Jülich Soft Matter Days 2002
Kerkrade, NL
19 - 22 November 2002
Topics
The workshop Jülich Soft Matter Days 2002 was held at the Congrescentrum Rolduc, in the vicinity of Jülich from 19 to 22 November 2002. The main focus has been on the following topics:
- Polymers
- Self-Organization
- Biophysics
- Interfaces
- Colloids
- Rheology
Program Jülich
| Tuesday, 19 november | |
| 18.00 - 21.00 h | Registration/Welcome Buffet at the Congrescentrum Rolduc |
| Wednesday, 20 november | |
| 8.30 - 8.55 h | Registration mounting of Posters |
| 8.55 - 9.00 h | Opening
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| 9.00 - 11.05 h | Session 1: Rheology |
| 9.00 - 9.45 h | T. McLeish (Univ. Leeds) Multiscale modeling of entangled polymers |
| 9.45 - 10.15 h | W.J. Briels (Univ. Twente) Simulations of entangled polymer melts |
| 10.15 - 10.45 h | M. Monkenbush (FZ Jülich) Segmental dynamics and topological confinement in polymer melts |
| 10.45 - 11.05 h | C. von Ferber (Univ. Freiburg) Stretch dynamics of single complex molecules |
| 11.05 - 11.30 h | Coffee/Tea Break
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| 11.30 - 13.30 h | Session 2: Biophysics I |
| 11.30 - 12.00 h | A.R. Khokhlov (Univ. Moscow) Biomimetic sequence design in functional copolymers |
| 12.00 - 12.30 h | A. Offenhäusser (FZ Jülich) Functional coupling of biological systems with microelectronic devices |
| 12.30 - 13.00 h | S. Fraden (Brandeis Univ. Boston) B2or not B2 ...? |
| 13.00 - 14.30 h | Lunch
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| 14.30 - 16.35 h | Session 3: Self Assembly |
| 14.30 - 15.15 h | D. Roux (CNRS) Effect of shear on lamellar phases : toward rheochaos |
| 15.15 - 15.45 h | F. Tanaka (Univ. Kyoto) Thermoreversible gelation strongly coupled to the coil-to-helix transition of polymers |
| 15.45 - 16.15 h | J. Rieger (BASF) The birth and fate of nanoparticles in water - polymers, pigments and open questions |
| 16.15 - 16.35 h | F. Mantegazza (Univ. Milano) Demixing transition in microemulsions of water in thermotropic liquid crystals |
| 16.35 - 17.00 h | Coffee/Tea Break
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| 17.00 - 18.50 h | Session 4: Glasses |
| 17.00 - 17.30 h | R.H. Colby (Univ. Pennsylvania) Rheology of Glass Formation |
| 17.30 - 18.00 h | J. Colmenero (Univ. San Sebastian) Atomic self-motions and the alpha relaxation in glass-forming polymers. MD-simulation & quasielastic neutron scattering results. |
| 18.00 - 18.30 h | J.P. Ryckaert (Univ. Brussel) Local dynamics of polymer melts and alpha/beta relaxations : molecular level information from simulations |
| 18.30 - 18.50 h | M. Fuchs (Univ. Strasbourg) Structural and conformational dynamics of glassy polymer melts |
| 19.00 h | Dinner |
| Thursday, 21 november | |
| 8.30 - 10.35 h | Session 5 : Colloids I |
| 8.30 - 9.15 h | H.N.W. Lekkerkerker (Univ. Utrecht) Nematic ordering versus gelation in suspensions of collodial platelets |
| 9.15 - 9.45 h | H. Löwen (Univ. Düsseldorf) Phase transitions in soft matter systems in equilibrium and non-equilibrium |
| 9.45 - 10.05 h | A.R. Bausch (Univ. München) Colloidosomes - Self assembly of colloidal particles on spherical surfaces |
| 10.05 - 10.25 h | P. van der Schoot (Univ. Eindhoven) Unusual kinetics of the nematic transition in fluid dispersions of elongated colloids |
| 10.25 - 11.00 h | Coffee/Tea Break
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| 11.00 - 13.05 h | Session 6 : Interfaces |
| 11.00 - 11.45 h | K. Binder (Univ. Mainz) Interfaces between coexisting phases in unmixed polymer blends : theory versus simulation versus experiments |
| 11.45 - 12.15 h | D. Andelman (Univ. Tel-Aviv) Patterns and templates in block copolymer films |
| 12.15 - 12.45 h | M. Stamm (Univ. Dresden) Generation of nano-structured surfaces by organization of polymers |
| 12.45 - 13.05 h | R. Magerle (Univ. Bayreuth) Nanostructured thin films via self-assembly of ABA and ABC triblock copolymers |
| 13.05 - 14.00 h | Lunch
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| 14.00-15.20 h | Session 7: Biophysics II |
| 14.00 - 14.30 h | J. Rädler (Univ. Muenchen) Structure of DNA/polycation complexes and transport properties of soft-matter nanoparticles |
| 14.30 - 15.00 h | A. Baumgärtner (FZ Jülich) The physics of cell locomotion |
| 15.00 - 15.20 h | B. Klösgen (Univ. Southern Denmark) Interfacial self-assembly of model membranes onto surface-modified Si-crystals |
| 15.20 - 17.40 h | Poster Session/Coffee/Tea |
| 18.00 h | Departure for dinner by bus (close to Maastricht) |
| 19.00 h | Workshop D inner |
| Friday, 22 november | |
| 8.30 - 10.25 h | Session 8: Biophysics III |
| 8.30 - 9.00 h | A. Boulbith and E. Sackmann (Tech. Univ. München) Kinetics of adhesion studied by a new cellmimicking system a single ligand-receptor couple |
| 9.00 - 9.30 h | A.M. Dogterom (FOM-AMOLF) Membrane morphologies induced by cytoskeletal motor proteins |
| 9.30 - 10.00 h | A. Ott (Univ. Bayreuth) Cell mechanics : a few experiments |
| 10.00 - 10.20 h | L. Limozin (Tech. Univ. München) Structure and mechanics of actin networks in giant vesicles |
| 10.20 - 11.00 h | Coffee/Tea Break
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| 11.00 - 13.10 h | Session 9: Colloids II |
| 11.00 - 11.30 h | A. Van Blaaderen (Univ. Utrecht) PMMA spheres with a tunable soft and dipolar potential: a new colloidal model system |
| 11.30 - 12.00 h | W. Poon (Univ. Edinburgh) How to unstuck a glass, and stick it again : re-entrant glass transition in a model colloid |
| 12.00 - 12.30 h | G. Nägele (FZ Jülich) Electrolyte friction and diffusion |
| 12.30 - 12.50 h | M.A. Miller (FOM-AMOLF) Critical behaviour of the adhesive sphere fluid by Monte Carlo simulation |
| 12.50 - 13.10 h | A.A. Louis (Univ. Cambridge) Polymer-colloid mixtures : the effects of polymer-polymer interactions |
| 13.10 - 13.15 h | Closing |
| 13.30 - 14.30 h | Lunch |
| 14.30 h | Transfer to Herzogenrath Railway Staiton |
| Jülich Neutrons for Europe | |
| 14.30 h - 17:00 h | EUROPEAN USERS MEETING |
| Jülich Neutrons for Europe | |
| - Presentation of the Jülich Facility | |
| - Research Highlights | |
| - Discussion on aspects of Jülich Access Program : suggestions and improvements | |
| 17.00 h | END OF THE MEETING |
Last updated: 09 Aug 2011
