Scottish Soft Matter Workshop

Europe/London
4305 (James Clerk Maxwell Building)

4305

James Clerk Maxwell Building

Mayfield Road Edinburgh EH9 3JZ UK
Apala Majumdar (University of Strathclyde), Halim Kusumaatmaja (University of Ediburgh), Rastko Sknepnek (University of Dundee), Tyler Shendruk (University of Edinburgh)
Description

Soft condensed matter encompasses a wide variety of industrial, biological and fundamental research questions regarding materials that are able to deform under mechanical stress. The complexity of these material systems arises from their duality as partially solid-like and partially fluid-like, as well as the significant role played by thermal fluctuations. These complexities require the development of analytical and computational modelling techniques, often in close collaboration with experimentalists working in industrial formulation science or biophysics.

The UK, and the North in particular, has an international reputation as being home to leaders in this endeavour. There are also multiple new hires across the field within universities throughout Scotland. This one-day workshop seeks to bring together Scottish soft matter research to establish a national sense of identity and direction. It is our intention to nucleate discussions between researchers from different locales to strengthen inter-institution collaborations. This workshop seeks to inform attendees about the breadth of ongoing research activities and Scottish interests, with invited speakers across research-intensive universities in Scotland. It will identify themes and synergies, which could be leveraged for future funding opportunities.

We warmly invite all soft matter researchers in Scotland to attend this one-day workshop.


Online participation: Zoom (pwd: s0ftMa++er)


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    • Registration
    • Welcome
    • Session 1

      10:00-10:30 Lynn Paterson
      10:30-11:00 Juliane Simmchen
      11:00-11:15 James Richards

      • 1
        Lynn Paterson - 3D microrheology using Optical Tweezers with Integrated Multiplane Microscopy

        Invited talk

      • 2
        Juliane Simmchen - Beyond spheres - new shapes for active matter

        Invited tal

      • 3
        James Richards - From model suspensions to industrial challenges in chocolate and cement

        Contributed talk

    • Coffee Break
    • Session 2

      11:45-12:15 Luke Davis
      12:15-12:30 Ben Goddard
      12:30-12:45 Alexander Houston
      12:45-13:00 Grazia De Angelis

      • 4
        Luke Davis - Control of continuous and discrete-state active matter

        Invited talk

      • 5
        Ben Goddard - An Introduction to (Dynamic) Density Functional Theory

        Contributed talk

      • 6
        Alexander Houston - Spontaneous Oscillations in Heterogeneous Active Nematics

        Contributed talk

      • 7
        Grazia De Angelis - Developing new multiscale models leveraging ML to advance the understanding of fluid transport in polymers

        Contributed talk

    • Lunch
    • Session 3

      14:30-15:00 Marcelo Dias
      15:00-15:30 Rebecca Walker
      15:30-15:45 Joseph Kilbride

      • 8
        Marcelo Dias - Exploring Damage in Mechanical Metamaterials

        Invited talk

      • 9
        Rebecca Walker - Structure-property relationships in ferroelectric nematogens

        Invited talk

      • 10
        Joseph Kilbride - Growing droplets in evaporating breath figures due to the Kelvin effect

        Contributed talk

    • Coffee Break
    • Session 4

      16:15-16:45 Ulrich Zachariae
      16:45-17:00 Sravana Chaithanya Kanala Venkata

      • 11
        Ulrich Zachariae - Modelling biological membranes and membrane-integral proteins under realistic voltage conditions

        Invited talk

      • 12
        Sravana Chaithanya Kanala Venkata - Vertex model with internal dissipation enables sustained flows

        Contributed talk

    • Closing remarks and discussion
    • Dinner

      Hotel du Vin (11 Bristo Pl, Edinburgh EH1 1EZ)