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Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry

 

Professor of Statistical Mechanics

My research group includes people in the Dept of Chemistry and in the Dept of Applied Maths and Theoretical Physics (DAMTP).  We investigate questions from physics, chemistry and mathematics, using the theory of statistical mechanics to understand the behaviour of complex systems including biomolecules, glassy liquids, and soft matter.  I am particularly interested in co-operative dynamics: for example, how do molecules move in crowded environments?  What are the co-operative mechanisms for colloidal self-assembly, and the folding of biomolecules?

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Publications

Preparation and Relaxation of Very Stable Glassy States of a Simulated Liquid
RL Jack, LO Hedges, JP Garrahan, D Chandler
– Phys Rev Lett
(2011)
107,
275702
Analyzing mechanisms and microscopic reversibility of self-assembly
J Grant, RL Jack, S Whitelam
– The Journal of chemical physics
(2011)
135,
214505
Overview of different characterizations of dynamic heterogeneity
L Berthier, G Biroli, JP Bouchaud, RL Jack
(2011)
9780199691470,
68
Mechanisms of kinetic trapping in self-assembly and phase transformation
MF Hagan, OM Elrad, RL Jack
– The Journal of chemical physics
(2011)
135,
104115
Predicting the self-assembly of a model colloidal crystal
D Klotsa, RL Jack
– Soft Matter
(2011)
7,
6294
Large deviations and ensembles of trajectories in stochastic models
RL Jack, P Sollich
– Progress of Theoretical Physics
(2010)
184,
304
Duality Symmetries in Driven One-Dimensional Hopping Models
P Sollich, RL Jack
– Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics
(2010)
184,
200
Finite-temperature critical point of a glass transition.
YS Elmatad, RL Jack, D Chandler, JP Garrahan
– Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
(2010)
107,
12793
Metastable states and space-time phase transitions in a spin-glass model.
RL Jack, JP Garrahan
– Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys
(2010)
81,
011111
Second-order dynamic transition in a p=2 spin-glass model
K van Duijvendijk, RL Jack, F van Wijland
– Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys
(2010)
81,
011110
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Research Interest Group

Telephone number

01223 763865

Email address

rlj22@cam.ac.uk