Our research focuses on the environmental and health implications of nanotechnology and the application of nanotechnology for water treatment, membrane processes, and environmental remediation.

Latest News: The ACS Colloids and Surfaces 2012 Symposium will be taking place at Johns Hopkins University. Kai Loon is the co-organizer of the Environmental session. Dec 2011 – Our multi-institutional review on the environmental fate and ecological risks of carbon nanotubes is published in ES&T. Jun 2011 – Khanh An’s paper on the aggregation kinetics of citrate- and PVP-coated silver nanoparticles is published in ES&T. May 2011 – Paper on fouling and cleaning of RO membranes is published in the Journal of Membrane Science. Feb 2011 – Peng’s paper on the aggregation and deposition kinetics of oxidized multiwalled carbon nanotubes is published in Langmuir Aug 2010 – Kai Loon co-organized the “Environmental Applications and Implications of Nanotechnology” symposium at the ACS Fall 2010 National Meeting (Aug 22–26) in Boston. Peng gave a talk on the deposition of multi-walled carbon nanotubes on silica surfaces, while Khanh An gave a talk on the aggregation kinetics of silver nanoparticles. Apr 2010 – Paper on plasmid DNA adsorption on silica surfaces in the presence of alkaline earth and transition metals is accepted by Biomacromolecules Feb 2010 – Review paper on the assessment of colloidal properties of engineered nanoparticles is published in Environmental Chemistry