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An atom is cooled by a standing-wave light field between two high-quality mirrors. Cavity cooling avoids the usual light scatter into the surroundings. Instead, the light leaking out of the mirrors is blue-shifted to a higher frequency (image credit: Pepijn Pinkse Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics)
Artist's impression of an atom cooling device
New England Complex Fluids Workgroup

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The workshops are engaging and very informative; note the following dates into your calendar.

2009 NECF Workshops
A collage of pictures of multiple emulsions consisting of large drops of nematic liquid crystal with small water drops inside them. This picture appeared on the cover of the PENN TECH news in 1997. 38th NECFW: Yale University–March 13, 2009
A collage of pictures of multiple emulsions consisting of large drops of nematic liquid crystal with small water drops inside them. This picture appeared on the cover of the PENN TECH news in 1997. 39th NECFW: Schlumberger-Doll Research – June 26, 2009
A collage of pictures of multiple emulsions consisting of large drops of nematic liquid crystal with small water drops inside them. This picture appeared on the cover of the PENN TECH news in 1997. 40th NECFW: Brandeis University – September 18, 2009
A collage of pictures of multiple emulsions consisting of large drops of nematic liquid crystal with small water drops inside them. This picture appeared on the cover of the PENN TECH news in 1997. 41st NECFW: Harvard University–December 4, 2009


Other Events
Liquids, Chemistry & Physics of
Gordon Research Conferences
August 2-7, 2009
Holderness School, Holderness, NH at 6:30 p.m.
Applications to register must be received by July 12, 2009. Fellowship funds are available to support students.



NaCl cluster
Baby picture. A sodium ion (purple) with six chloride neighbors (green) may be the first step in crystallizing salt from salt water, according to a computer simulation. Past simulations haven't been able to capture the extremely rare events in the first moments of crystal formation.

Recent Research
   'Microsieve' Sorts Biomarkers Faster (DrugResearcher.com - Decision News Media, Min Jun Kim and Kenneth S. Breuer, February 9, 2007)
   Controlled Mixing in Microfluidic Systems Using Bacterial Chemotaxis (Analytical Chemistry, Jongyoon Han, February 1, 2007)
   The Many Origins of Charge Inversion in Electrolyte Solutions: Effects of Discrete Interfacial Charges (Analytical Chemistry, J. Faraudo and A. Travesset, November 18, 2006)
   Droplets Inside More Droplets (Chemical and Engineering News, April 25, 2005)
   Birth of a Crystal (Physical Review Focus, February 5, 2004)
   Breaking Up Isn't Hard To Do (Physical Review Focus, January 30, 2004)
   Worm-like Micelles Stir Up A Storm (Physics Web, June, 1998)
   A New Wave of Microfluidic Devices (The Industrial Physicist, Jennifer Ouellette, 2003)
   Making Multicomponent Drops

  

  

  

  

  
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