PART 1, CHARACTERIZING MESOSCALE STRUCTURE AND PHENOMENA ; 1. AFM study of trisiloxane surfactant aggregate structures and the solid/liquid Interface ; 2. Cryo-TEM study of self-aggregation of sodium lithocholate single-molecular walled nanotubules ; 3. Characterizing mesoscale structure and phenomena in fluids using NMR ; 4. Characterization down to nanometers: Light scattering from proteins & micelles ; 5. Small-angle scattering characterization of block copolymer micelles and lyotropic liquid crystals ; 6. X-ray scattering studies of long-chain alcohol monolayers at the water-hexane interface ; 7. Structure and composition of mixed surfactants at interfaces and in solution ; 8. Particle characterization by scattering methods in systems containing different types of aggregates ; 9. Aggregation and gelation in colloidal suspensions - time-resolved light and neutron scattering experiments ; 10. Aging of soft glassy materials probed by rheology and light scattering ; 11. Nanoscale vs. macroscale friction in polymers and small-molecule liquids: Studies of anthracene rotation in poly(isobutylene) and poly(dimethylsiloxane) ; 12. Sculpting nano-scale liquid interfaces ; PART 2, PREDICTING MESOSCALE STRUCTURE AND PHENOMENA ; 13. Modeling structure and properties in mesoscale fluid systems ; 14. Mesoscale simulations: industrial applications ; 15. Application of DPD to materials physics problems in polymer and surfactant science ; 16. Dynamics of phase separation in polymeric systems ; 17. Simulations of polymer solutions, a field-theoretic approach ; 18. Modeling mechanical properties of resins prepared by sol-gel chemistry ; 19. Phenomenological GCMC simulation of self-assembled mesostructures ; 20. Study of the effects of added salts on micellization of cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) surfactant ; PART 3, APPLICATIONS OF MESOSCALE PHENOMENA ; 21. Formation of multi-lamellar vesicles from ethylene oxide/1,2-butylene oxide diblock copolymers ; 22. Cubosome formation via dilution - kinetic effects and consumer product implications ; 23. Importance of mesoscopic structures in the development of advanced materials ; 24. Impact of micellar strucure and phase behavior on rheology and performance in superwetting cleaners ; 25. Emulsions or microemulsions: Phase diagrams and their importance for optimal formulations
