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Investigating the effect of oil spills
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Emmanuel Nyankson

Auburn University

Department of Chemical Engineering

212 Ross Hall
Auburn , AL  36849  

Project List:

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

Year 2-4 Consortia Grants (RFP-I)Role: Graduate Student - PhD Level

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 5

2016

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.

2015

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.

2014

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.

Conference Presentation - 1

2014

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.