The main scientific interest of our group is to understand the physics of various transport phenomena (of heat, mass and momentum) in so called "Complex Fluids". Losely speaking fluids made of building blocks that are significantly larger than those of moldecular fluids such watter - see the schematic representation below.
Fig. 1: Characteristic space- and timescales of complex fluids. The water molucule is schematically represented at the origin of the axis as a reference.
Fig. 2: A schematic representation of the intricate coupling between various transport phenomena and the molecular structure of a complex fluids. The left banner gives a flavour of the pluri-disciplinaerity of our investigations while the right banner highlights our collaborative research philosophy.