Olivier Vincent's research website

I am Olivier Vincent, a physicist at CNRS in Lyon (France).

Laboratory: Institut Lumière Matière (Institute of Light and Matter, iLM).
Group: Liquids and Interfaces

General interests

Salt Crystals — Salt crystallization patterns in disordered nanopores

Curiosity-driven investigations around phase transitions, soft matter physics, statistical physics, surface phenomena, porous media, fluid dynamics etc., combining experiments and modelling.

Among other things, I have worked on nucleation, cavitation, bubble dynamics, porous media, hydrogels, micro/nano-fluidics, pattern formation, capillary flows, biomechanics/biofluidics ...

Current focus

Water in nature and technology. For example, I study how salty water behaves in confined situations (e.g. nanopores), with respect to dynamics and phase change (e.g. evaporation, salt precipitation etc.). These phenomena are important in various contexts e.g. in geophysics, heritage conservation, plant sciences, atmosphere sciences etc.

See Projects for more details on these and other current/past projects.

Job / internship offers

How salt-infused nanosponges respond to humidity changes

L3 to M2; PhD

Bubble fronts in tree-like structures

L3 to M2; PhD

Humidity-controlled micro/nano-fluidics

L3 to M2; PhD

I have various other project ideas (experimental, theoretical and numerical) that can be developed within a few weeks/months/years, so do not hesitate to contact me if you are looking for an internship / stage / thesis project!