The physics of life: Simple, Complex and Active Fluids

Talk: 25th April 2024, 19:00, Conference Hall/Library of Alovera.

This talk will be given by Coctors Juan Luis Aragonés Gómez y Laura Rodríguez Arriaga, both from Instituto de Física de la Materia Condensada, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid.

Have you ever wondered why water is wet or oil slips? Do you know why we can divide liquids into drops? What if I told you that some drops can also imitate the behavior of the cells that make up your body? By understanding the peculiarities of the fluids that surround us, we can develop intelligent fluids that function as delicately as our cells, organs and bodies, helping us to take care of them. In this talk-workshop we will address concepts such as density, viscosity, interfacial tension, elasticity and activity through macroscopic experiments with everyday elements and how these concepts are transferred to the microscopic scale, with droplets the size of a hair or less.

Included in the Alovera's CULTURAL PASSPORT

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