16:15 Uhr im Seminarraum 1.27 Von-Danckelmann-Platz 4, 06120 Halle
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Theoretical physics soft group, Institute of Physics, University of Freiburg
“From cholesteric liquid crystals to nematic tactoids – an overview of the behavior of (chiral) hard rods and (im)penetrable spheres”
Model systems composed of rod-like and spherical particles can tell us a lot about various actual soft matter systems.
By changing the geometry, the interaction, and the composition of particles in such model systems, one can study a range of soft matter phenomena, from (cholesteric) liquid crystalline phases over colloidal membranes to nematic tactoids.
We study different aspects of such systems by employing computer simulations involving rod-like and spherical particles. This talk will provide an overview of some of these aspects and how they can be tackled with simulation and theory.
