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Charles

Dr. Charles de Lannoy

Assistant Professor

Department of Chemical Engineering

Expertise:
Functional surfaces and thin films, polymer nanocomposite materials, active membranes for desalination, water and wastewater treatment, fouling, membranes for gas separation, CO2 capture, nanosorbents
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Office:
JHE 372
Phone:
+1 905.525.9140 x 20486
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Overview

The de Lannoy lab is broadly focused on the environmental applications and implications of nanomaterials, with expertise in functional membrane development, desalination and water treatment, CO2 capture, polymer-nanocomposites, organic sorbents, and the responsible use of nanomaterials for environmental applications. Please see our projects for greater detail.  

Education

  • Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Stanford University (2015)
  • Ph.D. Civil and Environmental Engineering, Duke University (2014)
  • B.Sc. Physics, McGill University (2007)

Publications

Recent

  • Carpenter, A. W.; de Lannoy, C. F.; Wiesner, M., Cellulose Nanomaterials in Water Treatment Technologies, Environmental Science & Technology, 2015.
  • Sengur, R.; de Lannoy, C. F.; Turken, T.; Wiesner, M.; Koyuncu, I., Fabrication and Characterization of Hydroxylated and Carboxylated Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube / Polyethersulfone (PES) Nanocomposite Hollow Fiber Membranes, Desalination, 2015, 359, 123-140.
  • de Lannoy, C. F.; Soyer, E.; Wiesner, M., Optimizing Carbon Nanotube-Reinforced Polysulfone Ultrafiltration Membranes Through Carboxylic Acid Functionalization. Journal of Membrane Science 2013, 447, 395-402. 
  • de Lannoy, C. F.;  Jassby, D.; Gloe, K.; Gordon, A.; Wiesner, M., Aquatic Biofouling Prevention by Electrically Charged Nanocomposite Polymer Thin Film Membranes, Environmental Science & Technology, 2013, 2760-2768, 47 (6)
  • de Lannoy, C. F.; Jassby, D.; Davis, D.; Wiesner, M., A Highly Electrically Conductive Polymer-Multiwalled Carbon Nanotube Nanocomposite Membrane. Journal of Membrane Science, 2012, 415, 718-724.
  • Bennewitz, R.; David, J.; de Lannoy, C. F.; Drevniok, B.; Hubbard-Davis, P.; Miura, T.; Trichtchenko, O., Dynamic strain measurements in a sliding microstructured contact. J Phys-Condens Mat, 2008, 20 (1) 
  • Harroun, T.; Koslowsky, M.; Nieh, M. P.; de Lannoy, C. F.; Raghunathan, V.; Katsaras, J., Comprehensive Examination of Mesophases Formed by DMPC and DHPC Mixtures. Langmuir, 2005, 21 (12).

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