Research
Capillarity and surface fluid mechanics applied to measurement techniques for liquid-fluid surface tension and interfacial energy; contact angle and line tension on patterned surfaces; application of semiconductor fabrication processes to microfluidic device research and development.
Application
Surface phenomena (e.g. soap bubbles) are easy to generate but difficult to explain because of the molecular forces at the interface. Modeling of these surface effects is important in nano-technology and the miniaturization of many devices. There are numerous applications.