Soft Matter and Complex Fluids

Research on complex fluids and polymers includes areas like polymer rheology, transport in complex fluids, soft matter, interfacial science, and making polymers. This research benefits applications in:

• Energy: improving liquid fuel cells, lubricants, and batteries; aiding carbon capture and biomass conversion.
• Living systems transport processes: treatment of brain tumors, artificial trees, bioseparations.
• Soft materials: colloids and gel arrest, polymer rheology and synthesis.
• Microfluidics: microscale fuel cells, separation devices, microscale mixing, digital fluidics.
• Adhesion: how fluids stick and spread.