test, for Crude Oil Spill Applications. Ind. Eng. Chem. Res., 53(29), 11862–11872.
Owoseni, O., Nyankson, E., Zhang, Y., Adams, S. J., He, J., McPherson, G. L., et al. (2014). Release of Surfactant Cargo from Interfacially-Active Halloysite Clay Nanotubes for Oil Spill Remediation. Langmuir, 30(45), 13533–13541.
Parker, A. M., Ferrer, I., Thurman, E. M., Rosario-Ortiz, F. L., & Linden, K. G. (2014). Determination of COREXIT components used in the Deepwater Horizon cleanup by liquid chromatography-ion trap mass spectrometry. Anal. Methods, 6(15), 5498–5502.
Rao, A., Reddy, R. K., Ehrenhauser, F., Nandakumar, K., Thibodeaux, L. J., Rao, D., et al. (2014). Effect of surfactant on the dynamics of a crude oil droplet in water column: Experimental and numerical investigation. Can. J. Chem. Eng., 92(12), 2098–2114.
Riem, D., & McCormick, A. (2014). The role of dispersants' dynamic interfacial tension in effective crude oil spill dispersion. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 84(1-2), 155–163.
Rodd, A. L., Creighton, M. A., Vaslet, C. A., Rangel-Mendez, J. R., Hurt, R. H., & Kane, A. B. (2014). Effects of Surface-Engineered Nanoparticle-Based Dispersants for Marine Oil Spills on the Model OrganismArtemia franciscana. Environ. Sci. Technol., 48(11), 6419–6427.
Tang, X., Huston, K. J., & Larson, R. G. (2014). Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Structure-Property Relationships of Tween 80 Surfactants in Water and at Interfaces. J. Phys. Chem. B, 118(45), 12907–12918.
Tansel, B. (2014). Propagation of impacts after oil spills at sea: Categorization and quantification of local vs regional and immediate vs delayed impacts. International Journal of Disaster Risk Reduction, 7(2014), 1–8.
Tansel, B., Lee, M., Berbakov, J., Tansel, D. Z., & Koklonis, U. (2014). Dispersion of Louisiana crude oil in salt water environment by Corexit 9500A in the presence of natural coastal materials. Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science, 143(20), 58–64.
Vengsarkar, P. S., & Roberts, C. B. (2014). Solid-stabilized emulsion formation using stearoyl lactylate coated iron oxide nanoparticles. J Nanopart Res, 16(10), 1–16.
Wan, W. - M., Pickett, P. D., Savin, D. A., & McCormick, C. L. (2014). Structurally controlled “polysoaps” via RAFT copolymerization of AMPS and n-dodecyl acrylamide for environmental remediation. Polym. Chem., 5(3), 819–827.
Worthen, A. J., Foster, L. M., Dong, J., Bollinger, J. A., Peterman, A. H., Pastora, L. E., et al. (2014). Synergistic Formation and Stabilization of Oil-in-Water Emulsions by a Weakly Interacting Mixture of Zwitterionic Surfactant and Silica Nanoparticles. Langmuir, 30(4), 984–994.
Xue, Z., Foster, E., Wang, Y., Nayak, S., Cheng, V., Ngo, V. W., et al. (2014). Effect of Grafted Copolymer Composition on Iron Oxide Nanoparticle Stability and Transport in Porous Media at High Salinity. Energy Fuels, 28(6), 3655–3665.
Xue, Z., He, R., Fennel, K., Cai, W. - J., Lohrenz, S., Huang, W. - J., et al. (2014). Modeling pCO/2 variability in the Gulf of Mexico. Biogeosciences Discuss., 11(8), 12673–12695.

2013

Azizi, A., Yourdkhani, A., Cutting, D., Caruntu, G., & Pesika, N. S. (2013). Tuning the Crystal Structure and Magnetic Properties of CoNiFeB Thin Films. Chem. Mater., 25(12), 2510–2514.
Bagaria, H. G., Neilson, B. M., Worthen, A. J., Xue, Z., Yoon, K. Y., Cheng, V., et al. (2013). Adsorption of iron oxide nanoclusters stabilized with sulfonated copolymers on silica in concentrated NaCl and CaCl2 brine. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 398(2013), 217–226.
Bagaria, H. G., Xue, Z., Neilson, B. M., Worthen, A. J., Yoon, K. Y., Nayak, S., et al. (2013). Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Grafted with Sulfonated Copolymers are Stable in Concentrated Brine at Elevated Temperatures and Weakly Adsorb on Silica. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 5(8), 3329–3339.
Bagaria, H. G., Yoon, K. Y., Neilson, B. M., Cheng, V., Lee, J. H., Worthen, A. J., et al. (2013). Stabilization of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles in High Sodium and Calcium Brine at High Temperatures with Adsorbed Sulfonated Copolymers. Langmuir, 29(10), 3195–3206.
Cha, M., Couzis, A., & Lee, J. W. (2013). Macroscopic Investigation of Water Volume Effects on Interfacial Dynamic Behaviors between Clathrate Hydrate and Water. Langmuir, 29(19), 5793–5800.
Cha, M., Lee, H., & Lee, J. W. (2013). Thermodynamic and Spectroscopic Identification of Methane Inclusion in the Binary Heterocyclic Compound Hydrates. J. Phys. Chem. C, 117(45), 23515–23521.
Chaudhari, M. I., Holleran, S. A., Ashbaugh, H. S., & Pratt, L. R. (2013). Molecular-scale hydrophobic interactions between hard-sphere reference solutes are attractive and endothermic. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 110(51), 20557–20562.
Chen, H., & Dai, L. L. (2013). Adsorption and Release of Active Species into and from Multifunctional Ionic Microgel Particles. Langmuir, 29(36), 11227–11235.
Croote, D., Godfrin, M. P., Bose, A., Tripathi, A., & Lee, J. (2013). A platform for retaining native morphology at sub-second time scales in cryogenic transmission electron microscopy. Rev. Sci. Instrum., 84(5), 053707.
Duggan, J. N., Bozack, M. J., & Roberts, C. B. (2013). The synthesis and arrested oxidation of amorphous cobalt nanoparticles using DMSO as a functional solvent. J Nanopart Res, 15(11), 2089.
Habartova, A., Valsaraj, K. T., & Roeselova, M. (2013). Molecular Dynamics Simulations of Small Halogenated Organics at the Air-Water Interface: Implications in Water Treatment and Atmospheric Chemistry. J. Phys. Chem. A, 117(38), 9205–9215.
He, K., Babaye Khorasani, F., Retterer, S. T., Thomas, D. K., Conrad, J. C., & Krishnamoorti, R. (2013). Diffusive Dynamics of Nanoparticles in Arrays of Nanoposts. ACS Nano, 7(6), 5122–5130.
Jadhav, S. R., Hwang, H., Huang, Q., & John, G. (2013). Medium-Chain Sugar Amphiphiles: A New Family of Healthy Vegetable Oil Structuring Agents. J. Agric. Food Chem., 61(49), 12005–12011.
Katepalli, H., John, V. T., & Bose, A. (2013). The Response of Carbon Black Stabilized Oil-in-Water Emulsions to the Addition of Surfactant Solutions. Langmuir, 29(23), 6790–6797.
Liyana-Arachchi, T. P., Hansel, A. K., Stevens, C., Ehrenhauser, F. S., Valsaraj, K. T., & Hung, F. R. (2013). Molecular Modeling of the Green Leaf Volatile Methyl Salicylate on Atmospheric Air/Water Interfaces. J. Phys. Chem. A, 117(21), 4436–4443.
Liyana-Arachchi, T. P., Stevens, C., Hansel, A. K., Ehrenhauser, F. S., Valsaraj, K. T., & Hung, F. R. (2013). Molecular simulations of green leaf volatiles and atmospheric oxidants on air/water interfaces. Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 15(10), 3583–3592.
Liyana-Arachchi, T. P., Valsaraj, K. T., & Hung, F. R. (2013). Ice growth from supercooled aqueous solutions of reactive oxygen species. Theor Chem Acc, 132(1), 1309.
Mallia, V. A., Seo, H. I., & Weiss, R. G. (2013). The influence of anions and alkyl chain lengths of N-alkyl-n-(R)-12-hydroxyoctadecyl ammonium salts on their hydroxyoctadecyl ammonium salts on their hydro- and organo-gels. Langmuir, 29(21), 6476–6484.
Meng, B., & Ashbaugh, H. S. (2013). Pressure Reentrant Assembly: Direct Simulation of Volumes of Micellization. Langmuir, 29(48), 14743–14747.
Reichert, M. D., & Walker, L. M. (2013). Interfacial Tension Dynamics, Interfacial Mechanics, and Response to Rapid Dilution of Bulk Surfactant of a Model Oil-Water-Dispersant System. Langmuir, 29(6), 1857–1867.
Saha, A., Nikova, A., VenkataSaha, A., Nikova, A., Venkataraman, P., John, V. T., et al. (2013). Oil Emulsification Using Surface-Tunable Carbon Black Particles. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 5, 3094–3100.
Salako, O., Lo, C., Couzis, A., Somasundaran, P., & Lee, J. W. (2013). Adsorption of Gemini surfactants onto clathrate hydrates. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 412(2013), 1–6.
Sarkar, B., Venugopal, V., Bodratti, A. M., Tsianou, M., & Alexandridis, P. (2013). Nanoparticle surface modification by amphiphilic polymers in aqueous media: Role of polar organic solvents. J. Colloid Interface Sci., 397(2013), 1–8.
Sarkar, B., Venugopal, V., Tsianou, M., & Alexandridis, P. (2013). Adsorption of Pluronic block copolymers on silica nanoparticles. Colloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects, 422(2013), 155–164.
Tansel, B., Lee, M., & Tansel, D. Z. (2013). Comparison of fate profiles of PAHs in soil, sediments and mangrove leaves after oil spills by QSAR and QSPR. Marine Pollution Bulletin, 73(1), 258–262.
Vengsarkar, P. S., & Roberts, C. B. (2013). Effect of Ligand and Solvent Structure on Size-Selective Nanoparticle Dispersibility and Fractionation in Gas-Expanded Liquid (GXL) Systems. J. Phys. Chem. C, 117(27), 14362–14373.
Venkataraman, P., Tang, J., Frenkel, E., McPherson, G. L., He, J., Raghavan, S. R., et al. (2013). Attachment of a Hydrophobically Modified Biopolymer at the Oil-Water Interface in the Treatment of Oil Spills. ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces, 5(9), 3572–3580.
Worthen, A. J., Bryant, S. L., Huh, C., & Johnston, K. P. (2013). Carbon dioxide-in-water foams stabilized with nanoparticles and surfactant acting in synergy. AIChE J., 59(9), 3490–3501.

2012

Balachandran, V. S., Jadhav, S. R., Vemula, P. K., & John, G. (2012). Recent advances in cardanol chemistry in a nutshell: from a nut to nanomaterials. Chem. Soc. Rev., 42(2), 427–438.
Liyana-Arachchi, T. P., Valsaraj, K. T., & Hung, F. R. (2012). Adsorption of naphthalene and ozone on atmospheric air/ice interfaces coated with surfactants: A molecular simulation study. J. Phys. Chem. A, 116(10), 2519–2528.
Liyana-Arachchi, T. P., Valsaraj, K. T., & Hung, F. R. (2012). Ice Growth from Supercooled Aqueous Solutions of Benzene, Naphthalene, and Phenanthrene. J. Phys. Chem. A, 116(33), 8539–8546.
Salako, O., Lo, C., Zhang, J. S., Couzis, A., Somasundaran, P., & Lee, J. W. (2012). Adsorption of Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate onto Clathrate Hydrates in the Presence of Salt. Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 386(1), 333–338.
Sarupria, S., & Debenedetti, P. (2012). Homogeneous nucleation of methane hydrate in microsecond molecular dynamics simulations. J. Phys. Chem. Lett., 3(20), 2942–2947.
Wang, Y., Sunkara, B., Zhan, J., He, J., Miao, L., McPherson, G. L., et al. (2012). Synthesis of Submicrometer Hollow Particles with a Nanoscale Double-Layer Shell Structure. Langmuir, 28(39), 13783–13787.
Zhu, P., & Papadopoulos, K. D. (2012). Visualization and quantification of two-phase flow in transparent miniature packed beds. Phys. Rev. E, 86(4), 46313.

Book Chapters - 4

2014

Buttice, A. L., & Alcantar, N. A. (2014). Sediment Removal with the Opuntia ficus-indica Cactus: A Water Purification Method for Communities in Latin America. In Comprehensive Water Quality and Purification (Vol. 1, pp. 98–103).
Chaudhari, M. I., & Pratt, L. R. (2014). Microstructures of capped ethylene oxide oligomers in water and n-hexane. In Oil Spill Remediation: Colloid Chemistry-Based Principles and Solutions (Vol. Ch 11, pp. 247–257).
Reddy, R. K., Rao, A., Yu, Z., Wu, C., Nandakumar, K., Thibodeaux, L., et al. (2014). Challenges in and approaches to modeling the complexities of deep water oil and gas release. In Oil Spill Remediation: Colloid Chemistry-Based Principles and Solutions, edited by Ponisseril Somasundaran, Raymond Farinato, Partha Patra, and Kyriakos Papadopoulos (pp. 89–126).

2013

Stebbins, D., Buttice, A. L., Fox, D., Smith, D. M., & Alcantar, N. A. (2013). Cactus Mucilage as an Emergency Response Biomaterial to Provide Clean Drinking Water. In Monitoring Water Quality. Edited by Sut Ahuja, Elsevier (pp. 247–258).

Conference Presentations - 110

2016

Dewangan, N. K., Jaimes-Lizcano, Y. A., McLay, R. B., Cirino, P. C., & Conrad, J. C. (2016). Effect of dispersants on motility and adhesion of bacteria on oil/water interfaces. In University of Houston Organization of Chemical Engineering Graduate Students Symposium. Houston, TX : 09/23/2016: Poster.

2014

Ahuja, A., Morris, J. F., & Lee, J. W. (2014). Effects of Hydrophobic Particles on the Rheology of Hydrate-forming Pickering Emulsions. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14.
Alcantar, N. (2014). Frontiers on dispersant technology: the use of natural materials in oil spill cleanups. In International Workshop in Colloidal and Interfacial Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, SFA, 2014. Cancun, Mexico : 08/24/14 - 08/29/14.
Alcantar, N., Thomas, S., Guo, F., Perez, S., Toomey, R., Falahat, R., et al. (2014). Natural polymers use to manufacture 'green' membranes and surfaces. In Annual Meeting of the American Elasmobranch Society (AES) – 30th. San Francisso, CA : 8/14/2014.
Alexandridis, P., Tsianou, M., Antoniou, E., Sarkar, B., Ravi, V., & Bodratti, A. M. (2014). Solvent-Modulated Organization of Amphiphilic Polymers in Solution and on Surfaces. In 20th International Symposium on Surfactants in Solution. Coimbra, Portugal - 06/22/2014-06/27/2014.
Arreaza, A., Boglianko, D., & Tansel, B. (2014). Surface tension of crude oil contaminated saltwater in the presence and absence of Corexit dispersants: Effect of hydrostatic pressure. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14: Poster.
Athas, J. C., Jun, K., McCafferty, C., Owoseni, O., John, V. T., & Raghavan, S. R. (2014). A safe and effective dispersant for oil spills based on food-grade amphiphiles. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14.
Avij, P., Dugas, V., Shu, X., & Valsaraj, K. T. (2014). Dispersant Effect in Enhancing the Droplet and Particle Formation by Bursting Bubbles. In 2014 State of the Coast Conference. New Orleans, LA - 03/18/14-03/20/14: Poster.
Avij, P., Ehrenhauser, F. S., Dugas, V., Shu, X., Zhang, Z., Perkins, M., et al. (2014). Laboratory Experimental Demonstration of the Effect of Oceanic Whitecap in Transferring Oil and Dispersant Compounds to Atmosphere. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14.
Benner, S., John, V., & Hall, C. (2014). Simulations-based Design of a Hydrophobically-modified Chitosan Dispersant. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14.
Bodratti, A. M., Alexandridis, P., & Tsianou, M. (2014). Polymer-Modified Silica Nanoparticles: Modulation of Interactions by Displacers. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14: Poster.
Bodratti, A. M., Alexandridis, P., & Tsianou, M. (2014). Surfactant-Mineral-Oil Interactions with Applications in Oil-Spill Dispersion and Clean-up. In 20th International Symposium on Surfactants in Solution. Coimbra, Portugal - 06/22/2014-06/27/2014.
Bodratti, A. M., Kong,.M., Benz, E. M., Tsianou, M., & Alexandridis, P. (2014). Micellization of Alcohol Ethoxylate Surfactants. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14.
Boglianko, D., Tansel, B., & Lee, M. (2014). Efficiency and effectiveness of Corexit dispersants for removing Louisiana crude oil from contaminated natural surfaces in salt water environment. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14: Poster.
Bollinger, J. A., Jain, A., & Truskett, T. M. (2014). Position-dependent structural, thermodynamic, and diffusive responses in water due to interfaces and solutes. In Gordon Research Conference – Water & Aqueous Solutions. Holderness, NH : 7/1/2014.
Bovenkamp, L., & Roy, A. (2014). Probing oil-water-dispersant interaction at the nanometer length scale using small angle x-ray scattering. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14: Poster.
Cha, M., Baek, S., Morris, J. F., & Lee, J. W. (2014). Clathrate hydrate inhibition by hydrophobic nanoparticles at hydrate-water interfaces. In 247th American Chemical Society National Meeting. Dallas, TX - 03/16/2014-03/20/2014.
Chen, H., & Dai, L. L. (2014). Adsorption and Release of Active Species into and from Multifunctional Ionic Microgel Particles. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14: Poster.
Chen, Y., Russo, P. S., & Hung, F. R. (2014). Molecular modeling of oil dispersion with hydrophobins. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14: Poster.
Creighton, M. A., Ohata, Y., Miyawaki, J., Bose, A., & Hurt, R. H. (2014). Two-Dimensional Materials as Emulsion Stabilizers: Interfacial Thermodynamics and Molecular Barrier Properties. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14: Poster.
Cremaldi, J. C., Khosla, T., Cutting, D., Wollman, K., & Peskia, N. (2014). Oil drop interaction with surfaces varying in energy and topography. In Surface Forces Apparatus Conference. Cancun, Mexico : 8/24/14 - 8/29/14.
Dai, L. (2014). Particle Dynamics and Interfacial Microrheology. In North American Thermal Analysis Society Annual Meeting. Santa Fe, NM : 9/14/2014.
Decuir, M., & Gupta, R. (2014). Smart Dispersant Formulation for Reduced Environmental Impact. In 2014 AlChE Southern Regional Conference. Puerto Rico, US Virgin Islands 03/21/2014-03/23/2014: Poster.
Dong, J., Worthen, A. J., Chen Y., Foster, L. M., Bollinger, J. A., Truskett T.M., et al. (2014). Effective oil dispersible clay-based dispersant systems for oil-in-seawater emulsions. In 247th American Chemical Society National Meeting. Dallas, TX - 03/16/2014-03/20/2014.
Duan, Y., Fornerino-Barboza, F., & Papadopoulos, K. D. (2014). Studies of Crude Oil of its Surface Tension and the Contamination of Sand. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14: Poster.
Duggan, J. N., & Roberts, C. B. (2014). Controlling the crystallinity, morphology and magnetic properties of DMSO stabilized cobalt nanoparticles using progressive thermal treatment methods. In 247th American Chemical Society National Meeting. Dallas, TX - 03/16/2014-03/20/2014.
Falahat, R., Williams, E., Wiranowska, M., Toomey, R., & Alcantar, N. (2014). Enhanced targeting delivery to tumor cells using mucoadhesive chitosan and chlorotoxin. In American Association for Cancer Research Annual Meeting. Tampa, FL - 04/05/14-04/09/14: Poster.
Fanaritas, N., Rocchio, J., Fields, S., & Bothun, G. D. (2014). Environmentally Responsible Oil Cleanup through Dispersion with Lipid-Coated Silica Particles. In Northeast AlChE Student Conference, University of Connecticut. Storrs,CT - 04/04/2014-04/05/2014: Poster.
Foster, L. M., Dong, J., Worthen, A. J., Bollinger, J. A., Bryant S.L., Truskett T.M., et al. (2014). Effective nanoparticle-based dispersants for oil-in-synthetic seawater emulsions. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14.
Guo, F., Stebbins, D., Falahat, R., Thomas, S., Toomey, R., & Alcantar, N. (2014). Cactus Based-Mucilage as an Alternative Natural Dispersant to be Incorporated in Oil Spill Response Strategies. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14.
Hallowell, R., & Linden, K. G. (2014). Toxilogical Assessment of Photodegraded Crude Oil and Crude Oil-dispersant Mixtures on Marine Species Arbacia punctulata, Mysidopsis bahia, and Vibrio fischeri. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14: Poster.
He, W., Senbil, N., & Dinsmore, A. (2014). Dispersing Droplets with Solid Particles: how interface shape and particle crowding affect capillary forces. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14: Poster.
Huston, K., & Larson, R. (2014). Tween 80 at a walter/alkane interface by atomistic MD simulation. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14: Poster.
Jaimes-Lizcano, Y. A., Hunn, D. D., & Papadopoulos, K. D. (2014). Swimming characteristics of Escherichia coli cells in restricted geometries. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14: Poster.
Kapadia, s., & John, G. (2014). BioMimicry: Assembly of Amphiphiles to Functional Soft Materials (Liposomes, Emulsions and Molecular Gels). In 22nd NY State CSTEP Conference. Bolton Landing, NY - 04/11/2014-04/13/2014: Poster.
Karanikolos, G., & Alexandridis, P. (2014). Phase Behavior, Structure, and Dynamics of Amphiphiles for Asphaltene Inhibition. In Abu Dhabi Research Academic Conference – 2014. Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates : 04/23/14-04/24/14.
Kirby, S. M., Walker, L. M., & Anna, S. L. (2014). Sequential adsorption studies of Tween 80 and Aerosol-OT at an oil/aqueous interface. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14.
Lee, J. W., Cha, M., Morris, J. F., & Baek, S. (2014). Clathrate Hydrate Formation at Particle-laden Interfaces. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14: Poster.
Nyankson, E., & Gupta, R. (2014). Using the baffled flask test to investigate the effectiveness of solid dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate (DOSS) on oil dispersion. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14: Poster.
Owoseni, O., & John, V. (2014). Chemical Herding and Anchoring of Surface Oil Layers Using an Environmentally Benign Biopolymer. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14: Poster.
Owoseni, O., & John, V. (2014). Water-based dispersant gels for treatment ofoil spilss. In 247th American Chemical Society National Meeting. Dallas, TX - 03/16/2014-03/20/2014: Poster.
Owoseni, O., & John, V. (2014). Novel water-based dispersant gels for treatment of oil spills. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14.
Pickett, P. D., & McCormick, C. L. (2014). Design and synthesis of well-defined “polysoaps” to serve as uni-molecular micelles for oil spill remediation. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14: Poster.
Pickett, P. D., & McCormick, C. L. (2014). Polysoaps to Serve as Uni-Molecular Micelles for Oil Spill Remediation Applications. In 2014 Waterborne Symposium. New Orleans, LA - 02/04/2014-04/08/2014: Poster.
Pratt, L., Chaudhari, M., & Ashbaugh, H. (2014). Molecular-scale hydrophobic interactions between hard-sphere reference solutes are attractive and endothermic. In Annual Meeting of the American Elasmobranch Society (AES) – 30th. San Francisco, CA : 08/10/2014 - 08/14/14.
Raghavan, S. R., Diehn, K., Oh, H., & Weiss, R. G. (2014). Can supramolecular gelation of organic solvents be predicted a priori? Insights from a study of a sorbitol-based organogelator. In 247th American Chemical Society National Meeting. Dallas, TX - 03/16/2014-03/20/2014.
Rao, A., Pandey, S., Huang, A., Reddy, R. K., Nandakumar, K., & Valsaraj, K. T. (2014). The impact of mass transfer on the dynamics of droplets released in quiescent medium. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14: Poster.
Riehm, D., & McCormick, A. (2014). How do oil dispersants work? The role of dispersants' dynamic interfacial tension in effective crude oil dispersion. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14: Poster.
Rocchio, J., Sender, M., Fields, S., Fanaritas, N., & Bothun, G. D. (2014). Polysorbate 80/Lecithin Micellar Mixtures as Alternative Oil Dispersants. In Northeast AlChE Student Conference, University of Connecticut. Storrs, CT - 04/04/2014-04/05/2014: Poster.
Rodd, A., & Hurt, R. (2014). Development of Fish Liver Microtissues for Toxicity Testing. In Northeast Regional Chapter of the Society of Toxicology. Storrs, CT : 9/26/2014.
Rodd, A. L., Creighton, M., Vaslet, C. A., Hurt, R. H., & Kane, A. B. (2014). The Toxicity Of Particle-based Dispersants For Marine Oil Spills And Their Impact On Benzene Toxicity Using The Model Organism Artemia franciscana. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14: Poster.
Rodd, A. L., Creighton, M., Vaslet, C. A., Rangel-Mendez, J. R., Hurt, R. H., & Kane, A. B. (2014). Nanoparticle-based dispersants for marine oil spills and their impact on benzene toxicity using the model organism Artemia franciscana. In Society of Toxicology 53rd Annual Meeting. Phoenix, AZ - 03/24/2014-03/27/2014: Poster.
Russo, P., Pojman, J., Zhang, X., Chen, Y.,, Huberty, W., Dave, G., et al. (2014). Combining Art and Science to Explain the Impact of Oil Spiils and Cleanup to Middle School Students. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14: Poster.
Vengsarkar, P. S., & Roberts, C. B. (2014). Pickering Emulsion Formation using Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Stabilized with Novel Surfactant Bilayers. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14: Poster.
Vengsarkar, P. S., & Roberts, C. B. (2014). Synthesis Of Iron Oxide Nanoparticles Coated with Novel Surfactant Bilayers and their Application in Stabilizing Oil-In-Water emulsions. In 247th American Chemical Society National Meeting. Dallas, TX - 03/16/2014-03/20/2014.
Walker, L. M., Reichert, M. D., & Anna, S. L. (2014). Complex surfactant layers at fluid-fluid interfaces and the impact on droplet coalescence. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14.
Weiss, R. (2014). Simple Molecules and Simple Chemistry Yield Complex Materials Through Self-Assembly. In IEEE Students' Technology Symposium – Indian Institute of Technology. Kanpur, India - 02/28/2014-03/02/2014.
Weiss, R. (2014). Complex Materials Through Self-Assembly Induced by Triatomic Molecules. In IEEE Students' Technology Symposium – Indian Institute of Technology at Kanpur. Kanpur, India - 02/28/2014-03/02/2014.
Weiss, R. (2014). Ionic and neutral derivatives of (R)-12-hydroxystearic acid: Structure, thixotropy, and conductivity. In 247th American Chemical Society National Meeting. Dallas, TX - 03/16/2014-03/20/2014.
Zhang, X., Blalock, B., Huberty, W., Aiken, L., & Russo, P. (2014). Dynamic Behavior of Cerato ulmin-a Class II Hydrophobin. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14: Poster.
Zhang, Z., Liyana-Arachchi, T. P., Avij, P., Ehrenhauser, F. S., Valsaraj, K. T., & Hung, F. R. (2014). Molecular dynamics simulation of oil alkanes and dispersants in atmospheric air/salt water interfaces. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14: Poster.
Zhao, W., Zhang, Y., Stebbins, D., Pettit, S., Ergas, S., & Alcantar, N. (2014). The use of natural ammonia removing agents for preserving bait and fresh caught fish. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014. Mobile, AL: 01/26/14-01/30/14: Poster.

2013

Bothun, G., Gupta, A., Zhang, H., Fields, S., & Oyenandal-Craver, V. (2013). Silica Nanoparticle Oil-in-Water Pickering Emulsions in Deionized Water and Artificial Seawater. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2013. New Orleans, LA: 01/21/2013-01/23/2013.
Bothun, G., Gupta, A., Zhang, H., Fields, S., & Oyenandal-Craver, V. (2013). Nutrient-doped silica nanoparticle Pickering emulsions for enhanced oil biodegradation. In ACS Annual Conference. New Orleans, LA, April 7-11, 2013.
Creighton, M., Ohata, Y., Chakraborty, J., Miyawaki, A., Bose, A.,, & Hurt, R. (2013). Stability and Applications of Graphene Oxide Based Pickering Emulsions. In American Institute of Chemical Engineers National Meeting. San Francisco, CA, November 3-8, 2013.
Ehrenhauser, F. S., Heath, A. A., Liyana-Arachchi, T. P., Wornat, M. J., Hung, F. R., Herckes, P. R., et al. (2013). Chemistry at the interface: Chemical transformations at the air-water interface. In ACS National Meeting & Spring Exposition. New Orleans, LA, April 7-11, 2013.
He, W., & Dinsmore, A. D. (2013). Measurement of the Capillary Force on a Particle at a Fluid Interface. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2013. New Orleans, LA: 01/21/2013-01/23/2013.
Huberty, W., & Russo, P. (2013). Cerato ulmin, how stable is it? Light scattering studies of cylindrical bubbles. In ACS National Meeting. New Orleans, LA April 7-11, 2013.
Kover, S., Linden, K., & Rosario-Ortiz, F. (2013). Photo-induced Fate of Corexit Constituents. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2013. New Orleans, LA: 01/21/2013-01/23/2013: Poster.
Liyana-Arachchi, T. P., Zhang, Z., Ehrenhauser, F. S., Avij, P., Valsaraj, K. T., & Hung, F. R. (2013). Oil hydrocarbons and dispersants at air/salt water interfaces: Molecular simulations and experiments. In ACS National Meeting & Spring Exposition. New Orleans, LA, April 7-11, 2013.
Liyana-Arachchi, T. P., Ehrenhauser, F. S., Avij, P., Valsaraj, K. T., & Hung, F. R. (2013). Oil hydrocarbons and surfactants at air/salt water interfaces: Molecular simulations and experiments. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2013. New Orleans, LA: 01/21/2013-01/23/2013: Poster.
Liyana-Arachchi, T. P., Valsaraj, K. T., & Hung, F. R. (2013). Molecular dynamics simulations of green leaf volatiles and OH radicals on atmospheric air/water interfaces. In ACS National Meeting & Spring Exposition. New Orleans, LA, April 7-11, 2013.
Rodd, A. L., Creighton, M., Vaslet, C. A., Hurt, R. H., & Kane, A.,B. (2013). Impacts of particle-based dispersants for oil spills on benzene bioavailibility and toxicity using the model organism Artemia franciscana. In Northeastern Regional Chapter of the Society of Toxicology. Cambridege, MA, September 27, 2013: Poster.
Saha, A., Nikova, A., Venkataraman, P., John, V., & Bose, A. (2013). Oil Emulsification by Surface-Tunable Carbon Black Particles. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2013. New Orleans, LA: 01/21/2013-01/23/2013.
Walker, L. M., Reichert, M. D., & Anna, S. L. (2013). Impact of irreversibly adsorbed surfactant layers at fluid-fluid interfaces on coalescence. In SES (ASME) Meeting. Providence, RI, July 2013.

2012

Dai, L. L. (2012). Responsive Core-Shell Composite Nanoparticles: Synthesis, Characterization, and Application. In American Chemical Society Meeting. San Diego, CA, March 26-30, 2012.
Dinsmore, A., & Stebe, K. (2012). Paticles at Fluid Interfaces. In American Chemical Society Meeting -Colloid Surface Science Symposium. Baltimore, MD, June 10-13, 2012.
Dinsmore, A. D., Senbil, N., Zeng, C., & Davidovitch, B. (2012). Curvature-induced Capillary Forces on Spherical Particles. In American Chemical Society Meeting. San Diego, CA, March 25, 2012.
Duggan, J., Vengsarkar, P., & Roberts, C. B. (2012). Tunable Assembly of Metallic and Magnetic Nanoparticle Clusters in DMSO Solvent Systems. In American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting. Pittsburgh, PA, November 1, 2012.
Ehrenhauser, F. S., Woodson, I., Dugas, V., & Valsaraj, K. T. (2012). Deepwater Horizon Spill – Aerosolization via Bursting Bubbles. In American Chemical Society Meeting. San Diego, CA, March 25-29, 2012: Poster.
Hassan, C., Zhang, J., & Lee, J. W. (2012). Equilibrium Studies of Hydrate-Forming Pickering Emulsions. In American Chemical Society Meeting. San Diego, CA, March 26-30, 2012.
Krishnamoorti, R. (2012). Application of Nanotechnology for Upstream Applications. In Regional Process Technology Conference. Houston, TX, October 3-4, 2012.
Krishnamoorti, R., Agrawal, D., & Kim, D. (2012). Interfacial Behavior of Nanoparticles. In American Institute of Chemical Engineers Spring Meeting. Houston, TX, April 3, 2012.
Lara, J., Stebbins, D., Buttice, A., Fox, D., Vecino, X., & Alcantar, N. (2012). Opuntia Ficus-Indica Mucilage Extraction and Application as Green Technology for Sustainable Water Cleaning Processes on Off-Flavor Organic Compounds. In HENAAC Annual Conference. Lake Buena Vista, FL, October 11-13, 2012: Poster.
Liyana-Arachchi, T. P., Valsaraj, K. T., & Hung, F. R. (2012). Adsorption of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and ozone on atmospheric air/ice interfaces. In Foundations of Molecular Modeling and Simulation Conference. Welches, OR, July 22-26, 2012: Poster.
Liyana-Arachchi, T. P., Valsaraj, K. T., & Hung, F. R. (2012). Adsorption of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and ozone on atmospheric air/ice interfaces: A molecular simulation study. In American Chemical Society Meeting. San Diego, CA, March 25-29, 2012: Poster.
Ober, C. A., DeCuir, M. J., & Gupta, R. B. (2012). A Smart Oil Spill Dispersant Formulation for Reduced Environmental Impact and Consumption. In American Institute of Chemical Engineers Annual Meeting. Pittsburgh, PA, October 28 - November 2, 2012.
Papadopoulos, K. D. (2012). Dispersant Assisted Motility of Bacteria in Porous Media. In American Chemical Society Meeting. San Diego, CA, March 26-30, 2012.
Reichert, M. D., & Walker, L. M. (2012). Characterization of a model dispersant-oil-aqueous interface using convection and dilatational rheology. In American Chemical Society Meeting -Colloid Surface Science Symposium. Baltimore, MD, June 10-13, 2012.
Reichert, M. D., & Walker, L. M. (2012). Dynamics of oil-brine-surfactant systems. In Gordon Research Conference. Ventura, CA, February 5-10, 2012: Poster.
Riehm, D., & McCormick, A. (2012). Elucidating the fundamental mechanisms of chemical oil dispersion. In UMN Industrial Partnership for Research in Interfacial and Materials Engineering Annual Meeting. Minneapolis, MN, May 29-31, 2012: Poster.
Rosario-Ortiz, F. (2012). Research on the photochemical fate of dispersants. In American Chemical Society Meeting. San Diego, CA, March 26-30, 2012.
Russo, P., Pham, M., & Blalock, B. (2012). Cylindrical bubbles and blobs from a Class II Hydrophobin. In American Physical Society Meeting. Boston, MA, March 2, 2012.
Russo, P., Pham, M., Blalock, B., Rosu, C., Huberty, W., & Balamurugan, S. (2012). Cylindrical bubbles and blobs of the protein Cerato ulmin, conditions for stability and applications. In American Chemical Society Meeting. San Diego, CA, March 29, 2012.
Saha, A., Nikova, A., Venkataraman, P., John, V., & Bose, A. (2012). Oil Emulsification by Surface-Tunable Carbon Black Particles. In American Chemical Society Meeting. San Diego, CA, March 22-25, 2012.
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2011

Dugas, V., Ehrenhauser, F. S., & Valsaraj, K. T. (2011). Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill: Aerosolization of Crude Oil through Bursting Bubbles. In TripleEx Conference for Undergraduate Research. Baton Rouge, LA, November 4, 2011: Poster.
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2010

Woodson, I., Ehrenhauser, F. S., Khadapkar, K., Chaves, M., McLindon, B., & Valsaraj, K. T. (2010). Deepwater Horizon Spill – Determination of Organic Pollutants in the Marine Environment. In TripleEx Conference for Undergraduate Research. Baton Rouge, LA, November 3, 2010: Poster.
This research was made possible by a grant from The Gulf of Mexico Research Initiative.
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