Nanostructures of Surfactants at Solid-Liquid and Gas-Liquid Interfaces and their Influence on Interfacial Properties

0227583Miller 该奖项使犹他大学冶金工程系的 Jan Miller 教授和几名研究生能够与澳大利亚新南威尔士州纽卡斯尔大学的 Anh Nguyen 博士及其团队积极合作。 他们联合研究的重点是表面活性剂在固-液和气-液界面的自组装以及这些自组装纳米结构如何改变界面性质。 他们正在开发表面活性剂自组装的定量模型，并将进行实验测试。他们还将确定会影响某些工业过程（例如晶圆清洁和矿物加工）的相关界面特性。 该合作研究利用了主要研究人员在界面特性和粒子相互作用（纽卡斯尔）以及原子力显微镜的原位纳米结构成像和表面力测量等技术（犹他州）方面的互补研究专业知识。他们计划的研究可能会为粒子科学和表面化学领域做出贡献，为更好地控制界面特性提供基础，从而改善基于表面化学的工业流程。

0227583MillerThis award enables Professor Jan Miller and several graduate students of the Department of Metallurgical Engineering of the University of Utah to collaborate actively with Dr. Anh Nguyen and his group at the University of Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia. The focus of their joint research is the self-assembly of surfactants at solid-liquid and gas-liquid interfaces and how these self-assembled nanostructures change interfacial properties. They are developing quantitative models for the self-assembly of surfactants which they will test experimentally. They will also determine the associated interfacial properties that would influence some industrial processes such as wafer cleaning and minerals processing. The collaborative research exploits the complementary research expertise of the principle investigators in interfacial properties and particle interactions (Newcastle) and in-situ nanostructure imaging and surface force measurements by Atomic Force Microscopy, among other techniques (Utah). Their planned research is likely to contribute to the fields of particle science and surface chemistry by providing the basis for greater control over interfacial properties and thereby a means for improving surface chemistry-based industrial processes.