Finn Box (University of Manchester)

will speak on

Plant Physics

Time: 11:00AM
Date: Wed 8th November 2023
Location: G87 Block B - Newstead [map]

Abstract: Plants are natural feats of engineering and botany a playground of physical phenomena. In this talk, we'll take a walk on the wild side and encounter ripe fruit, a gigantic leaf and a carnivorous pitcher plant. I'll describe the bioballistics of seed dispersal, the structural economy of a vasculature structure and slipperiness of liquid-infused porous surfaces. In doing so, I'll demonstrate that poking an object is an effective way of testing its material properties.

(This talk is part of the Applied and Computational Mathematics series.)

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