Sample preparation lab includes:

• Various equipments for purification/functionalization of colloids and nanostructured soft materials

• Plasmacleaner

• Zeta-sizer

Microfluidics and nanofluidics

• Various pumps

• Droplet generators

• Capillary puller

Thermodynamics and mechanics

• Thermal Gravimetry Analysis

• Differential scanning calorimetry

• Rheometry including electrorheometry, magnetorheotheometry, high-pressure rheometry and in-situ small angle light scattering rheometry

Surface analysis

• Atomic Force Microscopes

• Optical microscopes

• Photoemission (XPS, UPS)

• Energy diffraction (LEED)

• Photoemission microscopy (PEEM)

• Thermal desorption (TPD)

Scattering and diffraction

• X-ray scattering

• 2D WAXS and SAXS

• Light scattering

• Birefringence

Spectroscopy

• UV-VIS transmission

• VIS Reflection (Integrating sphere)

Equipment for rapid design of customized table-top physics experiments

• 3D printer

• Electronic equipment

• Medium-high resolution cameras

• Simple IR camera

Experiments performed outside the lab

• Neutron scattering/diffraction in close collaboration with IFE, Kjeller, Norway, NBI Univ. Copenhagen, and ESS - European Spallation Source Lund, Sweden

• Synchrotron X-ray scattering at ESRF France, LNLS Brazil, MaxIVlab Lund Sweden, etc.

• MR and other types of experiments with external partners

• NTNU Nanolab

Theoretical and numerical modelling oerfirmed in the Soft and Complex matter Lab and with external collaborators

"Nanofluids for IOR and Tracer Technology", Research Council of Norway, Petromaks2 project funded 2018-23; External academic partners at IRIS - International Research Institute of Stavanger, Norway, IFE - Institute for Energy Technology - Kjeller Norway, ESPCI-ParisTech/Pierre Gilles de Gennes Institute for Microfluidics - IPPG Paris France, Univ. Rennes1 France, Pontifica Universidade Catolica do Rio de Janeiro - PUC-Rio Brazil, Universidade de Sao Paulo - USP Brazil; Project leader: Prof. J.O. Fossum NTNU

“Graphene-NanoClay Systems”, Research Council of Norway, NANO2021 project funded 2016-23; External academic partners at University of Manchester UK, and at Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg Sweden; Project leader: Prof. J.O. Fossum NTNU

"Clay nanolayers for encapsulation of drops or nanoparticles", Research Council of Norway, FRIPRO project funded 2021-25; External academic partners at Univ. Oslo Norway, Chalmers Univ. Sweden, Univ. Bayreuth Germany, Niels Bohr Institute at University of Copenhagen Denmark, ISIS UK, ESPCI-ParisTech France, Univ. Sao Paulo Brazil; Project leader: Prof. J.O. Fossum NTNU

"Nanoremediation of contaminated soils: Technology implementation with respect to ecotoxicological aspects", European Economic Area (EEA) / Norwegian Financial Mechanism KAPPA project funded 2021-24; External partners in Czech Republic and in Norway; Project leader at NTNU: Prof. S. Raaen NTNU

"Pickering emulsions for food applications - Pickfood", Horizon2020 MSCA-ITN-ETN 2021-25; The project has 22 international beneficiaries/partners in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Netherlands, Spain, Switzerland, France, UK, USA, Tanzania, Brazil; Project coordinator: Researcher M. Knaapila NTNU. Prof. J.O. Fossum coordinates one of the WPs as well as the local activities at NTNU.

"Monitoring lifetime of thermoplastic composites by combining analytics and machine learning", Dutch Polymer Institute project 854 funded 2022-24; External partners at University of Oslo, Norway; Project leader: Researcher M. Knaapila NTNU

"ClayColor: Eco-friendly dye", NTNU Discovery project funded 2022-23; Project leader: Prof. J.O. Fossum NTNU