From Maciej.Lisicki at fuw.edu.pl Tue Apr 2 15:32:50 2024 From: Maciej.Lisicki at fuw.edu.pl (Maciej Lisicki) Date: Tue, 2 Apr 2024 09:32:50 -0400 Subject: [Soft-matter] Soft Matter & Complex Systems Seminar on 5 Apr 2024 Message-ID: <1EC581A1-7EB0-434D-BCD1-CB5A0CDD127C@fuw.edu.pl> Dear Soft Matter & Complex Systems Colleagues and Friends, On Friday 4 April 2024 at 9:30 AM at the UW Faculty of Physics (Pasteura 5, Warsaw; room 1.40) we are hosting a seminar during which Micha? Matuszewski (Center for Theoretical Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences) who will give a talk Quantum and classical computing with exciton-polaritons Abstract Exciton-polaritons are quantum quasiparticles that appear in the regime of strong light-matter coupling. They can be realized in a wide range of semiconductor materials, including inorganic semiconductors such as GaAs and CdTe, organic semiconductors, two-dimensional materials and perovskites. Their uniqueness lies in that they combine the properties of both light and matter, resulting in excellent transport and strong interparticle interactions. In this talk I will discuss the applications of exciton-polaritons in classical and quantum computing, including reservoir computing, all-optical systems, and quantum neural networks. We warmly welcome everyone to attend the talk and the Soft Matter Coffee Break after the seminar, held in room 2.63 (2nd floor). Maria Ekiel-Je?ewska Maciej Lisicki Piotr Szymczak Panagiotis Theodorakis Marek Trippenbach -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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In such a mixture, the potential between like particles can have the form of short-range attraction long-range repulsion, and the cross-interaction is repulsive at short- and attractive at large distances. A theory combining the density functional and field-theoretical methods and the MD simulations show coexistence of a low-density disordered phase with a high-density phase with alternating layers rich in the first and second components. In these layers, crystalline structure is present in the solid, and absent in the liquid crystals. The density and the degree of order of the ordered phase decrease with increasing temperature, up to a temperature where the theory predicts a narrow two-phase region with increasing density of both disordered and ordered phases for increasing temperature. MD simulations show that monocrystals of the solid and liquid crystals have a prolate shape with the axis parallel to the direction of concentration oscillations, and the deviation from the spherical shape increases with increasing periodic order. The figure shows cross-sections of the monocrystal. ? We warmly invite you to attend the talk and the Soft Matter Coffee Break after the seminar, held in room 2.63 (2nd floor). Maria Ekiel-Je?ewska Maciej Lisicki Piotr Szymczak Panagiotis Theodorakis Marek Trippenbach -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Application deadline: June 1. https://www.ncbj.gov.pl/en/praca/post-doc-position-condensed-matter-physics-computational-materials-sciencemachine-learning 1 PhD Position in Experimental Metallic Glasses involves experiments with magnetron sputtering and suction casting, plus TEM, DSC, and nanoindentation. Candidates with an interest in experimental materials science are encouraged to apply. Deadline: May 15. https://gradschool.ncbj.gov.pl/physics-thesis-topics-for-october-2024/ For further information, please contact Silvia Bonfanti (silvia.bonfanti at ncbj.gov.pl). Administratorem Pa?stwa danych osobowych jest Narodowe Centrum Bada? J?drowych, ul. Andrzeja So?tana 7, 05-400 Otwock, zgodnie z przepisami RODO oraz zgodnie z obowi?zuj?cymi przepisami prawa. Szczeg??owe informacje w zakresie przetwarzania Pa?stwa danych osobowych znajduj? si? na stronie internetowej https://www.ncbj.gov.pl/klauzula-informacyjna-o-przetwarzaniu-danych-osobowych. 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Effectively constructing such networks requires understanding the processes involved in vascular network formation and identifying the factors influencing its growth. From an experimental perspective, we focus on well-controlled systems consisting of individual plastic microbeads coated with endothelial cells or bead matrices, ie. groups of individual microbeads with adjustable spacing between them. The microbeads are placed in hydrogel, mimicking an extracellular matrix, supplemented with nutrients, fibroblasts, and vascular endothelial growth factors (VEGF) at controlled concentrations. Numerical tools have been developed for image segmentation of microscopic images with the ability to characterize networks through numerous parameters. One notable observation is that the onset time, marked by the initial growth of capillaries from a microbead, gets shorter with higher concentrations of VEGF. Additionally, higher concentrations of VEGF result in more branched networks, although they do not significantly affect the speed of growth of individual sprouts. The mean bifurcation angle shows weak dependence on VEGF concentration, typically varying between 60 and 75 degrees. This suggests that the sprout tips tend to follow local VEGF gradients. At high VEGF concentrations, we observe exponential distributions of segment lengths, indicating stochastic branching. To simulate growth of capillary networks in vasculogenesis we began to work on a cellular Potts model, consisting off two key factors governing network formation: elastic interactions due to hydrogel deformation by endothelial cells and chemotaxis associated with the diffusion and reaction of VEGF proteins with endothelial cells. We warmly welcome everyone to attend the talk and the Soft Matter Coffee Break after the seminar, held in room 2.63 (2nd floor). 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Prof Skarmoutsos is a great expert in the field with a lot of international experience (France, UK, Italy, Spain, Greece) in modelling in various research areas, such as supercritical and ionic fluids (see attachment for further details). You are all most welcome to join his talk! Kind regards, Panos The Warsaw Doctoral School in Natural and Biomedical Sciences and the Institute of Physics PAS cordially invites you to a SPOTLIGHT TALK _Molecular Simulations: A computational toolbox to predict, understand and rationally tailor the physicochemical properties of liquid and supercritical solvents and materials for sustainable chemical applications_ _given by_ Dr Ioannis Skarmoutsos Department of Chemistry, University of Ioannina, 45110 Ioannina, Greece on 24th April 2024, 12:30 at the IP PAS Conference room 203, building I Duration: 45 min + question time The event will be available on ZOOM also, at this link [1] _All Warsaw-4-Phd students (and others) very welcome!_ _Attached please find the official invitation and abstract of the talk._ _This event is supported by the Polish National Agency for Academic Exchange, grant no. 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