Biological lubrication; Hydration lubrication; surface interactions; nanotribology; soft matter
Biological lubrication and its relation to osteoarthritis: this is the theme of a major new ERC grant (2017 - 2022)
Lipids and liposomes as lubrication vectors
Hydration lubrication and Boundary lubrication under water, and its relation to occular (eye) lubrication
Surface forces under strong electric fields
Properties of thin liquid films including aqueous electrolytes and polyelectrolytes.
Hydrogels
Soft matter at interfaces
Surface-forces-measurement techniques at angstrom surface separations; polymers as molecular lubricants
ATRP growth of polymers from surfaces
Polyelectrolyte brushes
Polymers, Complex Fluids, and Interfaces - Experimental studies of the behavior of confined simple and polymeric fluids.
Collaboration with:
Sam Safran
Nanotribology
Surface forces between heterogeneous surfaces
Confinement induced phase transitions
