Øivind Wilhelmsen

Professor at the Department of Chemistry at NTNU, PI of PoreLab Center of Excellence

Email: Oivind.wilhelmsen@ntnu.no

Phone: +47 97 15 22 39

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Welcome to my research group

I am a Professor at the Department of Chemistry at NTNU and responsible for the Thermodynamics group. I am also one of the PIs of the Norwegian Centre of Excellence for research on porous media, Porelab.

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Our research group has a broad portfolio of activities within equilibrium and non-equilibrium thermodynamics. We combine experiments, theory and molecular simulations to address a variety of scientific and industrially relevant challenges, where sustainability and development of fundamental knowledge is important. Our lines of research are:

Latest news

New paper on the thermodynamics of thin films

The paper entitled Thermodynamic stability of volatile droplets and thin films governed by the disjoining pressure in open and closed containers has just been accepted for publication in Langmuir. Distributed thin films of water and their coexistence with droplets are investigated using a capillary ...
New paper on the thermodynamics of thin films

New paper on the use of fiber optic sensors to study phase transitions

The paper entitled Using Fiber-Optic Sensors to Give Insight into Liquid-Solid Phase Transitions in Pure Fluids and Mixtures, has just been accepted for publication in the journal entitled “Experimental Thermal and Fluid Science”. Fiber optic sensors offer a new and unique way to ...
New paper on the use of fiber optic sensors to study phase transitions

Markus S. Wahl defends his PhD thesis

Markus Solberg Wahl successfully defends his PhD thesis entitled “Detection and analysis of liquid-solid phase transitions with fiber-optic sensors”, 19th of May, 2020. The thesis addresses the very interesting topic of using fiber optic sensors to detect phase transitions, and is a collection ...
Markus S. Wahl defends his PhD thesis