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A generative model capable of sampling realistic molecules with desired properties could accelerate chemical discovery across a wide range of applications. Toward this goal, significant effort has focused on developing models that jointly…
In many applications free surface flow through rigid porous media has to be modeled. Examples refer to coastal engineering applications as well as geotechnical or biomedical applications. Albeit the frequent applications, slight…
Triply Periodic Minimal Surface (TPMS) structures have emerged as a new class of porous materials with variable geometries and favourable transport properties, making them promising for reactor internals in chemical engineering. However,…
Solid-state nanofoaming experiments are conducted on two PMMA grades of markedly different molecular weight using CO$_2$ as the blowing agent. The sensitivity of porosity to foaming time and foaming temperature is measured. Also, the…
Direct pore scale simulations of two-fluid flow on digital rock images provide a promising tool to understand the role of surface wetting phenomena on flow and transport in geologic reservoirs. We present computational protocols that mimic…
Microfluidic valves play a key role within microfluidic systems by regulating fluid flow through distinct microchannels, enabling many advanced applications in medical diagnostics, lab-on-chips, and laboratory automation. While microfluidic…
In the present manuscript, we formulate a 3D mathematical model describing the capture of a contaminant in an adsorption column. The novelty of our approach involves the description of mass transfer by adsorption via a nonlinear evolution…
Sorting, filtering, moving and controlling colloidal particles is crucial in many fields, ranging from chemistry to biology and physics. Dielectrophoresis is an outstanding tool for the manipulation of small particles by AC electric fields,…
Energy carrier transport and recombination in emerging semiconductors can be directly monitored with optical microscopy, leading to the measurement of the diffusion coefficient (D), a critical property for design of efficient optoelectronic…
Every volumetric velocimetry measurements based on tracer (particles, bubbles, etc.) detection can be strongly influenced by the optical screening phenomenon. It has to be taken into account when the the statistical properties associated to…
We leverage dimensional analysis and genetic programming (a type of machine learning) to discover two strikingly simple but universal scaling laws, which remain accurate for different materials, processing conditions, and machines in metal…
Particle tracking velocimetry in 3D is becoming an increasingly important imaging tool in the study of fluid dynamics, combustion as well as plasmas. We introduce a dynamic discrete tomography algorithm for reconstructing particle…
Effective mixing is essential for biochemical reactions. In droplet-based microfluidics, immediate mixing of substances upon contact in the droplet formation stage can greatly enhance the uniformity of chemical reactions. Furthermore, it…
This paper presents several test cases intended to be benchmarks for numerical schemes for single-phase fluid flow in fractured porous media. A number of solution strategies are compared, including a vertex and a cell-centered finite volume…
Detailed understanding of the coupling between fluid flow and solid deformation in porous media is crucial for the development biomedical devices and novel energy technologies relating to a wide range of geological and biological processes.…
The paper describes an open source computer vision-based hardware structure and software algorithm, which analyzes layer-wise the 3-D printing processes, tracks printing errors, and generates appropriate printer actions to improve…
To overcome the challenge of upcycling plastic waste into 3-D printing filament in the distributed recycling and additive manufacturing systems, this study designs, builds, tests and validates an open source 3-D filament diameter sensor for…
Permeability and heat transport through building materials ultimately dictates their insulatory performance over a buildings service lifetime. Experiments combining XCT with numerical modelling are an accepted method of studying pore scale…
Predicting the macroscopic properties of thin fiber-based porous materials from their microscopic morphology remains challenging because of the structural heterogeneity of these materials. In this study, computational fluid dynamics…
Foams are versatile by nature and ubiquitous in a wide range of applications, including padding, insulation, and acoustic dampening. Previous work established that foams 3D printed via Viscous Thread Printing (VTP) can in principle combine…