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A PhD project in experimental microfluidics to study flow at liquid/liquid interfaces
PHD
Overcoming the huge hydrodynamic resistance that slows down liquid flow in confined spaces is a technical and scientific challenge. The successful candidates will investigate flow at interfaces, in microfluidic experiments. Through high-quality microscale experiments we will establish the occurrence of previously unknown interfacial phenomena, connected with gas accumulation. The experimental project involves flow experiments on special wettability nano- and micro-structured surfaces in microfluidic devices. Please see our website, https://neto.sydney.edu.au/, or contact Prof. Neto for further information.
This project will take place within the Nano-Interfaces Group with a strong collaborative atmosphere between students and postdoctoral fellows. You will be part of a scientifically rich and culturally diverse environment at the University of Sydney. The University hosts the Key Centre for Polymer and Colloids and the University of Sydney Nano Institute. Our staff and students are active members of the Australasian Colloids and Interface Society. You will have opportunities to collaborate with theorists and experimentalists across these networks and with our industry collaborators.
The project primarily involves performing microfluidics experiments and using a wide range of surface characterisation techniques such as optical and atomic force microscopy (AFM), contact angle goniometry, ellipsometry, and grazing angle FTIR. The modification of solid surfaces using advanced surface structuring techniques will be performed both in the lab and through external collaborations. Particularly suited to students with background in physics, mechanical engineering or similar disciplines. Interested students should source their own scholarship, as detailed on the University’s website.
Project Keywords: slippery, interfacial slip, special-wettability surfaces, flow visualisation, gas accumulation
The opportunity ID for this research opportunity is 2068