Area
of Research:
Professor Colina utilizes the
fusion of materials and computational sciences to obtain
solutions to problems that were previously intractable.
This fusion creates the opportunity to engineer materials
for applications to separations, sensors, microelectronics,
drug delivery, and biomaterials. Her group uses materials
theory, modeling and computer simulation, with methods
ranging from molecular-based equations of state, with
a rigorous statistical mechanics basis, to high-performance
computer modeling. Her group also has a synergetic
relationship with experimentalists, and several national
and international collaborative programs, such as polymer-solvent
experiments performed by collaborators at Virginia
Commonwealth University and National Center for Scientific
Research “Demokritos” in
Greece.
Current areas of
research by Professor Colina fall into three areas. The
first area is the improvement of polymer-based processes
by gaining a fundamental understanding of polymeric materials. She
is developing new methodologies for predicting the effect
of specific interactions (self and cross-association)
of polymeric materials and their environment. The second
area is the behavior of materials under conditions of
extreme temperature and pressure. This area is of significant
interest in many fields, including petrochemicals, combustion,
propulsion, and detonation. The third area is certain
aspects of human pathology associated with a number of
diseases, such as hemophilia B and von Willebrand disease.
She is studying the growth of macromolecular aggregates
when proteins dock in a highly orientated manner. Her research
interests in this area span a wide range of applications,
from structural biochemistry to biosensors. |
Journal
Articles and Publications:
1. Colina, C. M. and K. E. Gubbins, “Vapor-Liquid-Liquid
Equilibria of n-Perfluoroalkanes/Carbon Dioxide/n-Alkanes
Ternary Mixtures”, J. Phys. Chem. B. 109,
2899-2910 (2005).
2. Bouza, A., Colina, C. M. and C. G. Olivera-Fuentes, “Parameterization
of Molecular-based Equations of State”,
Fluid Phase Equilib. 228-229C, 561-575 (2005).
3. Walker, T. A., Colina, C. M., Gubbins, K. E. and
R. J. Spontak, “Thermodynamics of Poly(dimethylsiloxane)/Poly(ethylmethylsiloxane)
(PDMS/PEMS) Blends in the Presence of High-Pressure
CO2”,
Macromolecules, 37, 2588-2595 (2004).
4. Striolo, A., Colina, C. M., Gubbins, K. E., Elvassore,
N. and L. Lue, “The Depletion Attraction
between Pairs of Colloid Particles in Polymer Solution”,
Molecular Simulation, 30, 437-449 (2004).
5. Colina, C. M., Olivera-Fuentes, C. G., Siperstein,
F. R., Lísal, M. and K. E. Gubbins, “Thermal
Properties of Supercritical Carbon Dioxide by
Monte Carlo Simulations”, Molecular
Simulation, 29, 405-412 (2003).
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