1. DFG (German Science Foundation)
At present there are two projects running in the framework of the DFG
Cluster Program SPP 1273 "Kolloidverfahrenstechnik", having the
titles
"Charakterisierung von Grenzflächen zwischen zwei Flüssigkeiten
unter hoch-dynamischen Bedingungen"
and
„Thermodynamisch stabile Pickering-Emulsionen“
In the framework of the Cluster Program SPP 1506
“Transport Processes at Fluidic Interfaces” we run a tandem
project entitled
“ Experimental and Computational Analysis of fluidic interfaces
influenced by soluble surfactant”
as cooperation with the group of Dieter Bothe at the Center for Smart
Interfaces (http://www.csi.tu-darmstadt.de)
in Darmstadt.
2. DLR (Deutsche Luft- und Raimfahrt)
The German Space Agency (DLR) supports our work on dynamics at liquid
interfaces, which is also subject of the FASES project with ESA. The project
includes experiments at the Drop Tower in Bremen
(http://www.zarm.uni-bremen.de/). The title of the project is
„Experimentelle und theoretische Untersuchungen zur Bildung und
Deformation von Einzeltropfen als Modell für Schäume und
Emulsionen“
3. ESA Projects
Research project FASES (Fundamental and applied study of
emulsion stability/destabilisation)
This project has been selected by the ESA commission for support. Groups
involved are from Compiégne, Florence, Genoa, Golm, Madrid, Marseille,
Paris and Thessaloniki. Tasks of this project are studies of the dynamics of
interfacial layers and liquid films, and diluted and concentrated emulsions.
Experiments are designed that make use of the particular environment of
microgravity. Thus drainage of liquid films and creaming of emulsions is almost
excluded. The project has been prolonged until 2010.
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