Physical Society Colloquium
Interview for Faculty Position
Modeling surfactant solubilization of carbon
nanotubes:
materials and biological applications
Steve Nielsen
University of Pennsylvania
A coarse grained model is developed for aqueous surfactant systems and for
graphite. This model allows for self-assembly studies to be performed and
greatly extends the time and spatial scales accessible with a fully atomistic
description. Surfactant patterning of graphite sheets and solubilization of
carbon nanotubes is studied. Lastly, short nanotubes are used to explore the
minimal requirements for the spontaneous insertion of a water-conducting
channel into a biological membrane.
Thursday, February 5th 2004, 16:00
Ernest Rutherford Physics Building, R.E. Bell Conference Room (room 103)
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