Microhydrodynamics Laboratory
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Head of Laboratory Alexander A. Fedorets, DSc. (Doctor of Engineering Sciences) Member of the Scientific Council of the International Centre for Heat and Mass Transfer (International Centre for Heat and Mass Transfer) |
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Contacts
Tel: +7(3452) 59-74-00, ext. 17162 (Head of Laboratory), ext. 17136 (employees)
E-mail: fedorets@utmn.ru, fedorets_alex@mail.ru
Address: Lab. 305, 25 Lenina St., Tyumen, Russia, 625003
The main object of research is the dissipative structure «Droplet cluster».
This phenomenon was recorded for the first time by A.A. Fedorets in 2003. The cluster is a two-dimensional aerosol with some unique characteristics: it is a monolayer of spherical microdroplets levitating in a gaseous medium over locally-heated liquid (e.g., water) surface.
The restricted spatial localization of the cluster provides new opportunities for the development of precision methods for studying physicochemical processes under conditions that closely resemble the atmosphere.
Breakthrough technologies created in the laboratory will broaden our understanding of chemical evolution processes associated with the atmospheric pollution and the associated global climate change. Microhydrodynamic technologies can also increase the efficiency of sprayed-on chemical/biological plant protection products.
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Laboratory’s Main Objectives
- development of new methods for the abiogenic synthesis of complex organic molecules in a microdroplet reactor;
- improcing our understanding of microorganisms’ ability to live in atmospheric aerosols.
Current Projects
- Project of the Western Siberian Scientific and Educational Center No. АААА-А20-120121090019-0 (2020-2024): 2D aerosol technology. PI: A.A. Fedorets.
- State research assignment of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation No. FEWZ-2023-0002 (2023): Innovative biosecurity and microbiology solutions based on 2D aerosol technology. PI: A.A. Fedorets.
- The Russian Federation’s President’s Grant No. MK-332.2022.1.2 (2022–2023): Experimental and theoretical study of the condensational mass transfer of levitated water microdroplets with their environment in the Earth’s atmosphere based on the laboratory droplet cluster technology. PI: D.N. Gabyshev.
- State research assignment of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, No. АААА-А20-120051490005-9 (2020-2022): Improving the effectiveness of crop protection methods using surfactants and 2D aerosol technology. PI: N.A. Ivanova.
- Russian Science Foundation (RSF) grant, project No. 19-19-00076, USISR IP (Unified State Information System for Recording of Intellectual Properties) AAAA-A19-119062890044-4 (2019-2021): Theoretically substantiated methods for the generation and monitoring of levitating droplet clusters: biochemical experiments in droplet microreactors. PI: A.A. Fedorets.
- Research work sponsored by the "Mikhail Lomonosov" program, organized by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, grant No. 121040100270-2: Oscillatory trajectories of water droplets in a vertical airstream as a proxy for falling raindrops. PI: D.N. Gabyshev.
- The Russian Federation’s President’s Grant No. MK-819.2020.2 (2020–2021): Experimental and theoretical study of micrometeorological processes associated with the growth and existence of individual water droplets in the Earth's atmosphere, based on the droplet cluster technology. PI: D.N. Gabyshev.
- Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR) grant No. 18-38-00232 мол_а, USISR IP AAAA-A18-118052390009-0 (2018-2020): Experimental and theoretical study of the effect of an external electric field on the motion and other properties of a two-dimensional plasma-like system — a droplet cluster. PI: D.N. Gabyshev.
- State research assignment of the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation No. 3.8191.2017/БЧ, USISR IP AAAA-A17-117052410039-1 (2017-2019): Experimental and theoretical study of micro-scale processes of heat and mass transfer in the dissipative “Droplet Cluster” structure. PI: A.A. Fedorets.
- Research work sponsored by the "Mikhail Lomonosov" program, organized by the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) and the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation, grant No. 3.12801.2018/12.2, USISR IP AAAA-A18-118052390011-3 (2018): Using 2D aerosol technology to investigate the physical and chemical processes associated with levitating water microdroplets. PI: D.N. Gabyshev.
- RFBR grant No. 15-08-00248, USISR IP 115013010249 (2015-2017): Experimental-theoretical study of microdroplet levitation: conditions for the formation of stable droplet clusters above heated liquid surfaces. PI: A.A. Fedorets.
- University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA;
- Ariel University, Ariel, Israel;
- Westphalian Wilhelm University of Münster, Münster, Germany;
- Joint Institute for High Temperatures, Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS), Moscow, Russia;
- Institute of Thermophysics named after S.S. Kutateladze, RAS, Novosibirsk, Russia;
- Novosibirsk State University, Novosibirsk, Russia.
PhD program
