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11/21/03 Colloquium
DR. ANIKET BHATTACHARYA
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS
UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA
DEPARTMENT OF PHYSICS
Self-Assembly in Soft Condensed Matter Systems
Abstract: Soft Condensed Matter Physics encompasses the study of liquid crystals, surfactants, neutral polymers, polyelectrolytes, colloids, emulsions, membranes and a large fraction of bio-materials etc., those are "soft" to touch in contrast to "hard" materials such as Aluminum or Sodium Chloride that are generally associated with the field of solid state physics. Evidently the realm of soft matter is very broad and currently presents fundamental scientific challenges which ultimately may produce deep economic and humanitarian impacts on the society.In this talk I will demonstrate how these complex fluids can be described in terms of simple coarse grained models. In particular, I will discuss recent results on phase ordering dynamics of a polymer solution and amphiphilic self-assembly using lattice and off-lattice models.
