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Emeritus Professor R. Nagarajan

E-mail: rxn@psu.edu
 

Current Contact Information

Natick Soldier Research, Development & Engineering Center

Molecular Sciences and Engineering Team

Kansas Street

Natick, MA 01760

Phone : 508-233-6445

Fax : 508-233-4469

 

 

B.Tech.   Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (1970) 
M.Tech.   Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur (1973)
Ph.D.       Chemical Engineering, State University of New York at Buffalo (1979)


Research Interests:

 

Molecular thermodynamic modeling and predictive computation of properties of complex fluids

 

Applications of organized molecular assemblies related to nanomaterials, bioprocesses, environment, chemical separations, and other colloidal phenomena. 

 

 

 

Theory of Self-Assembled Systems

§         Definition of Critical Micelle Concentration  

§         General Thermodynamic Analysis of Self-Assembly  

§         Theory of Micelle and Vesicle Formation  

§         Sphere-to-Rod Transition of Micelles  

§         Bola and Gemini Surfactants  

§         Self-Assembly in Non-Polar Media  

§         Surfactants in Polar Organic and Mixed Solvents  

§         Solubilization in Micelles  

§         Surfactant-Polymer Interactions  

§         Mixed Micelles  

§         Microemulsions  

§         Block Copolymer Self-Assembly  

§         Surfactants at Solid-Liquid Interfaces  

§         Micellar Autocatalysis  

 

Applications of Self-Assembled Systems

 

§         Synthesis and Stabilization of Nanoparticles  

§         Enzymatic Biocatalysis in Organized media  

§         Chemical Separations Using Self-Assembled Systems  

§         Selective Protein Extractions  

§         Tribology and Lubrication  

§         Lung Surfactants  

§         Enhanced Oil Recovery  

§         Deinking of Laser and Xerox Printed Paper  

 

 

 

Publications

 

 

Students

 

 

Short Courses

Surfactants and Block Copolymers - Self-Assembly  

Surfactants and Block Copolymers - Solution, Interfacial and Colloidal Properties

 

MIT Professional Summer Course 10.01s

Nanomaterials for Biological and Pharmaceutical Technologies

 

 

Link to ACS Division of Colloid and Surface Chemistry  

 

 

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