3rd Edwards Symposium - New Horizons in Soft Matter

Registration and Lunch

Mike Cates University of Cambridge
Welcome and Introduction

Jerome Bibette ESPCI ParisTech
Chair: Kristian Müller-Nedebock, Stellenbosch University
Phenotypic Diversification and Adaptation of Yeast on a Physiological Time Scale

Peter Olmsted Georgetown University
Chair: Kristian Müller-Nedebock, Stellenbosch University
Physics Challenges in Addictive Manufacturing with Polymers

Chair: Kristian Müller-Nedebock, Stellenbosch University
Tea and Coffee

Ludovic Berthier Laboratoire Charles Coulomb
Chair: Rafi Blumenfeld, University of Cambridge
How Glasses Break: A Random Critical Point for the Yielding Transition in Amorphous Materials

Bulbul Chakraborty Brandeis University
Chair: Rafi Blumenfeld, University of Cambridge
Shear Induced Rigidity in Granular Materials - a Statistical Approach

Jean-Louis Barrat Université Grenoble Alpes
Chair: Rafi Blumenfeld, University of Cambridge
Elasto Plastic Modeling of Flow in Soft Amorphous Solids: Avalanche Statistics, Strain Localisation and Creep

Chair: Rafi Blumenfeld, University of Cambridge
Posters, Networking and Drinks

Robert Style ETH Zürich
Chair: Masao Doi, Beihang University
Using Phase Separation in Soft Materials to Create Structural Colour

Paul Clegg University of Edinburgh
Chair: Masao Doi, Beihang University
Bijels Prepared by Direct Mixing at Fixed Temperature

Chair: Masao Doi, Beihang University
Tea and Coffee

Erika Eiser University of Cambridge
Chair: Masao Doi, Beihang University
Light-induced Crystallisation of Colloids at Interface

Susan Bates Unilever R&D
Chair: Peter King, Imperial College London
Smart Hydrogels for Sampling and Detection of Volatile Components

Jie Ren Merck
Chair: Peter King, Imperial College London
Design of Solid Dosage Formulation and Process via Fundamental Understandings of Soft Matters

Chair: Peter King, Imperial College London
Lunch and Posters

Thomas Halsey Exxon Mobil
Chair: Peter King, Imperial College London
How to Get Right Answers from Wrong Models

John Bows Pepsico
Chair: Peter King, Imperial College London
Physics in Food Manufacturing Challenges

Mixer Session and Posters

Tea and Coffee

Tatiana Morozova Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Chair: Tom McLeish, University of York
Fabrication of Janus Nanoparticles from the Self-Assembly of Homopolymers and Amphiphiles through Rapid Precipitation

Paula Gago Imperial College London
Chair: Tom McLeish, University of York
Water Injection into Weakly Consolidated Sand. CFD-DEM for a Pore-scale Characterisation

Charalampos Konstantinous University of Cambridge
Chair: Tom McLeish, University of York
Water Injection into Soft Sand. Mechanical Characterisation of Artificial Sandstones

Vladimir Khodygo Aberystwyth University
Chair: Tom McLeish, University of York
Computer Simulations of Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Active Rods in Semi-Periodic Channels

Surabhi Kottgegollah IISER Pune and Langevin Institute
Chair: Tom McLeish, University of York
Computing with Droplets

Pablo de Castro King's College London
Chair: Tom McLeish, University of York
Phase Separation Dynamics of Polydisperse Colloids: A Mean-field Lattice-gas Theory

Jack Panter Durham University
Chair: Tom McLeish, University of York
Achieving the Optimal Designs of Superoleophobic Surfaces

Shari Finner TU Eindhoven
Chair: Tom McLeish, University of York
Conducting Plastics! - Geometric Percolation in Liquid Crystals

Edo Boek Schlumberger Cambridge Research
Chair: Tom McLeish, University of York
Observation of High Voltage Spots in Soft Carbon Fibre Electrode Materials for Vanadium Redox Flow Batteries

Bana Shriky University of Bradford
Chair: Tom McLeish, University of York
Injectable Hydrogels for Controlled Release Drug Delivery

Amalia Thomas University of Cambridge
Chair: Tom McLeish, University of York
Photoelastic Study of Dense Granular Free-surface Flows

Jens Winkelmann Trinity College Dublin
Chair: Tom McLeish, University of York
Theory of Rotational Columnar Structures of Soft Spheres

Chair: Tom McLeish, University of York
Poster Exhibition and Networking

Bruno Frka-Petesic University of Cambridge
Chair: Tom McLeish, University of York
Printing of Responsive Photonic Cellulose Nanocrystal Micro-Film Arrays

Elsen Tjhung University of Edinburgh
Chair: Tom McLeish, University of York
Renormalisation Group Study of Banana and Pizza-sliced Shaped Mesogens

Rajesh Singh University of Cambridge
Chair: Tom McLeish, University of York
The Interplay of Chemical and Hydrodynamic Interactions in Suspensions of Autophoretic Colloids

Charlie Wand University of Manchester
Chair: Tom McLeish, University of York
Calculating the Scission Free Energy of Worm-like Micelles using Dissipative Particle Dynamics Simulations

Hideki Kobayashi University of Cambridge
Chair: Tom McLeish, University of York
A Hierarchical Strategy for Novel Composite Materials

Deepika Srivastva Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
Chair: Tom McLeish, University of York
Flow Behaviour of Chain and Star Polymers and their Mixtures

Daniele Vigolo University of Birmingham
Chair: Tom McLeish, University of York
A Microfludic Approach to Model Deep Vein Thrombosis in the Presence of Flexible Valves

Chair: Tom McLeish, University of York
Workshop Dinner: Gonville and Caius College

Carl Modes Rockefeller University ; Mark Warner University of Cambridge
Chair: Doug Cleaver, Sheffield Hallam University
Mechanics from Continuous and Localised Intrinsic Curvature Creation

Elisabetta Matsumoto Georgia Institute of Technology
Chair: Doug Cleaver, Sheffield Hallam University
4D Printing

Chair: Doug Cleaver, Sheffield Hallam University
Tea and Coffee

Ryan Hayward University of Massachusetts
Chair: Doug Cleaver, Sheffield Hallam University
Shaping and Reshaping Polymer Sheets with Light

Jerome Bibette ESPCI ParisTech ; Michael Butler Cambridge IQ ; Tuomas Knowles University of Cambridge
Chair: Doug Cleaver, Sheffield Hallam University
Spin-outs and Licensing in Soft Matter Technology

Mike Cates University of Cambridge
Chair: Doug Cleaver, Sheffield Hallam University
Open Discussion and Wrap-Up

Chair: Doug Cleaver, Sheffield Hallam University
Lunch, posters and finish