MechE Colloquium: Water flows at nanoscales and exotic ionic transport
Event details
| Date | 09.04.2019 |
| Hour | 12:15 › 13:15 |
| Speaker | Prof. Lydéric Bocquet, CNRS, ENS Paris |
| Location | |
| Category | Conferences - Seminars |
Abstract:
It is an exciting period for nanofluidics, the field exploring the transport of fluids at the nanoscales. Routes now exist to fabricate individual channels with nanometric and even sub-nanometric dimensions, while new instruments have also been invented to probe transport across these channels. And indeed, a number of quite exotic properties for water and ion transport have emerged since. This presentation will highlight several such phenomena.
Bio:
Lydéric Bocquet is director of research at CNRS and joint professor at the physics department of ENS Paris. He received his Ph.D. in theoretical physics in Lyon in 1994. His research interests extend to domains at the interface of soft condensed matter, fluid dynamics and nanoscience. He combines experiments, theory and simulations to explore the intimate mechanisms of fluid interfaces from the macroscopic down to the molecular level. His recent interests aimed at taking benefit of the unexpected fluid transport behavior occurring at the nanoscales to propose new routes for energy harvesting and desalination. Beyond academically oriented topics, he also has a strong interest in every-day life science. He obtained several awards, including two advanced grants of the ERC in 2010 and 2018. He is cofounder of the startup Sweetch Energy.
It is an exciting period for nanofluidics, the field exploring the transport of fluids at the nanoscales. Routes now exist to fabricate individual channels with nanometric and even sub-nanometric dimensions, while new instruments have also been invented to probe transport across these channels. And indeed, a number of quite exotic properties for water and ion transport have emerged since. This presentation will highlight several such phenomena.
Bio:
Lydéric Bocquet is director of research at CNRS and joint professor at the physics department of ENS Paris. He received his Ph.D. in theoretical physics in Lyon in 1994. His research interests extend to domains at the interface of soft condensed matter, fluid dynamics and nanoscience. He combines experiments, theory and simulations to explore the intimate mechanisms of fluid interfaces from the macroscopic down to the molecular level. His recent interests aimed at taking benefit of the unexpected fluid transport behavior occurring at the nanoscales to propose new routes for energy harvesting and desalination. Beyond academically oriented topics, he also has a strong interest in every-day life science. He obtained several awards, including two advanced grants of the ERC in 2010 and 2018. He is cofounder of the startup Sweetch Energy.
Practical information
- General public
- Free