ODES-lab RESEARCH
engineering sustainable formulations & plant-based foods as soft matter
polymer & soft matter physics | scaling & dimensional analysis | rheology & mechanics | fizzics |
Our research quests are motivated by fundamental challenges of mapping the dynamics, assembly, interactions, and interfacial activity of dispersed phases (polymers, micelles, particles, proteins, drops, and bubbles) onto the stability, rheology, processability, and applications of soft matter and complex fluids in biology, daily life, and industry.
POLYMER PHYSICS
esp. dynamics of stretched polymers, associative polymers, & polyelectrolytes
RHEOLOGY
shear and extensional rheology, nonlinear viscoelasticity
FIZZICS
the science of bubbles, drops, foams & emulsions, surface forces, IDIOM
SCALING & DIMENSIONAL MECHANICS
Scaling theory, Ohnesorge units, Spreading: atom bombs, drops, and cells
In collaboration with Marc-Antoine Fardin, Institut Jacques Monod, CNRS, Université Paris Cité & Mathieu Hautefeuille, Institut de Biologie Paris-Seine, Sorbonne Université to illustrate the power and beauty of scaling theory or dimensional analysis methods.
Drops: Spreading, pinching, and coalescence: the Ohnesorge units, Soft Matter, 2022.
The three amigos: Marc-Antoine Fardin, Mathieu Hautefeuille, and Vivek Sharma
EDIBLE SOFT MATTER & BIOPHYSICS
Animal & plant-based proteins, thickeners, Saliva, blood, mucous, bile
ENGINEERING FORMULATIONS
Paints and coatings, personal care, cosmetics, food
FIBERS & ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING
Centrifugal force spinning of fibers and spinnability, printing and printability
STICKINESS, ADHESION, TACK & WETTING
STRUCTURAL COLOR IN BIOLOGY & BIOMIMICRY
INSTABILITIES, NONLINEAR DYNAMICS & CHAOS
OF GROWTH & FORM: PATTERNS, ORDER & PACKING
Modeling drop deformation and rheology from dilute to dense emulsions
R. B. Reboucas, N. N. Nikolova, & V. Sharma, Curr. Opn. Colloid Interface Sci. 2025
