Project Details
Projekt
GRK 667: Soft Condensed Matter
Subject Area
Condensed Matter Physics
Physical Chemistry
Physical Chemistry
Term
from 2001 to 2010
Project identifier
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 273213
Soft condensed matter science is an increasingly important interdisciplinary field of research. Its major concern is a better understanding of the macroscopic physical properties of various generally disordered and heterogeneous materials such as colloidal suspensions, polymer solutions and gels, emulsions, liquid crystals, granular media, foams and most biological matter. The research program of the international research training group concerns four strongly interconnected areas:
(A) Interacting biological structures (biopolymers, DNA, protein crystals, protein folding, membranes, adhesion),
(B) Foams, granular matter and liquid crystals (flow behaviour, rheology, multiple light scattering),
(C) Novel polymer materials (ionic transport, polymer-colloid-nano-aggregates, polymer melts on surfaces),
(D) Colloids as model systems (phase behaviour at surfaces, effective interaction, colloidal crystals).
(A) Interacting biological structures (biopolymers, DNA, protein crystals, protein folding, membranes, adhesion),
(B) Foams, granular matter and liquid crystals (flow behaviour, rheology, multiple light scattering),
(C) Novel polymer materials (ionic transport, polymer-colloid-nano-aggregates, polymer melts on surfaces),
(D) Colloids as model systems (phase behaviour at surfaces, effective interaction, colloidal crystals).
DFG Programme
International Research Training Groups
International Connection
France
Applicant Institution
Universität Konstanz
IRTG-Partner Institution
Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA); Université de Strasbourg
Spokesperson
Professor Dr. Georg Maret
Participating Researchers
Professor Dr. Christof Aegerter; Professor Dr. Artur Philipp Nikolaus Erbe; Professor Dr. Matthias Fuchs; Professor Dr. Urs Gasser; Privatdozent Dr. Thomas Gisler; Professor Dr. Paul Leiderer; Professor Dr. Alfred Leitenstorfer; Professor Dr. Stefan Mecking
Cooperation Partners
Professor Dr. Jörg Baschnagel; Dr. Francois Graner; Professor Dr. Stefan Haacke; Dr. Patrick Kekicheff; Professor Dr. Pierre J. Lutz; Dr. Carlos Marques; Dr. Hendrik Meyer; Dr. Brigitte Pépin-Donat; Professorin Dr. Cathérine Quilliet; Dr. Michel Rawiso; Dr. Daniel Riveline; Professor Dr. Nicolas Rivier; Dr. André Schröder; Dr. Sergey Skipetrov; Dr. Annie Viallat
