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SoftMatterTheory Residency at the University of New South Wales 2018

November 19, 2018November 19, 2020 Mathew Q. Giso

This summer, SoftMatterTheory members Tim, Zhaoyu and I visited Patrick Spicer’s lab at University of New South Wales (UNSW) in

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Publications Research 

New Publication: Computing equilibrium states of cholesteric liquid crystals in elliptical channels with deflation algorithms

August 22, 2017August 22, 2017 Timothy Atherton

We’re delighted to announce the publication of a new paper in collaboration with Applied Mathematicians at Tufts, Oxford and Memorial

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Education News Publications 

New publication: “Predicting the influence of plate geometry on the eddy-current pendulum”

August 19, 2016 Timothy Atherton

I‘m delighted to announce that our new paper, “Predicting the influence of plate geometry on the eddy-current pendulum” has just

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Publications Uncategorized 

New publication: “Shape minimisation problems in liquid crystals”

August 1, 2016August 5, 2016 Andrew A. DeBenedictis

Andrew DeBenedictis and Tim Atherton have just published a paper on “Shape minimisation problems in liquid crystals” in a special

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Publications Research Uncategorized 

New publication: “Competition of lattice and basis for alignment of nematic liquid crystals”

October 5, 2015October 5, 2015 Andrew A. DeBenedictis

Graduate student Andrew DeBenedictis has just published his paper “Competition of lattice and basis for alignment of nematic liquid crystals”

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New publication: “The role of curvature anisotropy in the ordering of spheres on an ellipsoid”

June 17, 2015September 11, 2015 Christopher Burke

Grad student Chris Burke has just published his paper “The role of curvature anisotropy in the ordering of spheres on an ellipsoid” in the journal Soft Matter along with co-authors Badel Mbanga,

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Publications 

New publication: “Simulating Defect Textures on Relaxing Nematic Shells”

May 19, 2014October 23, 2015 Badel Mbanga

In this paper, we study the evolution of defects on a deforming, curved interface endowed with liquid crystalline order. Two

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Publications Research 

Collaborative Paper “Neuronal growth as diffusion in an effective potential” now published

October 22, 2013October 22, 2013 Timothy Atherton

We’re delighted to announce that our new paper, published in collaboration with Cristian Staii’s lab is now available online at Physical Review

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Publications 

New Paper “Independent control of polar and azimuthal anchoring” now published

July 1, 2013July 3, 2013 Timothy Atherton

We’re pleased to announce our new paper has just been published in Physical Review E. This paper was also previously made available

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Publications 

New Paper “Optimizing the second hyperpolarizability with minimally parametrized potentials” now published

May 3, 2013July 3, 2013 Timothy Atherton

Chris Burke celebrates his first journal article published today in the Journal of the Optical Society of America B. The

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Recent Blog Posts on Education

  • New publication “Developing a project-based computational physics course grounded in expert practice”
  • Video projects from Physics 12 Fall 2016
  • New publication: “Predicting the influence of plate geometry on the eddy-current pendulum”
  • Tim Atherton’s Teaching Highlighted in a Video
  • Physics 12 Video Projects Fall 2015

Recent Blog Posts about Publications

  • SoftMatterTheory Residency at the University of New South Wales 2018
  • New Publication: Computing equilibrium states of cholesteric liquid crystals in elliptical channels with deflation algorithms
  • New publication: “Predicting the influence of plate geometry on the eddy-current pendulum”
  • New publication: “Shape minimisation problems in liquid crystals”
  • New publication: “Competition of lattice and basis for alignment of nematic liquid crystals”

Recent Blog Posts

  • Summer Research in the softmattertheory group
  • Postdoctoral Scholar/Programmer Opportunity
  • Postdoctoral Scholar Job Opportunity
  • New Publication: “Crystal Comets: A Geometric Model for Sculpting Anisotropic Particles from Emulsions”
  • Physics 12 Video Projects Fall 2018

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