Paolo Malgaretti 

Scientific scope

We are interested in the coupling between chemical reaction, transport, and information. In particular, we are addressing the following questions:

• Can we design optimal chemical reactors upon tuning physical properties such as the porosity of the catalyst and the shape of the microfluidic channel they are embedded in?

• Can we relate the time evolution of chemically reactive systems to the entropy production and so the "information content" they carry?

• Can we design novel materials, sensors, actuators based on active matter such as active polymers and active channels?