Domaines
Soft matter
Physics of liquids
Type of internship
Expérimental Description
Understanding and characterizing soft systems—ubiquitous in materials science and biophysics—requires precise knowledge of their rheological and interfacial properties, such as viscosity and sur-face tension. These properties are not always uniform: many dynamic processes, like the solute or thermal Marangoni effect and surfactant-driven interfacial motion, are governed by spatial variations in these same interfacial parameters. Yet, capturing these interfacial variations remains a significant experimental challenge—especially at the micrometric scale, where traditional methods fall short, and in out-of-equilibrium systems, where many fundamental questions are still unresolved. This project aims to tackle this challenge by developing an innovative, non-invasive optical technique capable of simultaneously measuring interfacial properties in real time and across multiple points of a micrometric interface. The final goal of the PhD project is to achieve the first-ever 2D mapping of interfacial properties in non-equilibrium systems—a breakthrough that could revolutionize how we understand and control interfacial dynamics at small scales.
Contact
Ulysse DELABRE