Research Description
Velev and his group have engineered new classes of magnetically, thermally and light-responsive foams. Earlier, the group discovered a novel shear-based method for the efficient scalable preparation of polymeric microrods that make ultrastable foams and emulsions. Historically, Velev is the first to report formation of the (later-named) “colloidosome” assemblies during his independent research in Japan.
Previous Projects
Remediation of Bioparticle-Stabilized Foams in Commercial Bioreactors Dane Grismer
Creation of Responsive Foams and Foams Stabilized by Natural Materials Stephanie Lam
Surface-Functionalized Particles for Foam, Emulsion, and Dispersion Stabilization Elena Blanco
Super-Stable Foams and Emulsion from Hydrophobic Cellulose Particles via an Environmentally-Friendly Process Sejong Kim
Representative Publications
Fameau, A.-L.; Lam, S.; Velev, O. D. Multi-stimuli responsive foams combining particles and self-assembling fatty acids. Chem. Sci. 2013, 4, 3874-3881.
Blanco, E.; Lam, S.; Smoukov, S. K.; Velikov, K. P.; Khan, S. A.; Velev, O. D. Stability and viscoelasticity of magneto-Pickering foams. Langmuir 2013, 29, 10019-10027.
Lam, S.; Blanco, E.; Smoukov, S.; Velikov, K. P.; Velev, O. D. Magnetically Responsive Pickering Foams. Journal of the American Chemical Society2011, 133, 13856–13859.
Wege, H. A.; Kim, S.; Paunov, V. N.; Zhong, Q. X.; Velev, O. D. Long-term stabilization of foams and emulsions with in-situ formed microparticles from hydrophobic cellulose. Langmuir 2008, 24, 9245–9253.
Koo, H. Y.; Chang, S. T. Choi, W. S.; Park, J. H.; Kim, D. Y., Velev, O. D. Emulsion-based synthesis of reversibly swellable, magnetic nanoparticle-embedded polymer microcapsules. Chemistry of Materials 2006, 18, 3308–3313.
Alargova, R. G.; Bhatt, K. H.; Paunov, V. N.; Velev, O. D. Scalable synthesis of a new class of polymer microrods by a liquid-liquid dispersion technique. Advanced Materials 2004, 16, 1653–1657.
