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Investigating the effect of oil spills
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Richard G. Weiss

Georgetown University

Department of Chemistry

Box 571227
Washington , DC 20057

weissr@georgetown.edu

Project List:

Consortium for the Molecular Engineering of Dispersant Systems (C-MEDS)

Year 2-4 Consortia Grants (RFP-I)Role: Co-Principal Investigator, Task Co-Lead

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 3
2015
Mallia, V. A., & Weiss, R. G. (2015). Structural bases for mechano-responsive properties in molecular gels of (R)-12-hydroxy-N-(ω-hydroxyalkyl)octadecanamides. Rates of formation and responses to destructive strain. Soft Matter, 11(25), 5010–5022.
2014
Mallia, V. A., & Weiss, R. G. (2014). Self-assembled fibrillar networks and molecular gels employing 12-hydroxystearic acid and its isomers and derivatives. J. Phys. Org. Chem., 27(4), 310–315.
2013
Mallia, V. A., Seo, H. I., & Weiss, R. G. (2013). The influence of anions and alkyl chain lengths of N-alkyl-n-(R)-12-hydroxyoctadecyl ammonium salts on their hydroxyoctadecyl ammonium salts on their hydro- and organo-gels. Langmuir, 29(21), 6476–6484.
Conference Presentations - 5
2014
Raghavan, S. R., Diehn, K., Oh, H., & Weiss, R. G. (2014). Can supramolecular gelation of organic solvents be predicted a priori? Insights from a study of a sorbitol-based organogelator. In 247th American Chemical Society National Meeting. Dallas, TX - 03/16/2014-03/20/2014.
Weiss, R. (2014). Simple Molecules and Simple Chemistry Yield Complex Materials Through Self-Assembly. In IEEE Students' Technology Symposium – Indian Institute of Technology. Kanpur, India - 02/28/2014-03/02/2014.
Weiss, R. (2014). Complex Materials Through Self-Assembly Induced by Triatomic Molecules. In IEEE Students' Technology Symposium – Indian Institute of Technology at Kanpur. Kanpur, India - 02/28/2014-03/02/2014.
Weiss, R. (2014). Ionic and neutral derivatives of (R)-12-hydroxystearic acid: Structure, thixotropy, and conductivity. In 247th American Chemical Society National Meeting. Dallas, TX - 03/16/2014-03/20/2014.
2012
Yu, T., Mallia, V. A., Farnsworth, T. W., & Weiss, R. G. (2012). Uptake and dispersion of petroleum products from water using (R) N alkyl 12 hydroxyoctadecylammonium salts and ammonium dithiocarbamates of amino substituted polysiloxanes. In American Chemical Society Meeting. San Diego, CA, March 26-30, 2012.