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
Negative differential mobility of weakly driven particles in models of glass formers
– Physical Review E Statistical Nonlinear and Soft Matter Physics
(2008)
78,
011506
(doi: 10.1103/physreve.78.011506)
Structure and dynamics of glass formers: predictability at large length scales.
– Physical Review E Statistical Nonlinear and Soft Matter Physics
(2007)
76,
041509
(doi: 10.1103/physreve.76.041509)
Fluctuation-dissipation ratios in the dynamics of self-assembly.
– Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys
(2007)
76,
021119
(doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.76.021119)
Dynamical first-order phase transition in kinetically constrained models of glasses.
– Physical Review Letters
(2007)
98,
195702
Fluctuation-dissipation relations in plaquette spin systems with multi-stage relaxation
– Journal of Statistical Mechanics Theory and Experiment
(2006)
2006,
p12005
Space-time thermodynamics and subsystem observables in a kinetically constrained model of glassy materials
– The Journal of Chemical Physics
(2006)
125,
184509
(doi: 10.1063/1.2374885)
Lengthscale dependence of dynamic four-point susceptibilities in glass formers
– Physical review. E, Statistical, nonlinear, and soft matter physics
(2006)
74,
051501
(doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.74.051501)
Mappings between reaction-diffusion and kinetically constrained systems: A+A ↔ A and the Fredrickson-Andersen model have upper critical dimension d c = 2
– Journal of Statistical Mechanics Theory and Experiment
(2006)
2006,
p03006
Caging and mosaic length scales in plaquette spin models of glasses
– Journal of Chemical Physics
(2005)
123,
164508
(doi: 10.1063/1.2075067)
Static and dynamic length scales in a simple glassy plaquette model.
– Physical Review E
(2005)
72,
016103
(doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.72.016103)
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