Jülich Soft Matter Days 2011
Gustav-Stresemann-Institut, Bonn, Germany
15-18 November 2011
Introduction
Soft Matter Science has emerged as an independent and interdisciplinary research field bringing together scientists from condensed matter physics, chemistry and biology. The systems investigated in this field include colloidal dispersions, polymer-solutions, -mixtures and -melts, block copolymers, binary and ternary amphiphilic systems (microemulsions), membranes, vesicles and biological macromolecules. While many of these systems have already been investigated for a long period of time, onIy recently their common features and interactions have come into focus.
These highIy complex materials are characterized by structural units with typical length scales ranging from nanometers to micrometers. The experimental and theoretical investigations as well as the understanding of the properties of these materials poses enormous challenges due to their high complexity, the large number of cooperative degrees of freedom, and the large range of relevant length, time and energy scales.
Therefore, we are organizing an annual workshop, the
Jülich Soft Matter Days
on the physics and chemistry of mesoscopically structured systems. We hope that this workshop will provide a forum to share and discuss the latest advances for all active researchers in this field.
In this meeting taking place in the vicinity of Jülich from 15 to 18 November 2011 we intend to focus on:
- Biosystems
- Colloids
- Polymers
Self Assembly
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Preliminary Program Jülich
Tuesday, November 15 | |
| 18.00-21.00 h | Registration/Welcome Buffet |
Wednesday, November 16 | |
| 8.00 h | Registration (continued) |
| 8.55 h | Opening |
Session : Biosystems I
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| 9.00 h | A. Baskaran, Brandeis University, USA Collective dynamics of active matter: From cytoskeleton to migrating cell layers |
| 9.30 h | T. Powers (Brown University, Rhode Island, USA) Mechanics of swimming microorganisms |
| 10.00 h | M. Abkarian (Université Montpellier/CNRS, France) Fast elastic egress of malaria parasites from red blood cells |
| 10.30 h | P. Nassoy (Institut Curie/CNRS, Paris, France) Growth of cellular spheroids confined in soft capsules |
| 11.00 h | Coffee/Tea Break |
Session : Colloids I
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| 11.20 h | M. Solomon (University of Michigan, USA) Field-assisted assembly of anisotropic colloids |
| 11.50 h | H. Löwen (Universität Düsseldorf, Germany) Colloids in external fields: From passive to active particles |
| 12.20 h | U. Jonas (FORTH, Heraklion, Crete, Greece) Building hierarchical structures with soft matter |
| 12.50 h | B. Frisken (Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada) Competition between phase separation and crystallization in a colloid-polymer mixture |
| 13.10 h | Lunch |
Session : Polymers I
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| 14.30 h | R. Larson (University of Michigan, USA) Relaxation in entangled polymers with long branches |
| 15.30 h | D. Morse (University of Minnesota, USA) Correlations in block copolymers: Toward a systematic coarse-grained theory beyond the random phase approximation (RPA) |
| 16.00 h | K. Saalwächter (Martin-Luther Universität, Halle-Wittenberg, Germany) NMR-based molecular rheology of entangled polymers in bulk and in nanoscopic confinement |
| 16.30 h | R. Colby (PennState University, USA) Designing ionomers for facile ion transport |
| 16:50 h | Poster Session I & Coffee/Tea Break |
| 19.00 h | Dinner |
Thursday, November 17 | |
Session : Self Assembly I
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| 8.30 h | J. Klein (Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel) Self-assembly of lyposomes in 2D: Exploring the hydration-lubrication paradigm |
| 9.00 h | F. Bresme (London Imperial College, United Kingdom) Structure and stability of Newton black films |
| 9.30 h | J.-B. Fournier (Université Paris/CNRS, France) Specific and universal effects in membranes |
| 10.00 h | R. van Roij (Utrecht University, The Netherlands) Harvesting blue energy from mixing river- and sea water |
| 10.20 h | Coffee/Tea Break |
Session : Colloids II
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| 11.00 h | S. Herminghaus (MPI Göttingen, Germany) Dynamics of active emulsions |
| 11.30 h | M. Ballauff (HZB Berlin, Germany) Rheology of concentrated suspensions and the glass transition: Non-stationary experiments |
| 12.00 h | P. Lang (Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany) Near wall dynamics in colloidal suspensions studied by evanescent wave dynamic light scattering |
| 12.30 h | J. Jose (Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands) Buckling, loading and overloading of monodisperse elastic microcapsules |
| 12.50 h | W. Richtering (RWTH Aachen, Germany) Are responsive Mickering emulsions special? |
| 13.10 h | Lunch |
| 14.30 h | Poster session II & Coffee/Tea Break |
Session : Biosystems II
| |
| 16.30 h | B. Caswell (Brown University, Rhode Island, USA) Dissipative particle dynamics modeling of blood suspensions flowing in small tubes |
| 17.00 h | D. Luo (Cornell University, Ithaca, USA) Engineering DNA as a true polymer for real-world applications |
| 17.30 h | J. Elgeti (Institut Curie/CNRS, Paris, France) Tissue simulations |
| 18.00 h | M. Cieplak (Polish Academy of Science, Warsaw,Poland) Mechanostability of proteins and virus capsids |
| 18.30 h | A. Kröger (MPI Mainz, Germany) Endocytic internalization of nanoparticles intopolymeric vesicles |
| 19.30 h | Conference Dinner |
Friday, November 18 | |
Session : Polymers II
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| 8.30 h | P. Green (University of Michigan, USA) Tailoring the structure and properties of chain end-tethered nanoparticles in polymer thin films |
| 9.00 h | A. Arbe (Universidad del Pais Vasco, San Sebastián, Spain) Structure and dynamics in concentrated polymer/water mixtures |
| 9.30 h | K. Nusser (Forschungszentrum Jülich, Germany) The dynamics of linear polymers in the presence of non-attractive nanoparticles |
| 10.00 h | F. Tanaka (Kyoto University, Japan) Cooperative hydration and LCST phase separation of temperature-sensitive water-soluble polymers |
| 10.20 h | Coffee/Tea Break |
Session : Self Assembly II
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| 11.00 h | S. Sprunt (Kent State University, USA) Short-range structure and properties of nematic liquid crystals formed by reduced symmetry molecules |
| 11.30 h | M. Evans (Friedrich-Alexander Universität, Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany) From three-dimensional weavings to swollen corneocytes |
| 11.50 h | M. Cohen Stuart (Wageningen Agricultural University, The Netherlands) Self-assembly driven by electrostatic attraction |
| 12.20 h | C. De Michele (Sapienza University of Rome, Italy) Self-assembly of DNA duplexes into polymer chains: Theory, simulations and experiments |
| 12.40 h | M. Zeghal (Université Paris Sud/CNRS, France) Complexes of oppositely charged polyelectrolytes, including DNA |
| 13.00 h | Closing |
| 13.15 h | Lunch |
| 14.30 h | Departure |
Last updated: 23 Nov 2020
Additional Information
The presence of nanoparticles induces a confinement of the chain dynamics in polymer nanocomposites.
Copyright: Courtesy K. Nusser, Forschungszentrum Jülich, ICS-1, JCNS
