InterPore2026 Bulletin (3)

Sent on: 05-12-2025

Nantes is easily accessible by both air and rail, making travel straightforward for international and domestic attendees. The city’s airport, Nantes Atlantique (NTE), is located about 10 km from the center, with convenient transport options including bus or taxi. High-speed TGV trains provide a fast and efficient alternative, with connections from Paris Montparnasse in about two hours and direct service from Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport in roughly three hours. Major French cities such as Bordeaux, Lyon, and Lille also offer direct rail links. Best of all, the Nantes Gare SNCF train station sits directly beside La Cité Nantes Congress Centre, making arrival by train especially convenient.  

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Yves Méheust will present on immiscible two-phase flow in geological fractures, exploring how fluids like water, oil, and CO₂ move through networks of cracks in crystalline rocks. In his talk, Dr. Méheust will show how a combination of laboratory experiments with transparent, rough-walled fracture models and advanced numerical simulations can reveal these patterns. The presentation will highlight phase diagrams and configurations that maximize fluid trapping, offering new insights into fluid behavior in natural and engineered subsurface systems.

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Physics of Multiphase Flow in Diverse Porous Media explores how fluids move through complex porous structures across scales—from pore-level mechanisms to Darcy-scale behavior. This minisymposium covers topics such as CO₂ storage, soil remediation, unconventional reservoirs, reactive transport, wettability effects, dynamic capillarity, and advanced imaging and modeling techniques.

With applications spanning energy, environment, and materials science, MS05 provides a focused platform for new insights into the physics that govern multiphase flow in diverse porous systems.

Lead Organizer: Chao-Zhong Qin (Chongqing University, China)

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Fluids in Nanoporous Media focuses on the unique behaviors of fluids confined within nanopores—spaces so small that solid–fluid interactions and external stimuli can dramatically alter physical properties. These effects occur in both natural materials such as clay, shale, and coal, and in engineered systems like zeolites, MOFs, and nanoporous carbons used for separation, catalysis, and energy storage.

This minisymposium brings together theory, experiments, and applications to explore how these pore-scale phenomena influence transport, mechanics, and technological performance. 

Lead Organizer: Bin Pan (China University of Petroleum – Beijing, China)

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We are pleased to welcome Math2Market as an Exhibitor and Bronze Sponsor of InterPore2026!

Math2Market is the company behind GeoDict, a leading software suite for digital material analysis and optimization. Widely used across industry and research, GeoDict provides powerful tools for simulating flow, transport, filtration, mechanics, and multi-physics processes in porous and composite materials. Its applications span energy, environmental engineering, manufacturing, filtration, and beyond—making Math2Market an ideal partner for our interdisciplinary community.

We look forward to their participation in Nantes and encourage attendees to visit their booth to explore the latest advances in digital material design and simulation.

The Jardin Extraordinaire (Extraordinary Garden) of Nantes, located at the foot of the Butte Sainte-Anne, is a remarkable place where nature and city blend seamlessly. Nestled within an old granite quarry, the garden benefits from a unique microclimate that allows lush, exotic vegetation to flourish: banana trees, tree ferns, lotus flowers, and bamboo surround a spectacular 25-metre waterfall cascading down the rock face. Definitely a great place for photography and for a different kind of city-walk!

Photo credit : Stéphane Menoret

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