Engineering multiphase soft materials for sustainability

Lecturer: Asst. Prof. Manolis Chatzigiannakis

Monday 09 March 2026 at 16:00

The stability and rheology of multiphase materials, such as foams and emulsions, are controlled by interfacial properties and by the thin liquid films (TLFs) that form between neighboring droplets or bubbles. When two bubbles approach each other, a T [...]

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Mechanical phase transitions and rheology of collagen networks

Lecturer: Fred MacKintosh

Friday 13 March 2026 at 14:00

The mechanics of cells and tissues are largely governed by scaffolds of filamentous proteins. Particularly common examples of these are the collagen fiber networks of extracellular matrices. There is now increasing evidence that the mechanics of such [...]

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Functional Soft Solids: A Foray into Gels, Aerogels and Nanofibrous Structures

Lecturer: Saad A. Khan

Friday 03 April 2026 at 14:00

In this presentation, we will share vignettes of various research projects in our group, the focus of which have primarily been on multicomponent soft materials. Examples will be drawn from, various classes of polymeric, colloidal, nanoparticulate an [...]

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