Angela Violi Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, and Chemical Engineering 2150 G.G. Brown (734) 615-6448 avioli@umich.edu Nanoparticle growth and self-assembly, nanoparticle interactions with biomolecular systems, molecular modeling of complex systems using atomistic models, applied chemical kinetics, aerosols Short Bio Research Publications Teaching Group Page

Recent Publications

1. S. Izvekov, A. Violi “A Coarse-Grained Molecular Dynamics Study of Carbon Nanoparticle Aggregation”, J. Chem. Theory Comput. 2(3), 504-512 (2006).
2. R. Chang, A. Violi “Insights into the effect of combustion-generated carbon nanoparticles on biological membranes: a computer simulation” Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 110(10). 5073-5083 (2006).
3. D. Wang, A. Violi, D.H. Kim, J.A. Mullholland “Formation of Naphthalene, Indene and Benzene from Cyclopentadiene Pyrolysis: A DFT Study” Journal of Physical Chemistry A, 110(14), 4719-4725 (2006).
4. S. Izvekov, A. Violi “Systematic Coarse-Graining of Nanoparticle Interactions in Molecular Dynamics Simulation” Journal of Physical Chemistry B 109(36): 17019-17024 (2005).
5. A. Violi, G.A. Voth “A multi-scale computational approach for nanoparticle growth in combustion environments” High Performance Computing and Communications, Proceedings Lecture Notes in Computer Science 3726: 938-947 (2005).
6. A. Violi “Cyclodehydrogenation Reactions to Cyclopentafused Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons” Journal of Physical Chemistry A 109(34): 7781-7787 (2005).
7. A. Violi, G.A. Voth, A.F. Sarofim “The relative roles of acetylene and aromatic precursors during soot particle inception” Proc. Combust. Inst. 30: 1343-1351 (2005).
8. Cooke J.A., Bellucci M., Smooke M.D., Gomez A., Violi A., Faravelli T., Ranzi E. “Computational and Experimental Study of JP-8, a Surrogate, and its Components in Counterflow Diffusion Flames” Proc. Combust. Inst. 30: 2343-2351 (2005).
9. A. D’Anna A. Violi “Detailed Modeling of the Molecular Growth Process in Aromatic and Aliphatic Premixed Flames” Energy & Fuels 19(1): 79-86 (2005).