- Prof. Dr. Friederike Schmid
Jun.-Prof. Dr. Michael te Vrugt
Associated: Prof. Dr. Lukas Stelzl (Biology)
Our research topic is the statistical thermodynamics of liquids and solids. We apply a variety of numerical methods (Monte Carlo methods, molecular dynamics simulations, mesoscale simulation methods for fluid flow, classical density functional theory) to study the behavior of materials. To this end, we use local CPU and GPU clusters as well as massively parallel high performance computers. Topics include
- Method development for multiscale modelling
- Structure formation, self assembly and phase transitions in soft matter
- Nucleation and growth phenomena
- Flow and transport of complex fluids
- Nonequilibrium systems
- Biologically motivated problems
Nucleation of a bubble rich in carbon dioxide in an oversaturated melt of hexadecane (a constituent of oil) 
Complex of DNA with charged block copolymers