Vivek Sharma
Associate Professor
Research Interests
- The goal of Soft Matter ODES group is to specialize in the understanding of, and control over, optics, dynamics, elasticity & self-assembly (ODES) of complex fluids & functional soft materials. We combine experiments and theory to pursue problems in opto-electronics, digital-fluidics, elasto-capillarity and structural-color (ODES) in multicomponent biological and industrial complex fluids and soft materials. The fundamental and applied problems in complex fluids and functional soft materials are selected with focus on energy-related applications, biophysics-driven innovations and engineering-education, as described below and throughout the group website.
- Our primary interests lie in dynamics, rheology and processing of complex fluids and functional soft materials. The formulation and use of inks, paints, blends, coatings, cosmetics, food and pharmaceuticals involve manifested role of deformable interfaces, nonlinear viscoelasticity, flow-induced microstructural changes, instabilities, pattern formation and free-surface flows. The connection between macroscopic rheological (shear, extensional and interfacial) behavior and underlying micro-structural changes/ (or macromolecular deformation) are probed by combining rheometry, microfluidics, optics (imaging, microscopy, spectroscopy) and theory, (as well as true grit and defiant effort). Simultaneously probing and understanding optical and interfacial properties, and non-equilibrium phase behavior of multicomponent complex fluids is necessary for identifying physiochemical basis of observed response.
At a Glance
- Title Associate Professor
- College College of Engineering
- Department Department of Chemical Engineering
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