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Paul Van Tassel
Professor of Chemical Engineering
- Links
- – Research Page
- – Director of Undergraduate Studies Page
- – Curriculum Vitae
- – Research Projects
- – Publications
- – Funding
- – Students
- – Presentation 1: Continuous polyelectrolyte adsorption under an applied electric potential (3 MB)
- – Presentation 2: In situ layer-by-layer formation kinetics under an applied electric potential measured by optical waveguide lightmode spectroscopy (3 MB)
- – Presentation 3a: Fibronectin/polyelectrolyte multilayer assemblies: film formation and cell attachment studies (7 MB)
- Phone
- (203) 432-7983
- Fax
- (203) 432-4387
- Mailing Address
- P.O. Box 208286
New Haven, CT 06520
- Office Address
- 9 Hillhouse Avenue
ML 304
New Haven, CT 06511
Ph.D., University of Minnesota
RESPONSIBILITIES
Director of Undergraduate Studies, Chemical Engineering
INTERESTS
Biomolecules at interfaces, nanofilm biomaterials, macromolecular adsorption under electric potential, adsorption in templated porous materials, optical waveguide lightmode spectroscopy, molecular computer simulation, statistical mechanics.
AWARDS & HONORS
- J. William Fulbright Scholarship, France (2006)
- John J. Lee Associate Professorship of Chemical Engineering (2005)
- Invited Feature Article, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science (2003)
- National Academy of Engineering: Frontiers of Engineering (1999)
- National Science Foundation CAREER Award (1998)
REPRESENTATIVE PUBLICATIONS
- Influence of charged nanoparticles on colloidal forces: a molecular simulation study, B. Fazelabdolabadi, J. Y. Walz, and P. R. Van Tassel, 2009, Journal of Physical Chemistry B, in press.
- Simultaneous release of multiple molecules from poly(lactide-co-glycolide) nanoparticles assembled onto medical devices, C. T. Lo, P. R. Van Tassel, and W. M. Saltzman, 2009, Biomaterials, in press.
- Polyelectrolyte adsorption kinetics under an applied electric potential: strongly versus weakly charged polymers, C. Olsen and P. R. Van Tassel, 2009, Journal of Colloid and Interface Science, 329, 222.
- Multilayer nanofilms as substrates for hepatocellular applications, C. R. Wittmer, J. A. Phelps, C. M. Lepus, W. M. Saltzman, M. J. Harding, and P. R. Van Tassel, 2008, Biomaterials, 29, 4082.
- Theories of molecular fluids confined in disordered porous materials, L. Sarkisov and P. R. Van Tassel, 2008, Journal of Physics Condensed Matter, 20, 333101.
- Fibronectin terminated multilayer films: protein adsorption and cell attachment studies, C.R. Wittmer, J.A. Phelps, W. Mark Saltzman, Paul Van Tassel, 2007, Biomaterials, 28, 851.
- Integral equation theory of adsorption in templated materials: influence of molecular attraction, L. Sarkisov, Paul Van Tassel, 2007, Journal of Physical Chemistry C, 111, 15726.
- Continuous polyelectrolyte adsorption under an applied electric potential, A. Pascal Ngankam, Paul Van Tassel, 2007, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA, 104, 1140.
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