Welcome
Soft Interfaces Laboratory (SIL)
Overviews
In our laboratory, we have been conducting various fundamental and applied research projects related to interfaces as well as applied research in energy, drag reduction, heat management, and flow control. Currently, the focal research areas in our lab include (1) creating new flow characteristics such as active turbulence and superfluid-like property using natural/artificial active particles for fluidic-thermal applications, (2) generating electrical energy utilizing nanoscale liquid transport phenomena for energy applications, and (3) understanding cytoplasmic within plant cells for biological applications. For detailed research topics, please refer to our papers or feel free to inquire via email.
Fundamental Research
Active Fluid Dynamics: Studying flow phenomena within plant cells, flow phenomena of bacterial clusters, and characteristics of fluid flow by artificial active particles.
Nanoscale Transport Phenomena: Investigating nanoscale transport phenomena induced by temperature gradients or ion concentration gradients.
Wetting/Capillarity: Drop impact on superhydrophobic surfaces, Surface tension driven pheonomena
Applied Research
Energy: Research on generating electrical energy from ion concentration differentials, temperature differentials, and evaporation phenomena
Thermal Management: Studying phase change phenomena such as evaporation/condensation and enhancing heat transfer performance
Water Management: Clean water collection based on atmospheric water collection, evaporation phenomena, water desalination using special membranes, and water-oil separation
Frictional Drag Reduction: Reducing fluid friction drag using superhydrophobic surfaces
2024/09 : New Grant
한국연구재단 기초연구실 선정 (link)2024/08 : New Paper (Journal of Mechanical Science and Technology)
Title: Facile fabrication of superhydrophobic sub-millimetric cone-shape pillars based on a single UV exposure to control drop impact dynamics2024/06 : New Paper (Soft Matter)
Title: Highly porous hydrogel for efficient solar water evaporation2024/05 : New Paper (Physics of Fluids)
Title: Dynamics of microdroplet generation via drop impact on a superhydrophobic micropore
Invited Seminar
Current Project
한국연구재단 [중견개인기초과제 유형 1-2] (~2028.2)
인공적인 활성입자 기반 초유체 제작에 관한 연구. 연구책임자한국연구재단 [기초연구실] (~2027.4)
메탄자화균 메탄-메탄올 변환 성능향상을 위한 멀티스케일 유체역학 기초연구실. 연구책임자한국연구재단 [BK21]
지능형 다차원 프린팅 소재 및 시스템 융합기술 교육연구단
학부연구생/대학원생 모집
학부연구생 및 대학원생 모집 중입니다. 연구실 수행 연구주제에 관심이 있으신 분들은 지도교수 (cylee@khu.ac.kr) 또는 실험실 대학원생에게 메일로 연락하시기 바랍니다.