We apply the principles of surface and interfacial
engineering to materials processing, fabrication,
modification, and recycling.
Our research experience includes:
Wetting, Spreading and Adhesion Phenomena
Fabrication of Hydrophobic Coatings and Self-Assembled Molecular Structures on
Metals and Minerals
Surface Force Measurements in Colloidal Systems and
their Relevance to Particle Separation Technologies
Flotation of Minerals (including coal)
De-inking Flotation of Waste Paper
Plastics Recycling
Water Processing of Oil Sands/Oil-Contaminated Soil; Separation of Dispersed Oil from Water and Waste
Water; Extraction of Dispersed Oil from Water in Analytical
Systems; Oil Spill Clean-Up with Sorbents