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Investigating the effect of oil spills
on the environment and public health.
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Francisco R. Hung

Louisiana State University

Cain Department of Chemical Engineering

110 Chemical Engineering
South Stadium Road
Baton Rouge, LA  70803  

f.hung@northeastern.edu

Project List:

Consortium for the Molecular Engineering of Dispersant Systems (C-MEDS)

Year 2-4 Consortia Grants (RFP-I)Role: Co-Principal Investigator, Task Co-Lead, Task Co-Lead

Publications & Presentations:

Journal Articles - 8

2016

Zhang, Z., Avij, P., Perkins, M. J., Liyana-Arachchi, T. P., Field, J. A., Valsaraj, K. T., & Hung, F. R. (2016). Combined Experimental and Molecular Simulation Investigation of the Individual Effects of Corexit Surfactants on the Aerosolization of Oil Spill Matter. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 120(30), 6048-6058.

2014

Ehrenhauser, F. S., Avij, P., Shu, X., Dugas, V., Woodson, I., Liyana-Arachchi, T., Zhang, Z., Hung, F. R., & Valsaraj, K. T. (2014). Bubble bursting as an aerosol generation mechanism during an oil spill in the deep-sea environment: laboratory experimental demonstration of the transport pathway. Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 16(1), 65-73.
Liyana-Arachchi, T. P., Zhang, Z., Ehrenhauser, F. S., Avij, P., Valsaraj, K. T., & Hung, F. R. (2014). Bubble bursting as an aerosol generation mechanism during an oil spill in the deep-sea environment: molecular dynamics simulations of oil alkanes and dispersants in atmospheric air/salt water interfaces. Environ. Sci.: Processes Impacts, 16(1), 53-64.

2013

Liyana-Arachchi, T. P., Hansel, A. K., Stevens, C., Ehrenhauser, F. S., Valsaraj, K. T., & Hung, F. R. (2013). Molecular Modeling of the Green Leaf Volatile Methyl Salicylate on Atmospheric Air/Water Interfaces. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 117(21), 4436-4443.
Liyana-Arachchi, T. P., Stevens, C., Hansel, A. K., Ehrenhauser, F. S., Valsaraj, K. T., & Hung, F. R. (2013). Molecular simulations of green leaf volatiles and atmospheric oxidants on air/water interfaces. Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics, 15(10), 3583.
Liyana-Arachchi, T. P., Valsaraj, K. T., & Hung, F. R. (2013). Ice growth from supercooled aqueous solutions of reactive oxygen species. Theoretical Chemistry Accounts, 132(1).

2012

Liyana-Arachchi, T. P., Valsaraj, K. T., & Hung, F. R. (2012). Ice Growth from Supercooled Aqueous Solutions of Benzene, Naphthalene, and Phenanthrene. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 116(33), 8539-8546.
Liyana-Arachchi, T. P., Valsaraj, K. T., & Hung, F. R. (2012). Adsorption of Naphthalene and Ozone on Atmospheric Air/Ice Interfaces Coated with Surfactants: A Molecular Simulation Study. The Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 116(10), 2519-2528.

Conference Presentations - 9

2014

Avij, P. E., F.S.; Dugas, V. S., X.; Zhang, Z. P., M.; Field, J. H., & F.; Valsaraj, K. (2014). Laboratory Experimental Demonstration of the Effect of Oceanic Whitecap in Transferring Oil and Dispersant Compounds to Atmosphere. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014
Chen, Y. R., & P.S.; Hung, F. (2014). Molecular modeling of oil dispersion with hydrophobins. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014
Zhang, Z. L., T.P.; Avij, P. E., F.S.; Valsaraj, K. H., & F.R (2014). Molecular dynamics simulation of oil alkanes and dispersants in atmospheric air/salt water interfaces. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2014

2013

Ehrenhauser, F. S. H., A. A.; Liyana-Arachchi, T. P. W., M.J.; Hung, F. R. H., & P. R.; Valsaraj, K. T. (2013). Chemistry at the interface: Chemical transformations at the air-water interface. In ACS National Meeting & Spring Exposition
Liyana-Arachchi, T. P. . Z., Z.; Ehrenhauser, F. S. A., P.; Valsaraj, K. T. H., & F. R (2013). Oil hydrocarbons and dispersants at air/salt water interfaces: Molecular simulations and experiments. In ACS National Meeting & Spring Exposition
Liyana-Arachchi, T. E., F.S.; Avij, P. V., & K.T.; Hung, F. (2013). Oil hydrocarbons and surfactants at air/salt water interfaces: Molecular simulations and experiments. In Gulf of Mexico Oil Spill & Ecosystem Science Conference 2013
Liyana-Arachchi, T. V., & K.T.; Hung, F. (2013). Molecular dynamics simulations of green leaf volatiles and OH radicals on atmospheric air/water interfaces. In ACS National Meeting & Spring Exposition

2012

Liyana-Arachchi, T. V., & K.T.; Hung, F. (2012). Adsorption of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and ozone on atmospheric air/ice interfaces: A molecular simulation study. In American Chemical Society Meeting
Liyana-Arachchi, T. V., & K.T.; Hung, F. (2012). Adsorption of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and ozone on atmospheric air/ice interfaces. In Foundations of Molecular Modeling and Simulation Conference