U.S.-France Cooperative Research: Theoretical Studies of Irreversible Adsorption at the Solid Liquid Interface

这个为期三年的奖项将支持普渡大学的Julian Talbot和法国国家科学研究中心（CNRS）液体理论物理实验室的Pascal Viot在化学工程方面的合作研究。他们将对大分子从溶液到固体表面的不可逆吸附进行理论、分析和计算研究。他们的研究目的是了解吸附动力学，沉积膜的结构及其与平衡过程的联系。蛋白质分子、乳胶球和细菌将用于他们的研究。这位美国研究者和他的团队将主要关注吸附过程的数值模拟，并将结果应用于实际的实验数据。法国的理论专长加强了这一点。此次合作平衡了化学工程（普渡大学）和理论物理与化学（CNRS）的互补专业知识。表面吸附的理论认识是一个比较新的研究领域。以往的表面吸附研究主要集中在实验研究上。这个研究项目将提供一个非常需要的表面吸附理论。这些过程是重要现象的基础，包括催化、细胞功能和涂层。* * *

9416956 Talbot This three-year award will support U.S.-France collaborative research in chemical engineering between Julian Talbot of Purdue University and Pascal Viot of the Laboratory for Theoretical Physics of Liquids, the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS). They will conduct theoretical, analytical and computational studies of irreversible adsorption of large molecules from solutions onto solid surfaces. The objective of their research is to understand the kinetics of the adsorption, the structure of the deposited films and their connection to equilibrium processes. Molecules of proteins, latex spheres and bacteria will be used in their studies. The U.S. investigator and his group will focus primarily on numerical simulation of adsorption processes and the application of the results to actual experimental data. This is enhanced by French theoretical expertise. The collaboration balances complementary expertise in chemical engineering (Purdue) and in theoretical physics and chemistry (CNRS). Theoretical understanding of surface adsorption is a relatively new research area. Past research on surface adsorption focused on experimental studies. This research project will provide a much needed theory of surface adsorption. These processes underlie important phenomena, including catalysis, cell function, and coating. ***