prof.dr. F.G. Mugele (Frieder)

Prof. Mugele studied physics at the University of Konstanz (Germany) and obtained his PhD there in 1997 with a work in surface science studying diffusion on metal surfaces in ultrahigh vacuum. During a postdoctoral research stay (1998/99) as a Humboldt Fellow at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory in Berkeley, CA (USA) he became interested in liquid-solid interfaces and confined liquids. As a research assistant at the University of Ulm (Germany; 1999-2004; habilitation 2003), he extended his work to wetting of functionalized surfaces, including in particular electrowetting. Since 2004, he has been full Professor of Physics of Complex Fluids at the University of Twente (The Netherlands). He is heading a group of approx. 25 researchers studying fundamental and applied aspects of fluids at interfaces from molecular to macroscopic scales at the interface between physics, chemistry, and technological applications. Prof. Mugele’s research interest include electrowetting, wetting of complex surfaces, dynamic wetting, drop dynamics, two-phase flow microfluidics, AFM spectroscopy in fluids, confined liquids, nanofluidics, optofluidics, colloids, (micro-)rheology. Application areas include inkjet printing, immersion lithography, lab-on-a-chip systems.

Chemistry

# Drop
# Surface

Engineering & Materials Science

# Atomic Force Microscopy
# Microfluidics
# Surface Charge
# Water
# Wetting

Physics & Astronomy

# Liquids

Faculty of Science and Technology (TNW), Physics of Complex Fluids (PCF)

Duits, M. H. G. , Le, D. A., Ayirala, S. C., Alotaibi, M. B. , Gardeniers, H., Yousef, A. A. , & Mugele, F. (2023). Microfluidics for Carbonate Rock Improved Oil Recovery: Some Lessons from Fabrication, Operation, and Image Analysis. SPE journal, Article SPE-213465-PA. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.2118/213465-pa

Siretanu, I., van Lin, S. R. , & Mugele, F. (2023). Ion adsorption and hydration forces: a comparison of crystalline mica vs. amorphous silica surfaces. Faraday discussions, 246, 274-295. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1039/d3fd00049d

Su, S. (2023). Atomic force microscopy resolved semiconductor-electrolyte interface for photocatalytic water splitting. [PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT, University of Twente]. University of Twente. https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036556972

Kap, Ö., Hartmann, S., Hoek, H. , De beer, S. , Siretanu, I., Thiele, U. , & Mugele, F. (2023). Nonequilibrium configurations of swelling polymer brush layers induced by spreading drops of weakly volatile oil. The Journal of chemical physics, 158(17), 1-17. Article 174903. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1063/5.0146779

Le, D. A. (2023). Microfluidic chips for oil recovery from carbonate reservoirs at elevated temperatures. [PhD Thesis - Research UT, graduation UT, University of Twente]. University of Twente. https://doi.org/10.3990/1.9789036555043

Su, S. , Sîretanu, I. , Mei, B. T. , van den Ende, D. , Mul, G. , & Mugele, F. (2022). In situ AFM characterized facet dependent surface charge on semiconductor nanoparticles. Poster session presented at 23rd International Conference on Photochemical Conversion and Storage of Solar Energy, IPS 2022, Lausanne, Switzerland.

Kap, Ö., Hartmann, S., Hoek, H. J. , de Beer, S. , Sîretanu, I., Thiele, U. , & Mugele, F. (2022). Spreading of volatile fluids on swelling hydrophobic polymer brush layers. Poster session presented at 2nd Bordeaux Polymer Conference, BPC 2022, Boredeaux, France.

Mendel, N., Siretanu, D. , Sîretanu, I. , Brilman, D. W. F. , & Mugele, F. (2022). Adsorption of CO₂ on anhydrous cation-exchanged montmorillonite. Poster session presented at 2nd International Conference on Negative CO2 Emissions 2022, Gothenburg, Sweden.

Sîretanu, I. , Mugele, F. , van den Ende, D. , Mul, G. , Mei, B. T. , & Su, S. (2022). Facet-dependent surface charge and hydration of semiconducting nanoparticles. Poster session presented at NWO CHAINS 2022, Veldhoven, Netherlands.

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