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Water’s Hidden Switch: How Ferroelectricity May Trigger Its Mysterious Phase Transitions
Water behaves in strangely unique ways—even under everyday conditions—and scientists have long sought the origins of its anomalies. A new study lead by SoftComp partner Ca’ Foscari University of Venice reveals a surprising... (Read more)
Capillary Waves Found Between Fully Miscible Fluids
Capillary waves—tiny ripples normally seen only at the sharp boundary between liquids that do not mix—have now been observed between liquids that do mix completely. Using microfluidic experiments, researchers around SoftComp partner CNRS-Montpellier... (Read more)
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SoftComp Partners
All partners of SoftComp share a common goal: to obtain a detailed understanding of the physical mechanisms and properties of complex, multi-component soft matter composites in oder to to provide a fundamental basis for an intelligent engineering of materials and their processing. Currently, 36 groups from 32 institutions in 12 European countries build the consortium.
Methods & Instruments
The joint use of methods and instruments plays a major role in achieving integration between the SoftComp partners. Three research platforms assemble the different technical and scientific abilities present in the network: Synthesis, Experimental Techniques, and Theoretical and Numerical Methods.
