University Associate Professor

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

Heterogeneous nucleation in the random field Ising model
L Yao, RL Jack
Journal of Chemical Physics
(2023)
159
Exact hydrodynamics and onset of phase separation for an active exclusion process
J Mason, C Erignoux, RL Jack, M Bruna
Proceedings of the Royal Society A
(2023)
479
Necking and failure of a particulate gel strand: signatures of yielding on different length scales.
K Thijssen, TB Liverpool, CP Royall, RL Jack
Soft Matter
(2023)
19
Active–passive mixtures with bulk loading: a minimal active engine in one dimension
J-F Derivaux, RL Jack, ME Cates
Journal of Statistical Mechanics Theory and Experiment
(2023)
2023
How do Cicadas Emerge Together? Thermophysical Aspects of Their Collective Decision-Making
RE Goldstein, RL Jack, AI Pesci
(2023)
Tricritical Behavior in Dynamical Phase Transitions
T Agranov, ME Cates, RL Jack
Phys Rev Lett
(2023)
131
Intermittent relaxation and avalanches in extremely persistent active matter
Y-E Keta, R Mandal, P Sollich, RL Jack, L Berthier
Soft matter
(2023)
19
Thermal vestiges of avalanches in the driven random field Ising model
L Yao, RL Jack
Journal of Statistical Mechanics: Theory and Experiment
(2023)
2023
Macroscopic behaviour in a two-species exclusion process via the method of matched asymptotics
J Mason, RL Jack, M Bruna
Journal of Statistical Physics
(2023)
190
Entropy production and its large deviations in an active lattice gas
T Agranov, ME Cates, RL Jack
Journal of Statistical Mechanics Theory and Experiment
(2022)
2022

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01223 763865

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