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 Lab (Chem 11)
Sprctroscopy (Chem 151)
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
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)
Qiao Y, Galvosas P, Adalsteinsson T, Schönhoff M, Callaghan P. T.: "Diffusion exchange NMR spectroscopic study of dextran exchange through polyelectrolyte multilayer capsules." J. Chem Phys, 112 Art No. 214912, (2005)
Dong W-F. Ferri J. K. Adalsteinsson T. Schönhoff M., Sukhorukov G. B. Möhwald H.: Influence of shell structure on stability, integrity, and mesh size of polyelectrolyte capsules: Mechanism and strategy for improved preparation. Chem. Matt., 17, 2603, (2005)
Petty S. A., Adalsteinsson T., Decatur S. M.: "Correlations among Morphology, beta-Sheet Stability and Molecular Structure of Prion Peptide Aggregates"; Biochemistry, 44 4720, (2005)
Adalsteinsson T, Dong WF, Schönhoff M.: "Dynamics of 77kDa dextran in sub-micron polyelectrolyte capsule dispersion measured using PFG-NMR." J. Phys. Chem. B, 108, 20056, (2004)
