Engineering Interfaces to Control Liquid Behavior
We develop engineered surfaces that enable deterministic control of liquid transport and phase change, unlocking new performance limits in water harvesting, thermal management, and fluid-based systems.
Interliant Technologies designs how liquids interact with solid interfaces to control nucleation, motion, shedding, and recycling. Our work targets systems where conventional capillary-, gravity-, or pressure-driven approaches limit performance, reliability, or scalability.
Our approach combines modeling, surface fabrication, and benchtop validation to evaluate surface-enabled mechanisms before scale-up and commercialization.
What we do
We translate interfacial physics into practical engineering mechanisms. By tailoring surface chemistry, texture, and device geometry, we create predictable liquid behavior for early-stage water, thermal, and fluid-control applications.
Engineered interfaces Deterministic fluid control Hybrid modeling + experiments
Active focus
Two current research programs apply the same interfacial-physics foundation to distinct early-stage applications:
- Mobile Fog-Harvesting Harp — engineered surface drainage and airflow interaction for improved fog capture.
- PhaseJump™ Micro Cooler — surface-mediated droplet transport for passive, orientation-independent hotspot cooling.