Wow week 2 is finished already it feels like time is flying by! This week I spent time in the lab working on magnetic nano-particles (MNP). I compared the magnetic nano-particles that I made (Amine coated MNP) to bare MNP.  My mentor and I were using the bare MNP as a control to see if the Amine coated MNP were as efficient  at removing oil.

Amine coated MNP proved to work!

Next week my project begins. I will test the effects of salinity on the destabilization of emulsions by functionalized magnetic nanoparticles.