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Yongfu Wu
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Email: yongfuwu@peer.caltech.edu
Education:
-Ph.D., Analytical Chemistry,
The City University of New
York
-M.Phil., Analytical Chemistry,
The City University of New
York
-M.S., Physical Chemistry,
University of Science and
Technology of China
-B.S., Chemical Physics, University
of Science and Technology
of China
Research Interests:
After completion of his Ph.D.
degree under directions of
Prof. Milton J. Rosen, Dr.
Wu joined California Institute
of Technology as a post doctoral
scholar in 2002. He is currently
working on two projects of
improved oil recovery (IOR)
in sandstone and carbonate
reservoirs, sponsored by U.S.
Department of Energy (DOE).
Dr. Wu's research interests
include surfactants and interfacial
phenomena such as wetting,
spreading, emulsion and adsorption,
as well as development of
novel surfactants for improved
oil recovery, remediation
of aquifer and groundwater
and other surfactant-related
industrial processes.
Patents:
-Rosen, M. J.; Wu, Y. F. "Enhancement
of the Wetting of Hydrophobic
Surfaces by Aqueous Surfactant
Solutions" (pending), U.S.
Patent Application Serial
No. 10/385,298
-Tang, Y.; Shuler, P. J.;
Wu, Y. F.; Iglauer, S.; Blanco,
M.; Goddard, W. A., III "Chemical
System for Improved Oil Recovery"
(provisional application:
CIT-4193-P)
-Tang, Y.; Wu, Y. F.; Wu,
S.; Shuler, P. J. "Fast Screening
Technology for Measurement
of Hydrides Thermal Decomposition"
(provisional application:
CIT-4146-P)
Selected Publications:
-Wu, Y. F.; Rosen, M. J.;
"Synergism in the Spreading
of Hydrocarbon-Chain Surfactants
on Polyethylene Film_Anionic
and Cationic Mixtures by A
Two-Step Procedure" Langmuir,
2005, 21(6), 2342-2348.
-Zhou, Q.; Wu, Y. F.; Rosen,
M. J. "Surfactant-Surfactant
Molecular Interactions in
Mixed Monolayers at a Highly
Hydrophobic Solid/Aqueous
Solution Interface and Their
Relationship to Enhanced Spreading
on the Solid Substrate" Langmuir,
2003, 19, 7955-7962.
-Wu, Y. F.; Rosen, M. J. "Superspreading
of Trisiloxane Surfactant
Mixtures on Hydrophobic Surfaces
2. Interaction and Spreading
of Aqueous Trisiloxane Surfactant
N-Alkyl Pyrrolidinone Mixtures
in Contact with Polyethylene"
Langmuir, 2002;18(6);
2205-2215
-Rosen, M. J.; Wu, Y. F. "Superspreading
of Trisiloxane Surfactant
Mixtures on Hydrophobic Surfaces
1. Interfacial Adsorption
of Aqueous Trisiloxane Surfactant
N-Alkyl Pyrrolidinone Mixtures
on Polyethylene" Langmuir,
2001;17(23);7296-7305 |
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