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D'Alessandro, EPSRC, Q-Tensor models of defect dynamics in pure and doped liquid crystals

Staff

Lead researcher

Professor Giampaolo D'Alessandro

Professor

Research interests

  • Liquid crystals
  • Optics
  • Mathematical modelling
Other researchers

Professor Malgosia Kaczmarek

Professor of Physics And Astronomy

Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups

Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics

We focus on mathematical modelling and mathematical physics, and investigate everything from neutron stars to superfluids.

Mathematical Modelling

The modelling group focuses on mathematical modelling across science and engineering, including physics (from the physics of quanta and strings to that of liquid crystals), chemistry (modelling lithium-ion batteries and solar cells), engineering (controlling sound direction), biology, medicine and healthcare (from stem cell population dynamics to medical imaging and healthcare models).

Quantum, Light and Matter Group

Studying nanoscale properties of matter and the applications in nanoscience and quantam technology.

Research outputs

Thermal optical non-­linearity of nematic mesophase enhanced by gold nanoparticles – an experimental and numerical investigation
Oleksandr Kurochkin,
Yogesh K. Murugesan,
Thomas P. Bennett,
Giampaolo D'Alessandro,
Yuri Reznikov,
B.J. Tang,
Georg H. Mehl,
& Malgosia Kaczmarek
, 2016 , Physical Chemistry Chemical Physics , 18 (16) , 11503--11512
DOI: 10.1039/C6CP00116E
Type: article
Liquid crystals under the spotlight: light based measurements of electrical and flow properties of liquid crystals
Thomas P. Bennett,
Matthew Proctor,
Malgosia Kaczmarek,
& Giampaolo D'Alessandro
, 2015 , Proceedings of SPIE , 9565 , 1--6
DOI: 10.1117/12.2187086
Type: article
Multiscale models of colloidal dispersion of particles in nematic liquid crystals
Thomas P. Bennett,
Giampaolo D'Alessandro,
& Keith R. Daly
, 2014 , Physical Review E , 90 (6)
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.90.062505
Type: article
Fast algorithms for liquid crystal modelling
Thomas P. Bennett,
Yogesh K. Murugesan,
Keith R. Daly,
Giovanni De Matteis,
& Giampaolo D'Alessandro
, 2014 , Proceedings of SPIE , 9182 , 1--15
DOI: 10.1117/12.2059525
Type: article
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