BACKGROUND For more than 100 years, the melt-dominated magma chamber has been
central to conceptual models of volcanism and igneous processes. Over the past few …

Understanding transport phenomena and governing mechanisms of different physical and
chemical processes in porous media has been a critical research area for decades …

Fluid–fluid displacement in porous media has been viewed through the lens of Lenormand's
phase diagram since the late 1980s. This diagram suggests that the character of the flow is …

We study the impact of the wetting properties on the immiscible displacement of a viscous
fluid in disordered porous media. We present a novel pore-scale model that captures …

We study experimentally how wettability impacts fluid-fluid-displacement patterns in granular
media. We inject a low-viscosity fluid (air) into a thin bed of glass beads initially saturated …

Conventional manufacturing of glass microfluidic devices is a complex, multi-step process
that involves a combination of different fabrication techniques, typically photolithography …

Using gas to drive liquid from a Hele-Shaw cell leads to classical viscous fingering.
Strategies for suppressing fingering have received substantial attention. For steady injection …

Understanding how gasses escape from particle-rich suspensions has important
applications in nature and industry. Motivated by applications such as outgassing of crystal …

We present a theoretical study of a variant of the classical viscous fingering instability, which
occurs when a high viscosity fluid is displaced by a low viscosity fluid in a Hele-Shaw cell. In …

X-ray computed tomography (CT) is a noninvasive, nondestructive approach to imaging
materials, material systems, and engineered components in two and three dimensions …