Peter Psathas

UT Austin
Department Of Chemical Engineering 
Austin, TX 78712

phone: (512) 471 9602 (lab)
           (512) 474 8179 (home)

fax: (512) 475 7824
email: psathp@che.utexas.edu


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Projects:

Past:

Emulsion Formation in Supercritical Carbon Dioxide

Development of Characterization Techniques (Optical
 Microscopy, Electrical Conductivity)

Development of Surfactants Suitable for the Formation of CO2 -continuous Emulsions and Microemulsions

Present:

Study of the Effect of Formulation Variables in the Emulsion Stability

Measurement of the Interfacial Tension of Surfactants at the CO2/Water Interface

Future:

Study the Effect of Interfacial Properties on Emulsion Stability

Measurement of Dynamic Interfacial Tension at the CO2 /water Interface
            

 

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Publications & Presentations:

 

C. Ted Lee, Jr., Petros A. Psathas and K. P. Johnston, Water in  Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Emulsions: Formation and Stability, Langmuir 1999, 15, 6781-6791

S. R. P. da Rocha, P. A. Psathas, E. Klein and K. P. Johnston, Concentrated Emulsions in Systems Containing CO2 , water and Nonionic Ethoxylated Polymeric Surfactants, Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research, in press(2000)

P. A. Psathas, S. R. P. DaRocha, C. Ted Lee, Jr., K. P. Johnston, K. T. Lim, S. E. Webber, Water-in-Supercritical Carbon Dioxide Emulsions with PDMS Block Copolymer Ionomers, Industrial and Engineering Chemsitry Research, in press (2000)

K. P. Johnston, J. D. Holmes, G. B. Jacobson, C. T. Lee, G. Li, P. A. Psathas and M. Z. Yates, Reactions and Synthesis in Microemulsions and Emulsions in Carbon Dioxide, submitted to "Reactions and Synthesis in Surfactant Systems" ed by John Texter (2000)

C. Ted Lee, Jr., Petros A. Psathas, Kirk J. Ziegler, Keith P. Johnston, J. Dai, H. D. Cochran, Y. B. Menlichenko, G. D. Wignall, Formation of Water-in-Carbon Dioxide Microemulsions with a Cationic Perfluoropolyether Surfactant: A Small-Angle Neutron Scattering Study, Journal of Physical Chemistry, in press (2000) 

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Areas of interest:

General colloid and Interface Science and its Applications

Possible Research Topics for the Future in the Area of Colloids in Supercritical Fluids

Chemical Engineering and Physical Chemistry Research in Greece

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Links of interest:

Download my Resume

UT Chemical Engineering

U. of Patras, Greece, Chemical Engineering

Demokritos Research Institute, Greece

National Research Institute, Greece

News, Greece

My home city, Greece

My hobby and future goal

Classical Guitar

 

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Peter and the Emulsion Apparatus

 

Interfacial Tension Apparatus (pictures below)
 

 

 

 


last update: February 09, 2001

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