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The University of New Mexico

Frank B van Swol

Contact

vanswol@unm.edu
Phone: (505) 239-0917 
Fax: (505) 239-0917

Physical Address

Room 152
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Director of Research & Development
Scientific Simulation Systems,
10 W. Second St., Suite 210, Dayton, OH 45402

Research Associate Professor,
Center for Micro-Engineered Materials,
University of New Mexico.                  

Research Group Website

Education

1988    Univ. of Amsterdam, Dept of Chemistry, Amsterdam, Netherlands Ph.D. Phys Chem
1978    Univ. of Amsterdam, Dept of Chemistry, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, MS Phys Chem
1974    Univ. of Amsterdam, Dept of Chemistry, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, BS Chem

Biography

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Frank van Swolis an a physcial chemist with more than 30years experience in molecular modeling and theory, focusing on interfacial phenomena such wetting and capillarity. He will be a leading scientist providing modeling insight at the molecular length scale.

Professional Experience

  • 1996 – present Research Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, UNM
  • 1994 – 2015    Principal Member of Technical Staff, Sandia National Laboratories
  • 1988 –1994     Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Illinois
  • 1986 –1988     Visiting Ass Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering, Cornell University
  • 1982 – 1986    Research Associate, Ramsay Memorial Fellow, Oxford University
 

Awards

  • 2009    R&D 100 Award, NanoCoral Dendritic platinum nanostructures for renewable energy applications
  • 2009    FLC Award, Novel Dendritic Platinum Catalysts for Fuel Cells
  • 2008    R&D 100 Award, Superhydrophobic Coatings
  • 1982    Ramsay Memorial Fellowship

 

Selected Publications

Author and co-author over 106 journal publications, two patents. 4502 citations, h-index 40.
  1. M. Fleharty, F. van Swol and D. N. Petsev, Solvent Role in the Formation of Electric Double Layers with Surface Charge Regulation: an Immaterial Bystander or a Key Participants, Phys. Rev. Lett., accepted
  2. M. Fleharty, F. van Swol and D. N. Petsev, Electric Double Layers at the Semiconductor-Electrolyte Interface, J. Colloid Interface Sci., 449 (2015) pp. 409-415.
  3. M. Fleharty, F. van Swol and D. N. Petsev, Manipulating Semiconductor Colloidal Stability through Doping, Phys. Rev. Lett., 113 (2014) p. 158302
  4. F. van Swol and D. N. Petsev, Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Binary Hard Sphere Colloids Near Glass Transition, RSC Advances, 4 (2014) pp. 21631-21637.
  5. M. Fleharty, F. van Swol and D. N. Petsev, The Effect of Charge Regulation on Conductivity in Nanopores, J. Colloid Interface Sci., 416 (2014) pp. 105-111.
  6. J. Carmer, F. van Swol, and T. M. Truskett, ,Note: Position-dependent and pair diffusivity profiles from steady-state solutions of color reaction-counterdiffusion problems, J. Chem. Phys., 141 (2014) pp 064101.
  7. L.J.D. Frink and van Swol, F. , Oscillatory surface forces: A test of the superposition approximation., J. Chem. Phys.105, (1996), pp 2884
  8. van Swol, F. and Henderson, J,R., Wetting and drying transitions at a fluid-wall interface. Density functional theory versus computer simulation. Phys. Rev. A., 40 (1989) pp2567-2578.
  9. L.J.D. Frink and van Swol, F. , Solvation forces between rough surfaces., J. Chem. Phys.106, (1997), pp 3782-3791
  10. A Thermodynamic Perspective of the Metastability of Holey Sheets: The Role of  Curvature, van Swol, F.; Challa, S. R.; Shelnutt, J. A., PCCP, 2012,  14, 13309-13318.
  11. Hierarchical Cooperative Binary Ionic Porphyrin Nanocomposites, Tian, Y.; Busani, T.; Uyeda, G. H.; Martin, K. E.; van Swol, F.; Medforth, C. J.; Montaño, G. A.; Shelnutt, J. A., Chem. Commun., 2012, 48, 4863-4865.
  12. The effect of surface charge regulation on conductivity in fluidic nanochannels, M. E. Fleharty, F. van Swol, D.N. Petsev, J. of Colloid and Interface Science, 416 (2014) 105-111.
  13. Drag Reduction on a Patterned Superhydrophobic Surface, Truesdell, R; Mammoli, A; Vorobieff, P; van Swol, F; Brinker, CJ Physical Review Letters volume 97 issue 4, page 044504. (2006).
  14. Superhydrophobic interactions. Drying transition of Confined Water. Singh, S; Houston, JE; van Swol, F;  Brinker, CJ; Nature; 442, 526, (2006)

Research Gate

Collaborators

J. van der Elsken L.V. Woodcock, University of Amsterdam (Ph.D.Thesis Advisors), J.S. Rowlinson, (Oxford University, Postdoctoral Advisor), K. E. Gubbins (Cornell University, Postdoctoral Advisor), D. N. Petsev(University of New Mexico), A. Kraynik (Caltech), R. Franco (University of Lisbon, Portugal), C.G Medforth and E. Pereira(University of Porto, Portugal), Sang Han (University of New Mexico), S. Challa (University of New Mexico). P.A. Monson (University of Massachussetts), T. Truskett (University of Texas, Austin), D. MacDonald (University of California, Berkeley); Maguire, J. (S^3)

Graduate Advisor: J. van der Elsken L.V. Woodcock. (University of Amsterdam, Retired);

Postdoctoral Sponsors: J.S. Rowlinson (Oxford, retired); K.E. Gubbins (Cornell)Current Advisees: Benner, E. (UNM), Vangara, R. (UNM)

Past Advisees: A. Papadopoulou (MS,PhD), University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC); D.J Courtemanche (MS,PhD, UIUC); L.J.D. Frink (MS,PhD, UIUC);  E.J. Hug (MS,PhD, UIUC); E. Kokkoli(MS,PhD, UIUC); M. Fleharty (PhD, UNM); Fleharty, M. E. (The Broad Inst. at Harvard MIT)

Postgraduate-Scholar Sponsor (3 scholars/postdocs): M. Lupkowski, A.(UIUC) Malanoski. S (UNM); S. Challa (UNM)

Research Interests

  • Molecular Simulations and Computational Modelling
  • Statistical Mechanics 
  • Multiscale Modelling models in  Corrosion research

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