Internship and thesis proposals
Physics of plants: Solving the mystery of embolism repair in plants after a period of drought

Domaines
Soft matter
Physics of liquids
Physics of living systems
Hydrodynamics/Turbulence/Fluid mechanics

Type of internship
Expérimental et théorique
Description
It is not really understood how a plant can recover after the development of an air embolism after the nucleation of cavitation bubbles in their hydraulic network, some studies calling for a "miracle". An emerging hypothesis focuses on solutes (salts, sugars) to trigger the nucleation and growth of new droplets, which will refill the dry parts of the hydraulic circuit. The main objective of the internship is to understand the physics of the refilling when solutes are present. Our approach will be to manufacture biomimetic leaves made of a thin layer of transparent silicone.

Contact
Philippe Marmottant
Laboratory : LIPHy - UMR5588
Team : LIPhy Grenoble, équipe MOVE
Team Website
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