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Soft matter in external fields
We are interested in characterization of the behavior of soft matter
systems (liquid crystals, polymers, colloidal solutions) exposed to externally applied fields such as a flow field, or an electric field. We
are for example interested in the nonequilibrium distribution of counter ions around a macroion in oscillating electric fields, in
crystallization in flow, and in general in self assembly away from thermodynamic equilibrium.
Our goals include:
- designing better methods of annealng of nanocrystals and colloidal crystals
- developing new methods for non-equilibrium self assembly of nano- and micro-particles into ordered structures that can be
tuned by adjusting the parameters of the external field
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