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Daniel J. Ratliff, Loughborough University
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Priya Subramanian, University of Oxford
About:
Soft matter systems such as colloids, block co-polymer micelles and dendrimers self-organise to form complex patterns when cooled from a melt. Recent efforts in this area focus on the modelling needed to successfully predict thresholds of different crystalline phases and to investigate their growth dynamics. This mini-symposium will highlight the use of phase field crystal, density functional and molecular dynamical models to examine the (i) influence of metastable states at a liquid-crystal interface, (ii) grain growth and defect dynamics and (iii) competition between different polymorphs. This mini-symposium will foster discussions between emerging and experienced researchers investigating self-assembly of soft matter and identify potential new modelling and computational techniques to advance this field.
Speakers
| Apala Majumdar, University of Strathclyde | Exotic Defects in Confined Nematic Systems |
| Alastair Rucklidge, University of Leeds | Modelling Soft Matter Quasicrystals |
| Alberto Scacchi, Loughborough University | A General Strategy for Finding Soft atter Quasicrystals |
| Ken Elder, Oakland University | Modelling Displasive Phase Transitions and Multiferroicity using Phase Field Crystal Models |
| Merin Joseph, University of Leeds | Two Length Scale Phase Separation in Block Copolymers |
| James Lutsko, Universite Libre de Bruxelles | Non-classical Nucleation of Crystals: a Theoretical Approach to Understanding Nucleation Pathways |