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Investigating the effect of oil spills
on the environment and public health.

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Boyu Zhang

Tulane University

Department of Chemistry

School of Science and Engineering
201 Lindy Boggs Center
New Orleans , LA 70118

bzhang3@tulane.edu

Project List:

Development of Cost-Efficient and Concentration-Independent Dispersants for Improved Oil Spill Remediation

Year 3-5 Investigator Grants (RFP-II)Role: Graduate Student - PhD Level

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 2
2013
Zhang, B., Zhang, H., Elupula, R., Alb, A. M., & Grayson, S. M. (2013). Efficient Synthesis of High Purity Homo-arm and Mikto-arm Poly(ethylene glycol) Stars Using Epoxide and Azide-Alkyne Coupling Chemistry. Macromol. Rapid Commun., 35(2), 146–151.
Zhang, B., Zhang, H., Li, Y., Hoskins, J. N., & Grayson, S. M. (2013). Exploring the Effect of Amphiphilic Polymer Architecture: Synthesis, Characterization, and Self-Assembly of Both Cyclic and Linear Poly(ethylene gylcol)-b-polycaprolactone. ACS Macro Lett., 2(10), 845–848.
Conference Presentations - 10
2014
Grayson, S. M., Zhang, B., & Myers, B. M. (2014). Exploring effect of polymer acrhitecture on self-assembly. In American Chemical Society National Meeting – 248th. San Francisco, CA : 08/10/14-08/12/14.
Zhang, B., Zhang, H., Elupula, R., & Grayson, S. M. (2014). Efficient synthesis of high purity homo-arm and mikto-arm poly(ethylene glycol stars using epoxide and azide-alkyne coupling chemistry. In American Chemical Society National Meeting. Dallas, TX, 03/16/14 - 03/20/14: Poster.
Zhang, B., Zhang, H., Li, Y., Hopskins, J., Elupula, R., & Grayson, S. M. (2014). Exploring amphiphilic copolymer architectures with cyclic topology based on poly(ethylene glycol) and poly(caprolactone): Synthesis, characterization, and self-assembly behavior. In American Chemical Society National Meeting. Dallas, TX, 03/16/14 - 03/20/14.
Zhang, B., Zhang, H., Meyers, B. K., Li, Y., Elupula, R., & Grayson, S. M. (2014). Characterization of polyethylene glycol end group functionalities and confirmation of their modifications using matrix assisted laser desorption ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry. In American Chemical Society National Meeting. Dallas, TX, 03/16/14 - 03/20/14: Poster.
2013
Grayson, S. M., Zhang, B., Wang, Y., & Poree, D. E. (2013). Exploring the effect of macromolecular architecture on the self-assembly and stability of micelles prepared from polymer amphiphiles. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2013. New Orleans, LA: 01/21/2013-01/23/2013.
Zhang, B., & Grayson, S. M. (2013). Exploring the effect of amphiphile architecture: Synthesis, characterization, and self-assembly of both cyclic and linear poly(ethylene gylcol)-b-polycaprolactone. In APTEC annual conference. Hattiesburg, MS, November 22, 2013: Poster.
Zhang, B., Zhang, H., & Grayson, S. M. (2013). SCI-MIX: Tadpole shaped amphiphilic poly(ethylene glycol)-b-polycaprolactone copolymer prepared by ring-opening polymerization and click chemistry. In ACS National Meeting. New Orleans, LA April 7-11, 2013, LA: Poster.
Zhang, B., Zhang, H., & Grayson, S. M. (2013). Tadpole shaped amphiphilic poly(ethylene glycol)-b-polycaprolactone copolymer prepared by ring-opening polymerization and click chemistry. In ACS National Meeting. New Orleans, LA, April 9, 2013: Poster.
Zhang, B., Zhang, H., Hoskins, J. N., & Grayson, S. M. (2013). SCI-MIX: Exploring the effect of amphiphile architecture: Synthesis, characterization, and self-assembly of both cyclic and linear poly(ethylene gylcol)-b-polycaprolactone. In ACS National Meeting. New Orleans, LA April 7-11, 2013: Poster.
Zhang, B., Zhang, H., Hoskins, J. N., & Grayson, S. M. (2013). Exploring the effect of amphiphile architecture: Synthesis, characterization, and self-assembly of both cyclic and linear poly(ethylene gylcol)-b-polycaprolactone. In ACS National Meeting. New Orleans, LA, April 9, 2013: Poster.