M.S. Chemical Engineering (1992) University of Bologna
Ph.D. Chemical Engineering (2000) University of Minnesota
Micro and Nano-structured Liquids, Free Surface Flows, Computational Modeling of Complex Flows of Complex Fluids, Phase Behavior and Rheology of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes in Liquids, Hemolysis in Implantable Blood Pumps
Email: mp@rice.edu
Phone: (713) 348-5830
Office: Abercrombie, B227
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Matteo Pasquali
Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering and Chemistry
Prof. Matteo Pasquali has been at Rice University since 2000, where he is currently a Professor of Chemical & Biomolecular Engineering and Chemistry; he directs a laboratory working on complex and nanostructured fluids. Before joining Rice, Prof. Pasquali earned a PhD in Chemical Engineering at the University of Minnesota, with a thesis on modeling of free surface flows of polymer solutions, and worked as a postdoc on the dynamics of semiflexible polymers. Prof. Pasquali co-directed the Rice Carbon Nanotechnology Laboratory from 2005 to 2008.
Research Statement
Microstructured liquids. Free surface flows. Computational modeling of process flows. Visualization of flowing single DNA molecules. Rheology and phase behavior of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes. Rheology and microstructure of Polymeric Nanoparticles (particoils). Single-molecule behavior of semiflexible macromolecules.
Selected Publications
V. A. Davis and M. Pasquali "Macroscopic Fibers of Single-Walled Carbon Nanotubes." Nanoengineering of Structural Functional and Smart Materials (May 2004).
C. L. Pint, N. Nicholas, S. T. Pheasant, J. G. Duque, A. N. G. Parra-Vasquez, G. Eres, M. Pasquali,
and Robert Hauge, Temperature and gas pressure effects in vertically aligned carbon nanotube growth
from Fe-Mo catalyst. J. Phys. Chem. C, 112, 14041¿14051, (2008).
C. L. Pint, S. T. Pheasant, M. Pasquali, K. Coulter, H. K. Schmidt, and R. H. Hauge, Synthesis of high aspect-ratio carbon nanotube ¿flying carpets¿ from nanostructured flake substrates. Nano Lett., 8, 1879-1883 (2008).
J. G. Duque, L. Cognet, A. N. G. Parra-Vasquez, N. Nicholas, H. K. Schmidt, and M. Pasquali, Stable Luminescence from Individual Carbon Nanotubes in Acidic, Basic and Biological Environments. J.Amer. Chem. Soc., 130, p. 2626¿2633 (2008)
R. Duggal, P. Sunthar, J. Ravi Prakash, and M. Pasquali, Multi-scale Simulation of Dilute DNA in a
Roll-knife Coating Flow. J. Rheol., 52, 1405¿1425, (2008).
C. L. Pint, Y.Q. Xu, M. Pasquali, and R. H. Hauge, Formation of highly dense aligned ribbons and transparent films of single-walled carbon nanotubes directly from carpets. ACS Nano, 2, 1871¿1878,(2008).
A. Mohan, A. B. Kolomeisky, and M. Pasquali, Effect of charge distribution on the translocation of an
inhomogeneously charged polymer through a nanopore. J. Chem. Phys., 128, 125104 (2008). (Also
included in the Virtual Journal of Nanoscale Science & Technology).
P. P. Bhat, O. A. Basaran, and M. Pasquali, Dynamics of viscoelastic liquid filaments: low capillary number flows. J. Non-Newtonian Fluid Mech., 150, p. 211-225 (2008).
M. Bajaj, M. Pasquali, and J. Ravi Prakash, Coil-Stretch Transition and the Break Down of Continuum Models. J. Rheol., 52, p. 197¿223 (2008)
M. Bajaj, J. R. Prakash, M. Pasquali, A computational study of the effect of viscoelasticity on slot coating flow of dilute polymer solutions. J. Non-Newtonian Fluid Mech., 149, p. 104-123 (2008).
Presentations
"Single-walled carbon nanotubes in liquids: basic science and applications to processing." Department of Mathematics, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, North Carolina. (1 February 2008)
"Single-walled carbon nanotubes in liquids: basic science and applications to processing." Centre de Reserche Paul Pascal Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Bordeaux, France. (4 April 2008)
"Single-walled carbon nanotubes in liquids: basic science and applications to processing." Instituto de Carboquimica Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Zaragoza, Spain. (10 April 2008)
"Single-walled carbon nanotubes in liquids: basic science and applications to processing." Department of Chemical Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana. (22 April 2008)
"Computing Complex Flows of Complex Fluids." RWTH University, Chair for Computational Analysis of Technical Systems & AICES, Aachen, Germany. (21 June 2008)
Editorial Positions
Member of the Editorial Board.
Member of the Editorial Board.
Member of the Editorial Board.
Member of the Editorial Board.
Theses
Oscar Coronado-Matutti, Ph.D. "Computational modeling of three-dimensional viscoelastic free-surface flows." (Thesis or Dissertation Director)
Nick Parra-Vasquez, Ph.D. "Rheology and ternary phase behavior of pristine and functionalized SWNTs." (Thesis or Dissertation Director)
Pradeep Bhat, Ph.D. "Ink-jet printing and rheology of suspensions of novel Polymer Nanoparticles." (Thesis or Dissertation Director)
Virginia Davis, Ph.D. "Rheology and phase behavior SWNTs for ultra-high performance neat fibers." (Thesis or Dissertation Director)
Dhruv Arora, Ph.D. "Computational modeling of hemodynamics and hemolysis in ventricular-assist devices." (Thesis or Dissertation Director)
Rajat Duggal, Ph.D. "The fluid dynamical behavior of DNA in free-surface flows." (Thesis or Dissertation Director)
Connie Smith, "Thesis project: Fluorescence microscopy of single DNA molecules in complex flows."
Xueying Xie, Ph.D. "Computational modeling of white blood cells." (Thesis or Dissertation Director)
Connie Smith, Ph.D. "Visualization of flowing DNA molecules." (Thesis or Dissertation Director)
Alberto Montesi, "Thesis project: Brownian dynamics of dilute polymer solutions in complex flows."
Xueying Xie, "Thesis project: Computational studies of cell deformation mechanisms in microgravity environment (joint with K. Zygourakis)."
Xiruo Wang, "Thesis project: Computational modeling of complex flows of dilute and semidilute polymer solutions with coarse-grained models."
Alberto Montesi, Ph.D. "Computational and theoretical modeling of flowing semiflexible biomolecules." (Thesis or Dissertation Director)
Grants and Proposals
NSF Career.
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