Polymers, Surfaces and Interfaces (PSI - ψ) group
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December 24, 2012: Chemical and Engineering News highlights our work on oil-water separation as one of the top research discoveries of the year 2012. (Link)
December 23, 2012: Shuaijun and Arun’s work on developing Superomniphobic surfaces is published in JACS. (Link)
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November 13, 2012: Prof. Tuteja is interviewed by Bloomberg TV regarding our work on oil-water separation. See the video here.
August 30, 2012: Sai’s work on developing one of the first patterned Superomniphobic - Superomniphilic Surfaces is published in Angewandte Chemie. (Link)
August 30, 2012: Arun’s work on developing Superoleophobic surfaces with one of the lowest reported hysteresis is published in Advanced Materials. (Link)
August 28, 2012: Arun and Gibum’s work on developing one of the first ever membranes that use only gravity to separate all types of oil-water mixtures, including both oil-in-water and water-in-oil emulsions is published in Nature Communications. (Link)
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Latest publications
“Superomniphobic Surfaces for Effective Chemical Shielding”, Journal of the American Chemical Society (Link)
“High Efficiency Thin Upgraded Metallurgical-Grade Silicon Solar Cells on Flexible Substrates” Nano Letters, 2012, 12, 10, 5143-5147. (Link)
“Patterned Superomniphobic-Superomniphilic Surfaces: Templates for Site-Selective Self-Assembly”, Angewandte Chemie - International Edition, (Link)
“Hierarchically structured superoleophobic surfaces with ultra-low contact angle hysteresis”, Advanced Materials, (Link)
“Hygro-responsive membranes for effective oil-water separation”, Nature Communications, (Link)
“On-demand separation of oil-water mixtures” Advanced Materials, (Link)
The ψ group is focused on using polymers to address some of the key challenges in the areas of renewable energy and environmental science. Particular areas of interest include Superoleophobic surfaces, Superhydrophobic Surfaces, Ice-Repellent Surfaces, Membranes, Polymer Nanocomposites, Thermoelectrics, Solar Cells, and Liquid-liquid Separations.
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