WORKSHOP
on
Soft Matter Mathematical Modelling
Il Palazzone, Cortona (Italy), 10 - 14 September 2001
PROGRAMME
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Sept. 10 |
Sept. 11 |
Sept. 12 |
Sept. 13 |
Sept. 14 |
| 09:00 | Registration | |
| Remembering Frank Leslie | ||
| 09:45 | R.J. Atkin | Reflections on the life and work of Frank Leslie (1935-2000) |
| 10:00 | T. Sluckin | Reflections on the life and work of Frank Leslie (1935-2000) |
| 11:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:30 | M. Osipov | Orientational ordering, chiral structures and formation of superlattices in organic monolayers |
| 12:05 | I. Stewart | Backflow in planar layers of ferroelectric smectic C: switch-on times and relaxation effects |
| 13:00 - 15:00 | Lunch |
| 15:05 | H.R. Brand | Physical properties of fluid biaxial smectic phases:selected recent developments |
| 16:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 16:30 | R.J. Atkin | Static domain wall solutions for smectic C liquid crystals |
| 17:05 | N. Mottram | Flexoelectric switching in bistable nematic cells |
| 09:30 | G. Marrucci | Molecular models for the rheology of polymer melts |
| 10:25 | P.L. Maffettone | Complex dynamics in sheared liquid crystalline polymers |
| 11:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:30 | S. Kralj | Kinetics of defects in confined nematic liquid crystals |
| 12:05 | S. Zumer | Disjoining pressure in very thin nematogenic film |
| 13:00 - 15:00 | Lunch |
| 15:05 | E.C. Gartland | Elastic forces on nematic point defects |
| 16:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 16:30 | Round Table
Liquid Crystals |
P. Galatola
- Reversible creation of pairs of defects of opposite charge E.G. Virga - Dynamics ofdissipative systems: Rayleigh equations A.M. Sonnet - Dynamics of dissipative systems: Ericksen-Leslie theory |
| 09:30 | E. Terentjev | Nematohydrodynamics and anomalous viscoelasticityof liquid crystalline elastomers and gels |
| 10:25 | T. Sluckin | Non-linear dynamics of nematic liquid crystals inthepresence of a shear flow |
| 11:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:30 | A.M. Sonnet | Balance of angular momentum in the presence of microstructure |
| 12:05 | H. Stark | A Poisson-bracket approach to the dynamics of liquidcrystals |
| 13:00 - 15:00 | Lunch |
| 15:05 | S. Hess | Modelling plastic flow of soft solids |
| 16:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 16:30 | R. Rosso | Stability of lipid membranes: handle with care |
| 09:30 | C. Misbah | Nonequilibrium vesicle dynamics |
| 10:25 | F. Bisi | Curvature effects on membrane-mediated interactions of proteins |
| 11:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:30 | S. Svetina | Shapes of membranes constrained by cellular walls |
| 12:05 | B. Zeks | The stability of long, nearly cylindrical phospholipid vesicles |
| 13:00 - 15:00 | Lunch |
| 15:05 | B. Fourcade | Membrane coated with polymers: from soft condensed matter to bio-adhesion |
| 16:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 16:30 | Round Table
Membranes |
E. Canetta
-- New developments in the biophysics of cellular adhesion A. Nicolas -- Polymers grafted onto a membrane: frustration effects C. Tordeux -- Adhesion of vesicles to curved substrates P. Biscari -- Mediated forces between proteins |
| 09:30 | M. Kléman | Defects in a TGBA liquid crystal phase: optical observations, theory |
| 10:25 | P. Galatola | Elastically-mediated anisotropic interactions in colloid
s |
| 11:00 | Coffee Break | |
| 11:30 | J.-B. Fournier | Coarse-graining of soft-matter interfaces |
| 12:10 |
S. Hess
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A look back at flow birefringence and backflow |
| 13:00 - 15:00 | Lunch |
| Last revised on September 9, 2001 |