{"588432":{"#nid":"588432","#data":{"type":"news","title":"What\u0027s Happening Inside Liquid Droplets?","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EFor most people, the drip, drip, drip of a leaking faucet would be an annoyance. But for Georgia Institute of Technology Ph.D. candidate Alexandros Fragkopoulos, what happens inside droplets is the stuff of serious science.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EIn the laboratory of\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.physics.gatech.edu\/user\/alberto-fernandez-nieves\u0022\u003EAlberto Fernandez-Nieves\u003C\/a\u003E\u0026nbsp;in Georgia Tech\u0026rsquo;s\u0026nbsp;\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.physics.gatech.edu\/\u0022\u003ESchool of Physics\u003C\/a\u003E, Fragkopoulos is studying how toroidal droplets \u0026ndash; which initially take the shape of a donut \u0026ndash; evolve into spherical droplets by collapsing into themselves or breaking up into smaller droplets.\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWork with droplets has implications for the life sciences, where biological materials, including cells, undergo shape changes reminiscent of droplet behavior. And the findings could improve industrial processes ranging from fuel injectors to chemical processes that depend on droplet formation. In the work, researchers in the Fernandez-Nieves lab have developed a new understanding of the processes that control the evolution of unstable, donut-shaped droplets, helping them clarify the complex interplay of forces relevant to the problem.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003ECheck out the complete story in \u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/www.news.gatech.edu\/2017\/03\/07\/understanding-whats-happening-inside-liquid-droplets\u0022\u003EResearch Horizons\u003C\/a\u003E.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":[{"value":"Research from physics lab of Petit Institute\u0027s Alberto Fernandez-Nieves on shape changes has implications in life sciences\u00a0"}],"field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EResearch from physics lab of Petit Institute\u0026#39;s Alberto Fernandez-Nieves on shape changes has implications in life sciences\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"Research from physics lab of Petit Institute\u0027s Alberto Fernandez-Nieves on shape changes has implications in life sciences\u00a0"}],"uid":"28153","created_gmt":"2017-03-08 13:32:54","changed_gmt":"2017-03-08 22:40:36","author":"Jerry Grillo","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-03-08T00:00:00-05:00","iso_date":"2017-03-08T00:00:00-05:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"533011":{"id":"533011","type":"image","title":"Alberto FernandezNieves_2016","body":null,"created":"1462561200","gmt_created":"2016-05-06 19:00:00","changed":"1475895314","gmt_changed":"2016-10-08 02:55:14","alt":"Alberto FernandezNieves_2016","file":{"fid":"214997","name":"alberto_fernandez_nieves_horizons_2016.jpg","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/alberto_fernandez_nieves_horizons_2016.jpg","image_full_path":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/alberto_fernandez_nieves_horizons_2016.jpg","mime":"image\/jpeg","size":15155,"path_740":"http:\/\/hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/alberto_fernandez_nieves_horizons_2016.jpg?itok=FGXSvTCb"}}},"media_ids":["533011"],"groups":[{"id":"1292","name":"Parker H. Petit Institute for Bioengineering and Bioscience (IBB)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[],"core_research_areas":[{"id":"39441","name":"Bioengineering and Bioscience"}],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}