The Christopher Lab at Texas Tech University focuses on developing microrheology and microfluidics techniques to study the rheology and stucture of complex fluids and structured interfaces.
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February 23, 2012
Dr. Christopher's talk accepted to the 26th International Conference on Rheology
December 19, 2011
Great basic bubble physics story on NPR
October 16, 2011
Dr. Christopher attends AIChE Annual Meeting
July 12, 2011
Renovations of Christopher Lab finished
June 19, 2011
Dr. Christopher attends ACS Colloids and Surface Science Conference in Montreal
May 11, 2011
Xueda Shi joins the Christopher Lab
April 25, 2011
AIChE annual meeting: Dr. Christopher chairing Interfacial-Dominated Flows.
Complex fluids' unique rheology stem from the mesostructure created by dissolved materials. Confinement deforms the mesostructure, altering rheology. In the Christopher Lab, we develop new methods to explore the effects of confinement on complex fluids using microfluidics and other techniques.
Measurement of interfacial rheology is difficult because bulk properties affect the measurment. In the Christopher Lab, we are developing microfluidic techniques to form novel interfaces and measure interfacial rheology. Microfluidics reduces bulk flow effects, increasing the sensitivity of the interfacial measurment.