Seminars – Past

13 November 2020, 10:30 s.t.
GRK 2516 Soft Matter Seminar

C. Patrick Royall, University of Bristol:
Gelation in Colloidal Systems: Non-Equilibrium Phase Separation meets the Glass Transition
via Zoom

18 December 2020, 10:30 s.t.
GRK 2516 Soft Matter Seminar

Thomas Hermans, University of Strasbourg, CNRS:
Dissipative Supramolecular Systems and Materials
via Zoom

15 January 2021, 10:30 s.t.
GRK 2516 Soft Matter Seminar

Nathalie Katsonis, University of Groningen, The Netherlands:
TBA
via Zoom

29 January 2021, 10:30 s.t.
GRK 2516 Soft Matter Seminar

Emanuela Zaccarelli, University of Rome:
Elasticity and effective interactions of microgels in bulk and at liquid-liquid interfaces
via Zoom

12 February 2021, 10:30 s.t.
GRK 2516 Soft Matter Seminar

Jens-Uwe Sommer, Leibniz-Institute of Polymer Research Dresden and TU Dresden:
From the LCST Transition to Aquamelts: Type-II Phase Transitions in Polymers
via Zoom

14 April 2021, 10:30 s.t.
GRK 2516 Soft Matter Seminar

Thomas Speck, Johannes Gutenberg University:
Modeling structure formation: Computational approaches to self-organisation of materials
None

21 April 2021, 10:30 s.t.
GRK 2516 Soft Matter Seminar

Angelika Kühnle, Bielefeld University:
Structural Transitions of Molecules on Surfaces
None

28 April 2021, 10:30 s.t.
GRK 2516 Soft Matter Seminar

Pol Besenius, Johannes Gutenberg University:
Surface Confined Supramolecular Polymerisation
None

05 May 2021, 10:30 s.t.
GRK 2516 Soft Matter Seminar

Markus Mezger, University of Vienna, MPI-P:
X-ray and Neutron Scattering Techniques for Soft Matter
via Zoom

12 May 2021, 10:30 s.t.
GRK 2516 Soft Matter Seminar

Michael Kappl, MPI-Polymer Research:
Supraparticles from superomniphobic surfaces
None

19 May 2021, 10:30 s.t.
GRK 2516 Soft Matter Seminar

Arash Nikoubashman, Johannes Gutenberg University:
Watching paint dry: Structure formation in drying films and droplets
None

26 May 2021, 10:30 s.t.
GRK 2516 Soft Matter Seminar

Kurt Kremer, MPI-Polymer Research:
Introduction to Multiscale Modeling of Polymers
None

02 June 2021, 10:30 s.t.
GRK 2516 Soft Matter Seminar

Nathalie Katsonis, University of Groningen, The Netherlands:
Motile behaviour of supramolecular systems
None

09 June 2021, 10:30 s.t.
GRK 2516 Soft Matter Seminar

Regine von Klitzing, Technical University of Darmstadt:
Different kinetic pathways how to dope polymer brushes with Gold-nanoparticles
None

16 June 2021, 10:30 s.t.
GRK 2516 Soft Matter Seminar

Sigi Waldvogel, Johannes Gutenberg University:
Electrifying Organic Synthesis
None

23 June 2021, 10:30 s.t.
GRK 2516 Soft Matter Seminar

Sebastian Seiffert, Johannes Gutenberg University:
Thermoresponsive Hydrogels for Energy-Autonomous Seawater Desalination
None

30 June 2021, 10:30 s.t.
GRK 2516 Soft Matter Seminar

Jens-Uwe Sommers, Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research, Dresden:
Theory of chain walking catalysis: From dendritic to bottle brush molecules
None

07 July 2021, 10:30 s.t.
GRK 2516 Soft Matter Seminar

Hans-Jürgen Butt, MPI-Polymer Research:
Progress in understanding wetting
None

14 July 2021, 10:30 s.t.
GRK 2516 Soft Matter Seminar

Friederike Schmid, Johannes Gutenberg University:
Field based simulations for soft matter
None

28 October 2021, 10:15 s.t.
GRK 2516 Soft Matter Seminar

Katrin Amann-Winkel, JGU, Physics:
Does Water consist of two liquids? How X-rays can help to reveal this question.
None

11 November 2021, 10:15 s.t.
GRK 2516 Soft Matter Seminar

Syuji Fujii, Osaka Institute of Technology, Japan:
Liquid marble: From Fundamental to Application
None

25 November 2021, 10:15 s.t.
GRK 2516 Soft Matter Seminar

Maximilian Hielscher, JGU, Chemistry:
Statistics-based optimization strategies for anodic C,C cross-coupling
Newton room

25 November 2021, 10:45 s.t.
GRK 2516 Soft Matter Seminar

Torsten Linder, JGU, Chemistry:
Challenges and solutions to create microgels via microfluidics
Newton room

09 December 2021, 10:15 s.t.
GRK 2516 Soft Matter Seminar

Karen Johnston, University of Strathclyde, Glasgow:
Multiscale modelling of advanced materials and interfacial phenomena
None

20 January 2022, 10:15 s.t.
GRK 2516 Soft Matter Seminar

M. Schweitzer, JGU, Chemistry:
Supramolecular Self-Assembly and Hydrogelation of Multidomain Polymer-Peptide Conjugates
None

20 January 2022, 10:45 s.t.
GRK 2516 Soft Matter Seminar

Philipp Ritzert, TU Darmstadt, Physics:
Controlling Stability and Particle Aggregation in Salted Gold Nanoparticle Suspension by Ion Type, Concentration, and Aging
None

03 February 2022, 10:15 s.t.
GRK 2516 Soft Matter Seminar

Oliver Stach, JGU, Chemistry:
Surface-Confined Supramolecular Polymers
None

03 February 2022, 10:45 s.t.
GRK 2516 Soft Matter Seminar

Yashraj Manish Wani, JGU, Physics:
Colloidal suspension dynamics using multi-particle collision dynamics with a discrete particle model
None

16 February 2022, 15:00 s.t.
GRK 2516 Soft Matter Seminar

Chantal Valeriani, Complutense Madrid, Spain:
From active materials to biofilms: pressing challenges in soft matter
None

28 April 2022, 15:30 s.t.
GRK 2516 Soft Matter Seminar

Lukas Hauer, MPI – Polymer Research:
Hydrogel Dehydration under Oil Flow
Minkowski Room, 05-119, Staudingerweg 7

28 April 2022, 15:00 s.t.
GRK 2516 Soft Matter Seminar

Jude Vishnu, JGU Physics:
Molecular Dynamic Simulation of Free chain Diffusion into a Regular Network
Minkowski Room, 05-119, Staudingerweg 7

12 May 2022, 15:45 s.t.
GRK 2516 Soft Matter Seminar

Christian Holm, University of Stuttgart:
Charged weak hydrogels from a computational perspective — the complexity of Coulomb interactions and how to reduce them
Minkowski Room, 05-119, Staudingerweg 7

09 June 2022, 15:30 s.t.
GRK 2516 Soft Matter Seminar

Rodrique Badr, JGU, Physics:
Cloaking transition of droplets on lubricated brushes
Minkowski Room, 05-119, Staudingerweg 7

09 June 2022, 15:00 s.t.
GRK 2516 Soft Matter Seminar

Fabian Berressem, JGU, Physics:
Ultra-coarse-graining of homopolymers in inhomogeneous systems
Minkowski Room, 05-119, Staudingerweg 7

23 June 2022, 15:00 s.t.
GRK 2516 Soft Matter Seminar

Melis Yetkin, MPI-Polymer Research:
Supraparticles: Aggregation of colloids in evaporating dispersion drops
Minkowski Room, 05-119, Staudingerweg 7

23 June 2022, 15:30 s.t.
GRK 2516 Soft Matter Seminar

Tasos Sourpis, JGU, Physics:
TBA
Minkowski Room, 05-119, Staudingerweg 7

07 July 2022, 15:00 s.t.
GRK 2516 Soft Matter Seminar

Bhuwan Poudel, MPI-Polymer Research:
Assembly Formation of Nanoparticles at a Soft Surface: Polymer Brush
Minkowski Room, 05-119, Staudingerweg 7

07 July 2022, 15:30 s.t.
GRK 2516 Soft Matter Seminar

Gokul Goving, JGU, Physics:
TBA
Minkowski Room, 05-119, Staudingerweg 7

10 November 2022, 14:30 s.t.
GRK 2516 Soft Matter Seminar

Gokul Govind, JGU, Physics:
Molecular Dynamics Simulation of Self-Assembled Supramolecular Copolymers
Minkowski Room, 05-119, Staudingerweg 7

10 November 2022, 15:00 s.t.
GRK 2516 Soft Matter Seminar

Bhuwan Poudel, MPI-Polymer Research:
Ordering of nanoparticles (NPs) at soft polymer surfaces
Minkowski Room, 05-119, Staudingerweg 7

24 November 2022, 14:30 s.t.
GRK 2516 Soft Matter Seminar

Seraphine Wegner, WWU Münster:
Building a cell from the bottom-up: Spatiotemporal control in synthetic cells using light
Minkowski Room, 05-119, Staudingerweg 7

08 December 2022, 14:30 s.t.
GRK 2516 Soft Matter Seminar

Leila Saheb Mohamadi, TU Darmstadt, Physics:
Self-assembled Peptides Structure Mediated by Solid Interfaces
Minkowski Room, 05-119, Staudingerweg 7

08 December 2022, 15:00 s.t.
GRK 2516 Soft Matter Seminar

Janka Bauer, JGU, Physics:
Single-chain and condensed-state behavior of hnRNPA1 from molecular simulations
Minkowski Room, 05-119, Staudingerweg 7

22 December 2022, 14:30 s.t.
GRK 2516 Soft Matter Seminar

Nicolas Vogel, Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg:
Colloidal clusters from confined self-assembly: Structure – Thermodynamics – Formation kinetics
Minkowski Room, 05-119, Staudingerweg 7

19 January 2023, 14:30 s.t.
GRK 2516 Soft Matter Seminar

Weixiang Chen, JGU, Chemistry:
Anomalous Diffusion in Biomolecular Condensates
Minkowski Room, 05-119, Staudingerweg 7

19 January 2023, 15:00 s.t.
GRK 2516 Soft Matter Seminar

Lorena Baranda, JGU, Chemistry:
DNA-based Sensors for Antibodies
Minkowski Room, 05-119, Staudingerweg 7

02 February 2023, 14:30 s.t.
GRK 2516 Soft Matter Seminar

Swapnasopan Datta, JGU, Chemistry:
Transient Coacervation away from Equilibrium under Compartmentalization
Minkowski Room, 05-119, Staudingerweg 7

20 April 2023, 14:30 s.t.
GRK 2516 Soft Matter Seminar

Yuqing Wang, JGU, Chemistry:
Supramolecular hydrogels based on host-guest-interactions
Minkowski Room, 05-119, Staudingerweg 7

04 May 2023, 14:30 s.t.
GRK 2516 Soft Matter Seminar

Franziska Lissel, Leibniz Institute of Polymer Research, Dresden:
Triblock Copolymers – Using Nanophase Separation to Achieve Low Modulus, Elastic Deformation and Good Mobility in Polymer Semiconductors
Minkowski Room, 05-119, Staudingerweg 7

01 June 2023, 14:30 s.t.
GRK 2516 Soft Matter Seminar

Matthew Baker, Maastricht University:
TBA
Minkowski Room, 05-119, Staudingerweg 7

15 June 2023, 15:00 s.t.
GRK 2516 Soft Matter Seminar

Atieh Razavi, TU Darmstadt, Physics:
Controlling Macroscale Behavior of Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) PNIPAM Droplets through their Mesoscale Properties
Minkowski Room, 05-119, Staudingerweg 7

29 June 2023, 14:30 s.t.
GRK 2516 Soft Matter Seminar

Benno Liebchen, TU Darmstadt, Physics:
Structure formation in soft active matter
Minkowski Room, 05-119, Staudingerweg 7

14 September 2023, 14:30 s.t.
GRK 2516 Soft Matter Seminar

Mike Howard, Chemical Engineering, Auburn University, USA:
Modeling drying-induced assembly in colloidal suspensions
Minkowski Room, 05-119, Staudingerweg 7

05 October 2023, 14:30 s.t.
GRK 2516 Soft Matter Seminar

Shan Jaing, Materials Science and Engineering, Iowa State University of Science and Technology, Ames, USA:
Race to the Interface: How Did Janus Particles Win?
Minkowski Room, 05-119, Staudingerweg 7

02 November 2023, 14:30 s.t.
GRK 2516 Soft Matter Seminar

Vishal Maingi, Bioengineering, Caltech:
TBA
Minkowski Room, 05-119, Staudingerweg 7

16 November 2023, 14:30 s.t.
GRK 2516 Soft Matter Seminar

Marcus Müller, Institute for Theoretical Physics, Uni Göttingen:
Simulation studies of process-directed self-assembly
Minkowski Room, 05-119, Staudingerweg 7

30 November 2023, 14:30 s.t.
GRK 2516 Soft Matter Seminar

Dijkstra, Marjolein, Computational Condensed Matter, Utrecht University:
Accelerating the design of soft materials using machine learning
Minkowski Room, 05-119, Staudingerweg 7

14 December 2023, 17:00 s.t.
GRK 2516 Soft Matter Seminar

Florian Mast, JGU, Chemistry:
Improving electrochemical reductions: finding the right supporting electrolyte through principal component analysis
Lorentz Room, 05-127, Staudingerweg 7

18 January 2024, 14:30 s.t.
GRK 2516 Soft Matter Seminar

Sofia Kantorovich, Computational Physics, University of Vienna:
TBA
Minkowski Room, 05-119, Staudingerweg 7

01 February 2024, 17:00 s.t.
GRK 2516 Soft Matter Seminar

Günter Auernhammer, Leibniz Institute for Polymer Research, Dresden:
TBA
TU Darmstad (Room, TBA)