Current
research in my group is focused on two-phase microfluidics, fluid-structure
interaction, wetting and flows of complex fluids. Applications range from
chocolate moulding to pulmonary airway reopening, via technological
applications such as flexible POLED displays. A long-standing
interest is the influence of vessel geometry on the modes of bubble
propagation and liquid recovery on the pore-scale. The presence of a fluid
interface that is inherently nonlinear means that complex dynamics occur
even for slow flows where inertial forces are negligible. Our experimental
approach often leads to unexpected observations, which we follow up with a
programme of careful experimentation and modelling under the umbrella of
the Manchester Centre for
Nonlinear Dynamics.
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