Eugene D. Shchukin

Research Professor
shchukin@jhu.edu
(410) 516-5079 Office (410) 516-8996 Fax
 

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Research Interests

• Materials science and engineering: mechanical properties

• Dislocations

• Environment- sensitive behavior

• Liquid metals

• Wear

• Catalysts

• Mineral binders

• Ceramics

• Hard materials treatment. Colloids and interfaces

• Adsorption

• Surfactants

• Disperse systems stability

• Sols

• Emulsions

• Particles interaction

• Rheology

• Environmental colloids

• Major Research Areas: Materials Science and Engineering: physical/chemical surface phenomena in solids, theory of dislocations, solid mechanics, environment-sensitive mechanical behavior of materials, control and applications (durability of catalysts, mineral binders, ceramics; liquid metal embrittlement, hard materials treatment, rock drilling, wear and lubrication); Colloid and Interface Science: surfactant's effects at various interfaces, stability of disperse systems (sols, emulsions, foams, aerosols), particles interaction and structure formation in disperse systems (adhesion, sintering, hydration, sol/gel transition), colloid-chemical principles and methods in environmental engineering. Prof. Shchukin teaches courses on Colloid Chemistry and Physical/Chemical Mechanics of Disperse Systems and Materials.