Design of Smart Surfaces With Tunable Wetting Behavior

• Grant number: 13/17468-5
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: September 01, 2013
• End date: August 31, 2017
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics - Condensed Matter Physics
• Principal Investigator: Douglas Soares Galvão
• Grantee: Rafael Amatte Bizão
• Host Institution: Instituto de Física Gleb Wataghin (IFGW). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• Associated research grant: 13/08293-7 - CCES - Center for Computational Engineering and Sciences, AP.CEPID
• Associated scholarship(s): 15/14682-1 - Mechanical properties of Gecko-inspired adhesives, BE.EP.DR

Abstract

Smart surfaces with tunable wetting behavior under diverse conditions have attracted intense experimental and theoretical attention in recent years. They can be the basis for a large class of technological applications, such as; self-cleaning surfaces, adhesives, sensors, etc.We intend to investigate some of these problems using fully atomistic molecular dynamics simulations and finite elements modeling. In particular we intend to investigate the structural properties of gecko-like materials, which exhibit remarkable adhesive behaviour.

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

BIZÃO, Rafael Amatte. Structural and mechanical properties of graphene-based materials. 2017. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Instituto de Física Gleb Wataghin Campinas, SP.