Organizers:
J. Aragones (UAM), L. Arriaga (UAM), A. Fernandez-Nieves (UB - ICREA), M. Ruiz-Garcia (UCM)
2nd Spanish Soft Matter 1 1/2 Day
(Benasque Science Center, Nov 03 - Nov 06, 2024)
Download pdf version of the program and abstract booklet here.
Sunday, November 03
| 15:00-20:30 | Bus from Barcelona, Universitat de Barcelona, Diagonal 686, Metro: L3 Palau Reial (Note that the bus stops opposite University of Barcelona, Facultat de Fisica I Quimica) |
| 15:30-20:30 | Bus from Barcelona airport 'El Prat ', Terminal T2A (On leaving exit, turn left and you will find a police building called 'Mossos d’Escuadra'. Cross the road using the zebra crossing and turn left. The bus will stop there.) |
Monday, November 04
| 08:15-08:50 | Registration |
| 09:00-09:05 | Opening Alberto Fernandez-Nieves |
| 09:05-09:45 | Machine learning for reduced order modelling Soledad Le Clainche |
Session on Structure and Dynamics of Polymers and Colloids | |
| 09:45-10:05 | Structure and dynamics in model vitrimers: Looking for microscopic evidences of the topological transition Maria Aranzazu Arbe |
| 10:05-10:25 | Interplay of linking chirality and heterogeneous flexibility in mechanically bonded membranes Juan Luengo Márquez |
| 10:25-10:45 | Conformational effects of polypeptide precursors on the collapse into nanoparticles Paula Malo de Molina |
| 10:45-11:05 | Static-Dynamic decoupling in soft-colloid suspensions Jose Manuel Ruiz Franco |
| 11:05-11:25 | Does surface tension depend on gravity? Luis MacDowell |
APS Sponsored Session on Active/Driven Particles | |
| 11:55-12:15 | Magnetic control of driven colloids dispersed in liquid crystals Joel Torres Andrés |
| 12:15-12:35 | Shakers at a fluid interface: Bridging the gap between 2D and 3D Dynamics Alvaro Domínguez |
| 12:35-12:55 | Enhancement of effective diffusion in active colloids with time-dependent propulsion velocity Carles Calero |
| 12:55-13:15 | Brownian dynamics and spontaneous rotation of a Janus particle in a polymer solution Marco De Corato |
| 13:15-13:35 | Smart magnetic microrobots learn to roll with deep reinforcement learning David G. Calatayud |
APS Sponsored Session on Active/Driven Particles (Part II) | |
| 15:30-15:50 | The carnivorous plant Genlisea harnesses active particle dynamics to prey on microfauna José Martín-Roca |
| 15:50-16:10 | Cluster formation in a system of photoactive macroscopic particles Sara Levay |
| 16:00-16:30 | Active nematic defects exhibit hyperuniformity Jyothishraj Nambisan |
Session on Liquid Crystals | |
| 16:10-16:30 | Anchoring transition of a smectic film and pattern formation of local conic domains in liquid crystal flow cell geometry Olga Bantysh |
| 17:30-19:00 | Poster Session |
Tuesday, November 05
| 09:00-09:40 | Protein filaments as active polumers Pedro Tarazona |
Session on Drops, Vesicles, Cells and Grains | |
| 09:40-10:00 | Effect of Particle Shape on the Flow of an Hourglass Raul Cruz Hidalgo |
| 10:00-10:20 | Fluid dynamics of a respiratory droplet in the context of viral dynamics Javier Martínez Puig |
| 10:20-10:40 | Membrane-enabled transduction of internal flows into vesicle motion Paula Magrinya |
Session on Drops, Vesicles, Cells and Grains (Part II) | |
| 11:30-11:50 | Active flow networks and their complex dynamic Rodrigo Fernández-Quevedo García |
| 11:50-12:10 | Unveiling the collective dynamics of liquids and polymer melts at the mesoscale by neutron spectroscopy with polarization analysis and MD-Simulations Juan Colmenero |
Wednesday, November 06
| 09:00-14:30 | Bus from Benasque to Barcelona |
Sponsors
Contact Information
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Benasque - 22440, Huesca (Spain)