4th Spanish Soft Matter 1 1/2 Day
4th Spanish Soft Matter 1 1/2 Day

Organizers:

J. Aragones (UAM), L. Arriaga (UAM), A. Fernandez-Nieves (UB - ICREA), M. Ruiz-Garcia (UCM)


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Wednesday, October 28

15:00 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 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.

Thursday, October 29

08:30-09:00 Registration
09:00-09:05 Opening
Alberto Fernandez-Nieves
09:05-09:45 HYDRODYNAMICS OF TISSUES. COLLECTIVE CELL MIGRATION AS ACTIVE SOFT MATTER
Jaume Casademunt
09:45-10:05 TOPOLOGICAL DEFECTS AND NONEQUILIBRIUM DYNAMICS IN ACTIVE FLUIDS.
Ignacio Pagonabarraga
10:05-10:25 CORRELATIONS IN ACTIVE NEMATIC DEFECTS.
Anna Monclús
10:25-10:45 NEW EXPERIMENTAL PLAYGROUND: PHENOMENA OBSERVED IN ACTIVE/PASSIVE LIQUID CRYSTAL INTERFACES.
Olga Bantysh
10:45-11:05 IN SITU POLYMERIZATION OF RAFT-LIKE OBJECTS EMBEDDED IN ACTIVE NEMATICS.
Marc Vergés Vilarrubia
11:05-11:25 TOPOLOGY OF NONEQUILIBRIUM CURRENTS CONTROLS ACTIVE TRANSPORT.
Arin Escobar
11:25-11:55 Coffee Break
11:55-12:15 A KINETIC THEORY FOR CLUSTERING OF ACTIVE PARTICLES IN NARROW CHANNELS.
Juan Pablo Carrillo-Mora
12:15-12:35 PARTIAL VISION LEADS TO AN UNEXPECTED EMERGENT COLLECTIVE BEHAVIOR IN ACTIVE ALIGNING PARTICLES.
Raúl Molina-Prados Lallena
12:35-12:55 NOISE-INDUCED DEMIXING IN BINARY VICSEK FLOCKS.
Pradeep Kumar Yadav
12:55-13:15 LEARNING TASK ALLOCATION IN ANT COLLONIES.
Giulia Janzen
13:15-13:35 EVACUATION DRILLS WITH ROBOTS: STRONGER IS SLOWER.
Angel Garcimartín
13:35-15:00 Break - Free Time
15:00-15:30 Coffee Break
15:30-15:50 BIREFRINGENCE OF ALGINATE GELS.
Mara Maza Cuello
15:50-16:10 RHEOLOGICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF MODEL PULMONARY SURFACTANT FILMS AT THE AIR-LIQUID INTERFACE.
Ainhoa Collada Marugan
16:10-16:30 RHEOLOGY OF SOFT INTERFACES UNDER COUPLED SHAPE- AND AREA-CHANGING DEFORMATIONS: A CASE STUDY OF PULMONARY SURFACTANT-INSPIRED INTERFACES.
Mariana Rodriguez Hakim
16:30-16:50 TRACER PARTICLE DIFFUSION IN A GROWING BACTERIAL COLONY USING CELL SIMULATION TOOLS.
Alejandro Cuetos
16:50-17:10 VIBRATION-INDUCED SPEED-UP OF BUBBLE RISE IN SHEAR-THINNING FLUIDS.
Mario Riccio
17:10-19:00 Poster Session
19:00-22:00 WELCOME RECEPTION AND POSTERS

Friday, October 30

09:00-09:40 THE KEY PHYSICS OF ICE PREMELTING
Luis MacDowell
09:40-10:00 FLUCTUATION-CORRECTED PHASE DIAGRAMS OF DIBLOCK COPOLYMERS: TESTING THE PARTIAL SADDLE-POINT APPROXIMATION.
Jorge Ramirez
10:00-10:20 THE METASTABILITY OF SELF-ASSEMBLED ONE-COMPONENT COLLOIDAL QUASICRYSTALS.
Cosmin Alexandru Dicu Gohoreanu
10:20-10:40 TIME DELAY EFFECT ON TIME CRYSTALS FROM RARE EVENTS.
Berta Gómez Peinado
10:40-11:30 Coffee Break
11:30-11:50 COLLOIDAL-STRUCTURE INTERACTIONS: COLLOIDAL FLOW THROUGH A FLEXIBLE VESSEL.
ZHEN LYU
11:50-12:10 THE FORMATION OF LOOPS IN BLOOD VESSEL NETWORKS - RESILIENCE, FLOW AND THERAPY.
Rui Travasso
12:10-12:50 ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING OF LIQUID CRYSTAL ELASTOMERS: FROM 4D PRINTING TO MOTILE, AUTONOMOUS SOFT ROBOTIC SYSTEMS
Carlos Sanchez-Somolinos
12:50-13:00 Adjurn

Saturday, October 31

09:00 Bus from Benasque to Barcelona