Principal Investigator Daniel Blankschtein
Project Website http://dbgroup.mit.edu/research
The Blankschtein Group conducts research in the interdisciplinary field of Colloid and Interface Science, which is becoming increasingly important to a large number of industrial, environmental, electronic, biotechnological, and biomedical applications where chemical engineers can play a pivotal role. Through the combination of theory, simulation, and experiment, we apply fundamental knowledge to several applications including detergency, emulsification, and wetting; adhesives, coatings, and thin films; petrochemical processes; food, paint, pharmaceutical, cosmetic, and photographic technologies; controlled-release of active ingredients in pharmaceuticals and consumer products; removal of trace contaminants from water sources; bioseparations; and biomedical applications including transdermal and oral drug delivery.