Current focus:

• Physics of soft adhesion
• Interface instabilities and interface deformations
• Fluid dynamics (Newtonian and non-Newtonian/complex fluids)
• Stiction at micro- and nanoscale
• Capillarity and wetting phenomena
• Force sensor development
• Force-based and imaging microscopy development

Collaborators:

National:
Prof. Robin Ras (Aalto), Prof. Jaakko Timonen (Aalto), Prof. Markus Linder (Aalto), Prof. Matilda Backholm (Aalto), Prof. Quan Zhou (Aalto), Prof. Nonappa (TAU), Dr. Géza Szilvay (VTT)

International:
Prof. Doris Vollmer (MPIP), Prof. Jacco Snoeijer (University of Twente), Prof. Jan Vermant (ETH), Prof. David Quéré (ESPCI)

Funding:

• Research Council of Finland – ADHERE
• Business Finland, Research to Business – ULTRAFORCE
• ERC StG – STICKY