Microfluidics and Interfacial Fluid Dynamics Laboratory

Lubricating film instabilities

Dynamic wetting phenomena in microchannels

Bubbles in complex geometries

Multiphase transport properties in confined microsystems

Jet instabilities in microchannels

Formation of viscous waves

Permeable droplets

Flow dynamics of ternary fluid systems

Viscous buckling

High-viscosity fluid mixing at the small scale

Dissolution of CO2 bubbles in porous-like media

Liquid/gas multiphase flows

Confined jets dynamics

Role of solvent in immiscible systems

Droplets in viscous stratifications

Interactions between segmented and layered microflows

Unfolding of capillary threads

Interfacial control of thick fluids

Welcome to the Microfluidics and Interfacial Fluid Dynamics Laboratory

The laboratory is aimed at developing the science and engineering of small-scale flows to new potentials. We study physical hydrodynamics and examine interfacial phenomena and transport properties of soft materials in microsystems. Research topics include multiphase flows, surface tension, wetting dynamics, miscible flows, and fluid instabilities. Laboratory goals include conception of innovative microfluidic systems for the diagnostic, manufacturing, and delivery of complex fluids.