Soft Matter Network

The Soft Matter Network  brings together researchers working in Soft Materials across the University from nine departments, including Biochemistry, Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Earth Sciences, Engineering Maths and Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience in addition to the traditional areas of Physics, Chemistry and Maths.

In time we hope this will lead to productive collaborations and provide  opportunities for new research directions.

The network launched on Wed. 5th Dec 2018 (poster on the left).

Upcoming events and seminars:

Conference: Frontiers in Glass: At the Interface between Earth Science and Synthetic Materials
Monday, 20 May 2019, 14:00 – Tue, 21 May 2019, 16:00 BST
Room G25, School of Earth Sciences, University of Bristol

Public Lecture: Nicoletta Gnan, La Sapienza, Roma, “What are SMART Physical Scientists Interested In?”
Lecture Theatre 4, School of Chemistry, Tuesday 28th May – postponed to later date
(need to register for this event) www.eventbrite.com/e/what-are-smart-physical-scientists-interested-in-tickets-61997990659

Seminar (in Bath): Tom Lubensky, Physics UPenn, USA, “Metamaterials and Topological Mechanics,” at 1:15pm on Tuesday 28 May in 4W 1.7 (Wolfson).

Seminar: Sabetta Matsumoto, Georgia Institute of TechnologyTwisted topological tangles: or the knot theory of knitting
Wednesday, 29 May 2019, 14:00 Physics

Seminar: Elsen Tjhung “Renormalization group theory of banana and pizza-slice-shaped mesogens: Long-range order in 2d” Fluids and Materials Group, Mathematics
Tuesday 4th June 2019, 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Main Maths Building, SM2