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SUMMARY:Complex fluid-fluid interfaces : rheology\, structure and opportun
 ities for engineering materials
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DESCRIPTION:Prof. Jan Vermant\, ETH Zürich\nComplex fluid-fluid interface
 s are common to living systems\, foods\, personal products\, and the envir
 onment. They occur where ever surface active molecules and particles colle
 ct at fluid interfaces and render them non-linear in their response to flo
 w and deformation. When this occurs\, the interfaces acquire a complex mic
 rostructure that must be interrogated. Interfacial rheological material pr
 operties must be measured to appreciate their role in such varied processe
 s as lung function\, cell division\, and foam and emulsion stability. Inte
 rfacial rheological characterization relies on the development of tools wi
 th the sensitivity to respond to small surface stresses in a way that isol
 ates them from bulk stresses. But also methods to engineer interfacial res
 ponses differ from the usual strategies in Bulk. We will see some examples
  of unique ways to structure interfaces and create new materials.\nreferen
 ces:\n(1) Gerald G. Fuller and Jan Vermant\, Complex Fluid-Fluid Interface
 s: Rheology and Structure  Annual Review of Chemical and Biomolecular Eng
 ineering\, Volume: 3   Pages: 519-543  (2012).\n(2) Imperiali\, Luna\, 
 Clasen\, Christian\, Fransaer\, Jan\, Macosko\, Christopher W.\, Vermant\,
  Jan.\nA Simple Route to Graphene Oxide Frameworks.  Materials Horizons\,
  1(1)\, 139-145 (2014\n(3) Van Hooghten\, Rob\, Imperiali\, Luna\, Boeckx\
 , Vincent\, Sharma\, Ravi\, Vermant\, Jan Rough nanoparticles at the oil-w
 ater interfaces: their structure\, rheology and applications Soft Matter\,
  9(45)\, 10791-10798 (2013)\nBio: I studied Chemical Engineering at KU Leu
 ven and got my doctoral degree in 1996 on the topic of liquid crystalline 
 polymers under supervision of  Professors Jan Mewis and P. Moldenaers. Fo
 llowing this my professional experience includes a Postdoctoral fellowship
  from Elf Aquitaine allowed me to learn about rheo-optics and scattering a
 t Stanford University\, Ecole des Mines and in the Centre de Recherche Pau
 l Pascal. After that I was a postdoctoral fellow of the fund of Scientific
  Research Flanders\, before joining the faculty at K.U. Leuven in 2000. I 
 was a full professor of Chemical Engineering and the departmental chairper
 son (2011-2013). I have held visiting appointments at Stanford University\
 , FZ-Julich and the University of Delaware and Princeton University and at
  the ESPCI as Michelin Professor. since august 2014 I have been at the ETH
  Zürich as professor of Soft Materials in the department of materials.
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