The Interfacial Research Group

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Updated: 5/2024

Stephen Garoff

Stephen Garoff, Principal Investigator

Harvard University, Ph.D. Applied Physics
Harvard University, M.S. Applied Physics
Yale University, B.S. Physics

Email: sg2e@andrew.cmu.edu

Graduate Students

NAME

THESIS TITLE
Lena Asavathiratham Image Analysis as a Tool to Study Electrokinetics of Heterogeneously Charged Colloids
Benjamin Beppler Deposition Through Moving Contact Lines
William Birch The Microscopic and Molecular Structure of Precursing Thin Films of Surfactant Solutions on Silicon Oxide/Silicon Surfaces
Sebastian Catana Tangential Forces between Spheres of Colloidal Doublets
Chang Chen Marangoni Spreading on a Thin Liquid Layer on a Vertical Film
Hao Chen Marangoni spreading on a thin liquid layer on a vertical substrate
Qun Chen Experimental Investigation of Dynamic Wetting Models: Interface Shapes and Velocity Fields Near the Moving Contact Line
Xia Chen Effects of Thin and Ultra-Thin Liquid Films on Dynamic Wetting
Chiung-Hsuan Chung Marangoni Driven Flow of Surfactant Solutions on Polymer Solution Subphase
Eldon Decker Contact Line Structure and Relaxation on Surfaces with Contact Angle Hysteresis
Dimitar Draganov Transition Region and Precursing Films of Polymer Melts
Benjamin Frank Surfactant elf-Assembly Near Contact Lines: Control of Advancing Surfactant Solutions
Xiaotong Fu Development of an Apparatus and Analysis Method for Characterizing Marangoni Spreading on Grooved Surfaces
Jason Hamm Redispersion of Polymer Coated Colloidal Aggregates with Changing Solvent Quality
Tsung-Lin Hsieh Dynamic Processes of Surfactants at Fluid Interfaces
Keith Humfeld Interface Shapes and Thing Film Structures of Complete Partial, and Pseudo Partial Wetting Systems
Steven Iasella Surfactant Driven Pulmonary Drug Delivery
Parv Jain Dissolution of a Physically Entangled Polymer Solution at a Few Times the Overlap Concentration
Roomi Kalita Incomplete Spreading of Surfactants and Surfactant Solutions on Liquid Subphases: A Proof of Surfactant Moving Ahead of Contact Lines and the Origin of Autophobing
Anubhav Khana Impact of Cosurfactants on Marangoni Spreading at the Oil/Water Interface
Amsul Khanal Spreading of Surfactant-Laden Aerosols on Entangled Polymer Solution Subphases
Junhyung Kim Dynamics of Particles in Spatially and Temporally Varying Electric Fields Near Electrodes
Kevin Koch Surface Tension Gradient Driven Flows on Complex Subphases
Yicheng Li Marangoni Spreading On Grooved Plate
Barry Luokkala Interfacial Structure and Rearrangement of Nonionic Surfactants Near a Receding Contact Line
John Marsh Dynamic Contact Angles and Hydrodynamics Near a Moving Contact Line
Brian McKenzie In progress
Jaehyun Moon The Wetting Characteristics and Diffusive Growth of Precursing Films in Single and Multi Component Metallic Systems
Gurudatta Nadkarni The Complex Microscopic Contact Line Motion On Ambient Surfaces
Mayank Nandwani In progress
Jingyi Pan Marangoni Transport Synergism at the Oil/Water Interface Caused by Surfactant Convective-Diffusion under Radial Flow
Aditya Patel Preparation and Characterization of Powders for Surfactant Driven Marangoni Spreading
Dan Qu Hydrodynamics of Dip-Coated Thin Films in the Presence of Evaporation and Surfactant Structures Controlling Spontaneous Dewetting
Madeline Lilian Sauleda Surfactant transport in Marangoni flow
Gitanjali Seevaratnam Dynamic Wetting of Non-Newtonian Fluids
Ramankur Sharma Spreading and Wetting Characteristics of a Drop of Pure Surfactant and Surfactant Solution on Liquid Subphases
Yijun Shen High Speed Imaging of Marangoni Spreading: Dewetting and Rewetting
Ruofan Shi Structure and Evolution of Complex Wave Packets on a Liquid Surface in the Presence of Marangoni Stresses
Sneha H. Solanki Comparison of Surfactant Effectiveness in Enhancing Deposited Aerosol Spreading with Applicaiton to Pulmonary Delivery
Amy Stetten Capillary and Transport Phenomena of Liquid Drops Spreading on Miscible Liquid Subphases
Kroum Stoev Thin Film and Inertial Effects on the Hydrodynamics Near Moving Contact Lines
Ningguan Sun The Effect of Surfactant Concentration on Surfactant-driven Marangoni Flow
Yue Suo Unsteady Spreading of Newtonian Fluids and Dynamic Wetting of Shear-Thinning Fluids
Howard Tang In Progress
Kalyani Varanasi Dynamic Wetting at Receding Contact Lines of Soluble Surfactant Solutions: Hydrodynamics and Molecular Assemblies
Darrell Velegol Determining the Forces between Colloidal Particles Using Differential Electrophoresis
Yuli Wei Dynamic Wetting of Viscous and Vicoelastic Fluids
Keith Willson Dynamic Wetting of Polyer Melts- And Investigation of the Role of Material Properties and the Inner Scale Hydrodynamics
Haichao Wu Marangoni Driven Dewetting of Thin Liquid Layers in a Cylinder
Wangrun Xu Computational Study of Marangoni Spreading
Bingfan Xie Marangoni Flow on a Thin Liquid Layer in a Vertical Tube
Angela Yang In Progress
Yingqi Yi Diffusiophoresis of Polymer/Surfactant Complexes System and Surfactant Only System
Xin Zhang The Effects of Powder Composition on Surfactant Driven Marangoni Transport
Ying Zhang Coalescence of Sessile Drops: The Role of Gravity, Interfacial Tensions and Surface Wettability
Yuqi Zhang The Impact of a Gel Substrate on the Marangoni Driven Spreading on a Simple Liquid Layer
Zechen Zhang Detection of Marangoni Flow Driven Drug Delivery
Mengjie Zhoa Production and Characterization of Self-Dispersing Particles

Post Doctoral Research Associates

Vignesh Thammanna Gurumurthy
2022

Henry Chu
2018-2020

Gunnar Duner
2013-2016

Nitin Kumar
2001-2003

Enrique Ramé
1993-1996

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