213 Fundamentals of Interfacial Phenomena I

Tuesday, October 30, 2012: 8:30 AM
414 (Convention Center )
Description:
This session deals with experimental and theoretical studies of fundamental issues of interfaces in natural and engineered systems. Specific topics will include thermodynamics of interfaces; intermolecular and interparticle interactions; surface forces; electrostatic and electrokinetic phenomena at interfaces; contact angle phenomena and wetting; liquid surfaces; adsorption and desorption; surface modification; self- and directed- assembly; emulsions, micelles, and foams; thin films; and interfacial mass transfer.

Sponsor:
Interfacial Phenomena

Chair:
Mustafa Akbulut
Email: mustafa.akbulut@chemail.tamu.edu

Co-Chair:
Noshir Pesika
Email: npesika@tulane.edu


8:30 AM
Introductory Remarks

8:35 AM
(213a) Understanding Hydrophobic Interactions On the Nano-Scale Using Beta-Peptide Oligomers
Claribel Acevedo, Derek Ma, Samuel H. Gellman and Nicholas L. Abbott

8:55 AM
(213b) Particle-Polymer Interaction in Hydrogels
Paul Takhistov and Phong Huynh

9:15 AM
(213c) Surface Chemistry and Van Der Waals Forces of the Air-Water and Oil-Water Interface: Homo- and Hetero- Interactions Between Drops and Bubbles
Rico Tabor, Hannah Lockie, Chu Wu, D.Y.C. Chan, Franz Grieser and Raymond R. Dagastine

9:35 AM
(213d) Application of the SAFT-VR Density Functional Theory to the Prediction of Interfacial Properties of Mixtures of Relevance to Reservoir Engineering
Felix Llovell, Niall Mac Dowell, Felipe J. Blas, Amparo Galindo and George Jackson

9:55 AM
(213e) Local Equilibrium of the Gibbs Interface in Two-Phase Systems
Thierry Savin, Marco Schweizer and Hans Christian Öttinger

10:15 AM
(213f) Shear Free and Blotless Cryo-TEM Imaging: A New Method for Probing Early Evolution of Nanostructures
Jinkee Lee, Amitesh Saha, Jens Rieger, Arijit Bose and Anubhav Tripathi

10:35 AM
(213g) Role of Draining Channels in Hydrodynamic Interactions
Rohini Gupta and Joelle Frechette

10:55 AM
Concluding Remarks
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