Time: December 2, 2011  9:30

Location: 410 of the main research building

Prof. Zhang Pingwen

Beijing University

Abstract:

One very interesting aspect of polymer or liquid crystal systems is that there are numerous ordered phases, and many of them have intricate geometric structure. The phase transitions between these phases are both important and difficult issues in the study of soft matter. We built an efficient platform including remodeling, effective iterate methods and initial value choosing strategy to discover the ordered phases and transition states.

This talk offers a review to the phase behavior, the thermodynamics & kinetics of phase transitions, and the principles of self-assembly for soft matter. The study for these problems in soft matter/complex fluids involves a combination of modeling, simulation, mathematical analysis and physical predictions.