Efforts concentrate on innovative ways of monitoring processes
occurring in polymer solutions in realtime. We make extensive use of light scattering
and other optical techniques, viscometry, size exclusion chromatography, and
other auxiliary techniques (DSC, electronmicroscopy, etc.). We have interests
in the fundamental areas of polymer reaction kinetics and mechanisms, conformations,
interactions and hydrodynamics, with a special focus on polyelectrolytes.
Work is supported by the U.S
National Science Foundation(0124006), private sponsors including Atofina
Elf, International Specialty Products,
Firmenich,
Brookhaven Instruments Corp., and has benefited significantly through regular
contacts with Brazilian universities/government organizations.
Brookhaven
Instruments Corp. (BIC) , under
license from Tulane University, now manufactures
the seven angle laser light scattering photometer (BI-MwA), based on our original
prototypes.
Polymer
Laboratories has recently signed a licensing
agreement with Tulane University to commercialize ACOMP.
Research Areas
Automatic, Continuous Online Monitoring
of Polymerization Reactions (ACOMP)
Realtime monitoring of polymer degradation
Polyelectrolyte properties
Automatic Continous Mixing (ACM) for equilibrium
characterization
Simultaneous Multiple Sample Light Scattering (SMSLS)
Multiple Detector Size Exclusive Chromatography