Thorsteinn Adalsteinsson
Assistant Professor
tadalsteinsson@scu.edu
Office: 408-554-5389
Fax: 408-554-7811
Daly Science 101
Personal Website
Degree Information
B.Sc., University of Iceland, Reykjavik, Iceland; 1996
Ph.D., University of Wisconsin, Madison; 2002
Teaches
General Chemistry I (Chem 11) Syllabus
Spectroscopy (Chem 151) Syllabus
Chemical Thermodynamics (Chem 152)
Physical Chemistry Lab (Chem 154)
Research
Colloid and Interface Science, Nanotechnology
Active Grants
National Science Foundation, Division of Electrical, Communications and Cyber Systems. (In collaboration with Cary Yang and John Jameson, Engineering, Santa Clara University)
Recent Publications
Black, J.K., Tracy, L.E., Henry, P.J., Pesavento, J.B., Adalsteinsson, T.: "Phase Transitions of Hexadecane in Poly(alkyl methacrylate) Core-Shell Microcapsules"; The Journal of Physical Chemistry-B 2010, 114(12), 4130-4137
Johnson, B.H., Allagoa,E., RThomas, R. L., Stettler, G., Wallis, M., Peel, J.H., Adalsteinsson, T., McNelis, B. J., Barber, R.P.: "Influence of functionalized fullerene structure on polymer photovoltaic degradation"; Solar Energy Materials & Solar Cells 2010, 94(3), 537-541
Pokhrel, R., Gonzalez, J.E., Hight, T., and Adalsteinsson, T.: "Analysis and Design of a Paraffin/Graphite Composite PCM Integrated in a Thermal Storage Unit," Conference Proceedings of the International Conference on Energy Sustainability (ASME), 2008, 2, 621-629
Fette E. V., Pham A. and Adalsteinsson T.: “Crystallization and Melting Transitions of Hexadecane Droplets in Poly(styrene) Nanocapsules.” Manuscript submitted and accepted to The Journal of Physical Chemistry - B (Manuscript I.D. jp-2007-102879.R1) (2008)
Deng C., Dong W-F., Adalsteinsson T., Ferri J. K., Sukhorukov G. B. and Möhwald H.: “Solvent-filled matrix polyelectrolyte capsules: preparation, structure and dynamics” Soft Matter, 3, 1293 - 1299, (2007)
