Funding
FHyRe: Fluctuating hydrodynamics for nanoreactors
The transport of fluids at the nanometer scale departs from what is commonly observed at macroscopic scales. The interplay of the nanometric confinement with chemical reactions leads to phenomena that have no counterpart at the macroscale, which can be exploited to improve the current technology. In this project, we plan to develop a finite element framework for simulating catalytic nanoreactors influidic environments, which are currently used in a variety of applications, ranging from biomedicine to energy harvesting.
Unravelling the mechanics of the eucaryotic cell nucleus
In this project we plan to use numerical simulations and experiments using fluorescence microscopy to study the in-vivo mechanical properties of the cell nucleus. Specifically, we are interested in the contribution of the chromatin to the rheological behaviour of the nucleoplasm liquid.
