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Welcome to the Vecitis Lab

The research act i vi t i es i nt he Veci t i s Lab are f ocused on t he envi ronm ent al appl i cat i ons and i m pl i cat i ons ofem ergi ng t echnol ogi es. Experi m ent alm et hods are ut i l i zed t o bet t er underst and t he ki net i cs and m echani sm s off undam ent alphysi calchem i calprocesses behi nd t hese t echnol ogi es. he experi m ent s are used t o const ructaccurat e ki net i c and The resul t s oft m echani st i c m odel s oft he t echnol ogi calprocesses,and i nt urn t he m odel s are used t o rat i onal l yi m prove t hese t echnol ogi es. O ne area ofresearch i s envi ronm ent alnanot echnol ogy w i t h af ocus on carbonerenes,and graphene. based nanom at eri al s such as carbon nanot ubes ( CN Ts) ,f ul l CN Ts have pot ent i alas a new m at eri alt o produce el ect rochem i calf i l t ers f or appl i cat i ons such as pat hogen i nact i vat i on,organi cf oul i ng reduct i on,and cont am i nantdest ruct i on. Anot her area ofresearch i s w at er t echnol ogy and t he aqueous i nt erf aci al chem i st ry i nvol ved i nt hese processes. Advanced oxi dat i on processes f or w at er t reat m enti ncl udi ng ozonol ysi s, el ect rol ysi s,and ul t rasoni ci rradi at i on are i nherent l y dependenton chem i st ry occurri ng att he sol i dw at er or ai rw at er i nt erf ace. I nt erf aci alchem i st ry cannotbe accurat el y descri bed usi ng bul k m echani sm s and ve t oi m prove our underst andi ng oft hese i nt erf aci al ki net i cs,t hus w e st ri processes,w hi ch w i l li nt urn be ut i l i zed t o rat i onal l y desi gn ofm ore ef f i ci ent w at er t reat m entt echnol ogi es.
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15-Jun-13