Two new publications
The DREAM Lab has two new publications out today. Kamran’s work on skin-inspired ice-phobic surfaces has been published in Advanced Functional Materials. He’s developed a metallic system that can repel ice, survive impact, and even keep its temperature substantially warmer than the ambient. Check out Skin-Inspired Nanofluid-Filled Surfaces with Tunable Icephobic, Photothermal, and Energy Absorption… Read more »
Sonia defends her thesis!!
Congratulations Sonia on successfully defending your PhD thesis! The committee was torn between requiring no changes, or very minor ones. Quite a good predicament to be in! We look forward to seeing all the wonderful research that Dr. Azimi will do in the future 🙂
Weiming join’s the DREAM Lab
We are pleased to welcome Weiming Li as the latest member of the DREAM Lab. Weiming joins us having recently completed his MEng here at the University of Toronto. Welcome Weiming!
Dr. Golovin wins SGS Supervisor Award!
Professor Golovin has been awarded the SGS Early Career Supervision Award! From SGS: “The award, given annually by the School of Graduate Studies, aims to recognize pre-tenure faculty at the University who have, within the first 6 years of their graduate faculty appointment, demonstrated excellence in graduate supervision. Two awards are offered every year: one… Read more »
New paper
Behrooz’s (and co-authors’) study on the contact line dynamics of PDMS brushes is now published in Small. Quite an interesting look into how liquid like polymer chains affect droplet mobility. Check out Molecularly Capped Omniphobic Polydimethylsiloxane Brushes with Ultra-Fast Contact Line Dynamics
CIC article
Our work on coatings that prevent microfibre release from textiles has been featured in an article from the Chemical Institute of Canada. Check out Slippery coating could help reduce microplastic shedding from clothes And here’s the original scientific article
Behrooz’s comment now available
Last year, an interesting article came out discussing how droplets on PDMS brushes move faster when the gas phase is solvent vapour rather than air. This was attributed to swelling of the brushes by the solvent. Behrooz has a different, simpler explanation: simple surface energies. We made a Comment on their work, which has now… Read more »
Dr. Furtak joins the DREAM Lab
The DREAM Lab is pleased to welcome Dr. Nicole Furtak. Nicole received her PhD from the University of Alberta, and will be innovating the next generation of rain jackets with partner Lululemon athletica. Welcome Nicole!
Microfibre paper featured in Nature Reviews Chemistry
Sudip and Sonia’s microfibre paper was recently highlighted in Nature Reviews Chemistry. Check it out here!
Nature highlight!
Our recent work preventing the release of microfibres from synthetic textiles has been highlighted in Nature. Great work Sudip and Sonia! Nature Highlight.
