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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

Stochastic level-set method for shape optimisation

LO Hedges, HA Kim, RL Jack

– Journal of Computational Physics

(2017)

348,

82

(doi: 10.1016/j.jcp.2017.07.010)

Symmetries and geometrical properties of dynamical fluctuations in molecular dynamics

RL Jack, M Kaiser, J Zimmer

– Entropy

(2017)

19,

562

(doi: 10.3390/e19100562)

Acceleration of Convergence to Equilibrium in Markov Chains by Breaking Detailed Balance

M Kaiser, RL Jack, J Zimmer

– Journal of Statistical Physics

(2017)

168,

259

(doi: 10.1007/s10955-017-1805-z)

Finite-Size Scaling of a First-Order Dynamical Phase Transition: Adaptive Population Dynamics and an Effective Model

T Nemoto, RL Jack, V Lecomte

– Physical Review Letters

(2017)

118,

115702

(doi: 10.1103/physrevlett.118.115702)

Emergence of particle clusters in a one-dimensional model: connection to condensation processes

M Burman, D Carpenter, RL Jack

– Journal of Physics A: Mathematical and Theoretical

(2017)

50,

135002

(doi: 10.1088/1751-8121/aa601b)

Effects of vertical confinement on gelation and sedimentation of colloids

A Razali, CJ Fullerton, F Turci, JE Hallett, RL Jack, CP Royall

– Soft matter

(2017)

13,

3230

(doi: 10.1039/c6sm02221a)

Optimising self-assembly through time-dependent interactions

CJ Fullerton, RL Jack

– The Journal of Chemical Physics

(2016)

145,

244505

(doi: 10.1063/1.4972861)

Absence of dissipation in trajectory ensembles biased by currents

RL Jack, RML Evans

– Journal of Statistical Mechanics Theory and Experiment

(2016)

2016,

093305

(doi: 10.1088/1742-5468/2016/09/093305)

Coarse-grained depletion potentials for anisotropic colloids: Application to lock-and-key systems.

C Law, DJ Ashton, NB Wilding, RL Jack

– J Chem Phys

(2016)

145,

084907

(doi: 10.1063/1.4961541)

Note: Physical mechanisms for the bulk melting of stable glasses.

RL Jack, L Berthier

– J Chem Phys

(2016)

145,

076101

(doi: 10.1063/1.4961230)