Soft Matter
a. Wetting of soft deformable surfaces This research area focuses on understanding the interactions of liquid drops with soft, deformable substrates. On substrates that deform…
Complex Interfaces
a. Charged surfaces, EDL theory and electrokinetics In this topic, we explore the behavior of nanoscale charged surfaces and the transport and liquids and ions…
3-D Printing
3-D Printing refers to ability to carry out additive manufacturing in 3-D space. SMIEL is extensively involved with 3-D printing of electronics and composites on…
Nanomaterials
a. Liquid-2-D-material interactions for energy, environmental, and biomedical applications This research topic focuses on probing the interactions between liquids and 2D materials like graphene, hexagonal…