Prof. Abraham (Avi) Marmur

Technion – Israel Institute of Technology, Isreal

Title: There is plenty of room at the bottom

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Biography

Abraham (Avi) Marmur is a professor emeritus of chemical engineering at Technion – Israel Institute of Technology. He has worked and published in the field of interfacial phenomena for about forty-five years, has published extensively in this field and related research areas, and has been consulting for major companies. He has also participated in many international conferences and has been active in lecturing in universities and industrial sites in many countries. At Technion, professor Marmur received awards for excellence in research and in teaching. In addition, he was an editor of Reviews in Chemical Engineering and was on the advisory committee of the Journal of Colloid and Interface Science and Journal.

Abstract

This lecture discusses new insights concerning phenomena in Nano-systems that have been either only partially understood for a long time or not recognized at all. Examples of such systems to be discussed include the interfacial region between a liquid and fluid, nano-particle nucleation during phase change and nano-roughness-induced non-wettability. The lecture will show how relatively simple theories may still give much insight into complex phenomena.