2025 AIChE Annual Meeting

Session: Sustainability Considerations for the Use and Replacement of Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances (PFAS)

This session will consider the uses and alternatives to Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances (PFAS). Issues include essential uses and alternative assessment of replacements.

Chair

Xue Chen, The Dow Chemical Company

Co-Chair

Richard West, Northeastern University

Presentations

12:30 PM

(172a) AI-Driven Inverse Design of PFAS-Free Surfactants: A Multi-Scale Framework Integrating Quantum Chemistry, Thermodynamics, and Machine Learning
Mingyeong Jeon, Yejin Hong, Daeun Shin, Haeyeon Choi, Jonggeol Na

01:00 PM

(172b) Machine-Learning Assisted Development of PFAS and PFAS-Free Omniphobic Coatings
Yilang Liu, Fanglin Che

01:30 PM

(172c) Understanding Surfactant Transport of Soluble Commercial Surfactant Mixtures for Fluorine-Free Firefighting
Meenal Rathi, Joseph Zasadzinski, Cari Dutcher

02:00 PM

(172d) PFAS Molecular Interactions and Organization in Solution and at Interfaces
Marina Tsianou, Dmitry Bedrov, Paschalis Alexandridis

02:30 PM

(172e) Reducing Cost of PFAS Removal from Semiconductor Waste— an Optimization Approach
Hubert Treve, Joshua Moon, Juan Manuel Restrepo-Florez