Rippling ferroic phase transition and domain switching | Dr. Yang Yang
Title: Rippling ferroic phase transition and domain switching Abstract: 2D ferroic and multiferroic materials recently sparked much interest owing to their potential applications in emerging 2D functional devices. 2D materials possess another unique degree of freedom, i.e. low-energy flexural out-of-plane bending mode, which becomes more…
Multiphase Flow in Granular Media: How Pore-scale Heterogeneity Plays a Role | A/Prof Yixiang Gan
Title: Multiphase Flow in Granular Media: How Pore-scale Heterogeneity Plays a Role Abstract: As a typical heterogeneous porous material, granular media include everything from sand on the beach to flour and salt on our dining table. Various forms of heterogeneity can be observed in nature and synthetic materials and are shown to…
Applications of an immersed boundary-lattice Boltzmann method for the fluid-structure interactions in blood flow and insect flight | Qiuxiang Huang
Title: Applications of an immersed boundary-lattice Boltzmann method for the fluid-structure interactions in blood flow and insect flight Abstract: The fluid-structure interaction (FSI) problems are common in nature, particularly in engineering and biological applications. Nevertheless, a comprehensive study of such problems remains a…
LAMSES seminar – Qiong Liu (QUT) and Mingrui Dong (USYD)
Session 1: In situ transmission electron microscopy investigation on the mechanical properties of ceramic nanowires Dr. Qiong Liu (QUT) Abstract: Ceramic semiconducting nanowires (NWs) have been widely applied to the NW-based devices and NW-strengthened composites. Determining the mechanical performance of NWs and understanding their…
Drag reduction and boundary slip at lubricant-infused surfaces | by Prof Chiara Neto
Abstract: After two centuries of heated debate over boundary conditions for flow at interfaces, in recent times the occurrence of interfacial slip of liquids at non-wetting solid surfaces has been mostly accepted. However, the occurrence of slip at lubricant-infused surfaces is not yet understood. Here, we discuss accurate microfluidic…