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The Symposium ‘Interfaces and Mixing – Non-Equilibrium Transport Across the Scales’ is focused on the longstanding problem of formation of phases, interfacial transport and mixing.
Interfacial mixing and transport govern a broad range of processes in nature and technology, in
materials, fluids, and plasmas, and from celestial to atomistic scales.
Examples include supernovae and fusion, planetary interiors and
reactive fluids, material transformation and fossil fuel recovery,
wetting and adhesion, nano- and bio-technology. Addressing the societal
challenges posed by alternative energy sources, efficient use of
nonrenewable resources, and purification of water - requires a better
understanding of non-equilibrium dynamics. The formation of phases,
interfacial mixing and transport are non-equilibrium processes coupling
kinetic to macroscopic scales. They are non-local, inhomogeneous,
anisotropic, and statistically unsteady, and are extremely challenging
to study in their direct manifestations.
The Symposium builds upon recent achievements
in the understanding of phase formation, interfacial mixing and
transport using theoretical analysis, large-scale numerical
simulations, laboratory experiments, and technology development. The
invited talks represent the works from the 2019 Special Feature ‘Interface and
Mixing’ of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of
the USA.
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