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

Anomalous approach to thermodynamic equilibrium: Structure formation of molecules after vapor deposition
PK Jana, C Wang, RL Jack, L Chi, A Heuer
Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys
(2015)
92
Dynamical phase transitions in one-dimensional hard-particle systems
IR Thompson, RL Jack
Physical Review E Statistical Nonlinear and Soft Matter Physics
(2015)
92
Overlap and activity glass transitions in plaquette spin models with hierarchical dynamics
RM Turner, RL Jack, JP Garrahan
Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys
(2015)
92
Self-assembly and crystallisation of indented colloids at a planar wall
DJ Ashton, SJ Ivell, RPA Dullens, RL Jack, NB Wilding, DGAL Aarts
Soft Matter
(2015)
11
Effective interactions and large deviations in stochastic processes
RL Jack, P Sollich
The European Physical Journal Special Topics
(2015)
224
Porous Liquid Phases for Indented Colloids with Depletion Interactions
DJ Ashton, RL Jack, NB Wilding
Physical review letters
(2015)
114
Evidence for a Disordered Critical Point in a Glass-Forming Liquid.
L Berthier, RL Jack
Phys Rev Lett
(2015)
114
Hyperuniformity and Phase Separation in Biased Ensembles of Trajectories for Diffusive Systems
RL Jack, IR Thompson, P Sollich
Phys Rev Lett
(2015)
114
The Statistical Mechanics of Dynamic Pathways to Self-Assembly
S Whitelam, RL Jack
Annu Rev Phys Chem
(2014)
66
Geometrical interpretation of fluctuating hydrodynamics in diffusive systems
RL Jack, J Zimmer
Journal of Physics A Mathematical and Theoretical
(2014)
47

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01223 763865

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