Dripping, jetting, drops and wetting: the magic of microfluidics

This talk will discuss the use of microfluidic devices to precisely control the flow and mixing of fluids to make drops, and will explore how these drops can be used to create new materials that are difficult to synthesize with any other method. These materials have great potential for use for encapsulation and release and for drug delivery. I will demonstrate how this can be used for new fundamental and technological applications. I will also demonstrate that even though the drops are made one by one, there are methods that their production can be scaled up to create meaningful quantities of materials that have practical uses.  (Non-techincal Lecture)

Speaker: David A. Weitz