Multi-Scale Fluid-Solid Interactions in Architected and Natural Materials (MUSE)
Director
Darryl Butt
Lead Institution
University of Utah
Class
2018-2022
Mission
To synthesize geo-inspired materials with repeatable hierarchical heterogeneity and develop an understanding of transport and interfacial properties of fluids confined within these materials.
Research Topics
bio-inspired, extreme environments, defects, mechanical behavior, corrosion, charge transport, membranes, water, geophysics/geochemistry, mesoscale science, materials and chemistry by design, mesostructured materials, synthesis (novel systems), synthesis (self-assembly), synthesis (predictive)
Systems Studied
Systems: oxide, polymer, molecules, ceramic, glass, electrolytes, methane and light alkanes, ionic liquid, porous
Interfaces: organic/inorganic, inorganic/inorganic, gas/liquid, gas/solid, liquid/solid, solid/solid
Nanostructured: 1D, 2D, 3D
Experimental and Theoretical Methods
X-ray diffraction and scattering, X-ray imaging, X-ray spectroscopy, neutron diffraction and scattering, electron microscopy, scanning probe microscopy, surface science, molecular dynamics (MD), density functional theory (DFT), dynamical mean field theory (DMFT), monte carlo (MC), finite element methods, continuum modeling, mesoscale modeling, multiscale modeling
Partner Institutions
- Cornell University
- Idaho National Laboratory
- Pennsylvania State University
- University of California, Davis
- University of Utah
- University of Wisconsin
