Soft Matter
Computational Materials Modeling, Virginia Tech
Soft matter is the study of materials of which the physical behavior is controlled by an energy scale comparable to room temperature thermal energy. These materials include polymers, colloids, liquid crystals, foams, gels, granular matter, and biological materials.
Faculty
Shengfeng Cheng, Computational Materials Modeling, Virginia Tech
Shengfeng Cheng
We use molecular modeling method study various soft matter material systems and especially focus on their nonequilibrium processes such as drying-induced structure formation and self-assembly, rheology, fracture, and friction.
Dr. Uwe Claus Täuber, Computational Materials Modeling, Virginia Tech
Uwe Claus Täuber
Statistical physics of complex systems, specifically away from thermal equilibrium, with applications to materials science and biological processes.