Complex Materials
Head of Division: Arne Mikkelsen
The research deals with basic material science, with focus on:
- Nanoparticle and polymer physics
- Laboratory for soft and complex matter studies
- Breakdown and transport phenomena in disordered systems and materials
- Pattern formation in complex materials
- X-ray diffraction studies of ferroic materials
- Nanostructured surfaces and surface processes
- Topics from theoretical physics
Nanoparticle and polymer physics
Studies of the many different and important basic roles polymers play in all biological systems, and the many crucial applications of biopolymers in both medicine and industry. Includes both experimental and theoretical studies.
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Laboratory for soft and complex matter studies
We study the physics of Soft condenced matter, i.e. materials which are easily deformable by external stresses, electric or magnetic fields, or by thermal fluctuations.
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Breakdown and transport phenomena in disordered systems and materials
Studies of non-linear growth processes, breakdown, the dynamics of granular media and flow in porous media, by use of numerical and theoretical methods. Fracture processes in materials as a consequence of mechanical stress are examples of physical collective phenomena.
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Pattern formation in complex materials
Labyrinths, stick-slip bubbles and "corals" are but a few of the self-organized structures that emerge in complex fluid flows. Our research aims to uncover the physical mechanisms at play, and generate knowledge of consequence for new industrial processes such as CO2 sequestration.
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X-ray diffraction studies of ferroic materials
Studies of ferroic materials and ethylene copolymers by X-ray diffraction.
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Nanostructured surfaces and surface processes
Experimental studies of nanostructured surfaces (illustration to the right) and surface processes by photoemission (XPS, UPS), energy diffraction (LEED), photoemission microscopy (PEEM) end thermal desorption (TPD). Numerical (Monte-Carlo) simulations of surface processes.
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Topics from theoretical physics
Theoretical studies within quantum optics, complex phenomenon and biophysics. More on Topics within theoretical physics ...
