Research
Soft suspensions in confined flow, including red blood cells, droplets and synthetic capsules. We investigate the flow-induced deformation of the soft particles as well as the collective hydrodynamic interactions.
Funding: Univ. of Arkansas
Nanoparticle-stabilized emulsions, including bijels and Pickering emulsions, and the morphology of these systems in confinement and/or under the influence of electric fields.
Funding: NSF
Porous polymer membranes, formed by phase inversion. We simulate the temperature-induced and solvent-induced phase separation process at the pore scale using 3D phase-field models.
Funding: 3M / NSF
Pores and gas bubbles in nuclear materials, developed during irradiation. We investigate the microscale distribution and evolution of these features in the solid material.
Funding: DOE