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Mouterde Lab
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The lab changes the boundary between solids and liquids to control the motion of water droplets and ions.
AboutAbout the lab
Exploring the relationship between solids and liquids at small scales
The Mouterde Lab experimentally studies physical phenomena that occur at the interface between solids and liquids.
The lab investigates how the behavior of liquids can be controlled by changing the properties of the interface.
By combining fine surface structures with chemical properties, the lab works on controlling water droplets, which leads to waterproofing, anti-fogging, and anti-frost technologies.
The lab also studies the new properties shown by liquids and ions confined in channels as narrow as a molecule.
Key terms
- Interface
- The boundary where two things with different properties are in contact, such as a solid and a liquid, or a liquid and a gas
- Superhydrophobicity
- A surface property in which water repellency is so strong that water droplets stay as round beads and roll off
- Ion
- An atom or molecule carrying an electric charge. For example, salt dissolved in water separates into ions in the water
NewsLab news
Last year's intern won the Louis-Édouard Rivot Prize
A PhD student won the Outstanding Student Presentation Award from the Physical Society of Japan
A paper was published in PNAS
ResearchResearch themes
The lab experimentally investigates physical phenomena at solid-liquid interfaces and studies how to control the behavior of liquids by changing interface properties. It aims to create new technologies that help address societal challenges such as global warming, freshwater production, and low-carbon energy.
*Illustrative imageWater-repellent surfaces and droplets
The lab studies how water droplets move on water-repellent surfaces. In collaborative research, it has reported on friction on superhydrophobic surfaces, droplets that levitate on a layer of vapor on hot surfaces, and ways to make surfaces that repel hot water.
*Illustrative imageNanostructures that prevent fogging
In collaborative research, the lab studies how nano-sized bumps that mimic the surface of insect bodies keep repelling water even in fog, and how merging droplets jump off the surface.
*Illustrative imageMolecular-scale channels, water, and ions
The lab studies how water and ions flow in channels as narrow as a molecule. In collaborative research, it has reported on how the flow changes when pressure and electric forces are combined, in artificial channels and inside carbon nanotubes.
MembersFaculty
The Mouterde Lab consists of faculty members, PhD, master's, and undergraduate students, interns, and a secretary.As of 2026
- Associate ProfessorTimothée MouterdePublications ↗
- Assistant ProfessorMarcus LinPublications ↗
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Report an errorAbout the images
The top and research theme images are illustrative and were not taken at the lab. They are cropped from Wikimedia Commons images. Cropped CC BY-SA images are provided under the same CC BY-SA license as the original (version shown on each line).
- Top image: “Lupin with superhydrophobic water droplet” Rosser1954 / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Water-repellent surfaces and droplets: “Water droplets on stromanthe leaf” Louyiihn / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
- Nanostructures that prevent fogging: “Morning Dew on a Broad-bodied Chaser” MicrocosmicWorld / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
- Molecular-scale channels, water, and ions: “Carbon nanotube (8,8) 3D ball” Jynto (talk) / CC0 (cropped)
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（杵淵研究室） ): “Macro view of water droplets on transparent surface” Dreamora96x / CC BY 4.0 (cropped) - Related lab (大宮司・徐研究室): “Hoar frost ice crystals in Tuntorp 13” W.carter / CC BY-SA 4.0 (cropped)
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- Related lab (梅野研究室): “SEM-image-showing-crack-propagation-of-TaCCNTsSiC” Qiaoyun Xie, Sylvanus N. Wosu / CC BY 4.0 (cropped)
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