The aim of the project is to investigate the unconventional feature of ordering of defect in colloidal crystals driven by active fluids, such as suspensions of motile E. coli. Unlike traditional equilibrium systems, active systems inject energy at the microscale, leading to persistent fluctuations, and steady states that are not governed by thermodynamic energy minimization. These active effects give rise to defect ordering, which challenges classical theories of defect ordering. The student will be studying related aspects.
Statistical mechanics I and II
Programming in Python
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