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IRTG Organization Currently, the student/postdoc speakers are • Rebecca Steiner (further information) • Fabio Frommer (further information) • Moritz Mathes (further information) • Maarten Brems (further information)

Project A9: Coarse grained non-equilibrium dynamics of active soft matter Active colloids can self-propel in an unbiased solvent and provide a paradigmatic example of non-equilibrium soft matter. They have received enormous attention in recent years, partly for their rich ability to form dynamic structures such as living crystals, self-organized super-rotor assemblies, and travelling wave patterns. To a large extent, these dynamic structures are now known to hinge on the unusual hydrodynamic interactions among active colloids as well as on the phoretic cross-interactions which hinge on the action of a phoretic field (concentration, temperature) gradient due to a certain colloid on other colloids in the system. These interactions are in general long-ranged, confinement-dependent, non-reciprocal, non-instantaneous and non-pair-wise. However, despite their importance in generic experiments with active colloids, many key aspects of these interactions are still not well understood. To improve our corresponding understanding, the overarching goal of the present project is […]

Integrated research training group (IRTG) The integrated research training group (IRTG) of the TRR 146 provides a joint structured graduate education in the area of Computational Materials Science for the graduate students and young postdocs in the TRR 146 as well as other interested candidates working in related areas. The goals of the IRTG are threefold: 1) to provide students with the interdisciplinary background required for the research activities in the TRR 146, and to prepare them for a possible career in the area of theoretical Materials Sciences 2) to ensure common standards in the education of all graduate students in the TRR 146 by means of a well structured supervision and management program, 3) to establish and strengthen links within the TRR 146 already at the level of graduate students and young postdoctoral researchers. Special emphasis is placed on promoting exchange between groups within and outside of the TRR […]

TRR 146: Multiscale Simulation Methods for Soft Matter Systems Multiscale modeling is a central topic in theoretical condensed matter physics and materials science. One prominent class of materials, whose properties can rarely be understood on one length scale and one time scale alone, is soft matter. The properties of soft materials are determined by an intricate interplay of energy and entropy, and minute changes of molecular interactions may lead to massive changes of the system’s macroscopic properties. In our collaborative research center (CRC TRR 146), we plan to tackle some of the most pressing problems in multiscale modeling in a joint effort of physicists, chemists, applied mathematicians, and computer scientists. The TRR 146 receives funding from the german science foundation (DFG) since October 2014. We address three major challenges: (A) Dynamics In the past, multiscale coarse-graining approaches have to a large extent focused on static equilibrium properties. However, a thorough […]