Zero group velocity and backward elastic guided modes in homogeneous media  Claire Prada and Alexandre Delory In elastic waveguides, the coupling between shear and compression waves results in complex dispersion…

Thermoluminescence, a tool to control defects in materials  Bruno Viana () IRCP Chimie-Paristech, Paris, France  Scientific Seminar   Friday 10th of September 2:00 PM Room Prefabriqué 1 at Chimie ParisTech…

On wrinkles, and what they have to do with liquid crystals A thin elastic sheet attached to a soft substrate often develops wrinkle patterns when subject to an external forcing…

The next CMC seminar will be held on September 17th (10.30 am) in room Génome with a presentation from Erica Benedetti (Université de Paris). The title and abstract can be found below.   Presentation title: Synthesis and applications…

The biophysics of plant morphogenesis   Arezki Boudaoud from Ecole Polytechnique   The seminar will take place in  person in the Gulliver library and by zoom at the link below:…

Dr. Simion Beldean from Babes Bolei University (Cluj Napoca, Romania),  currently present in the CBI/LSABM, will present his research work, focused on the use of GCxGC for the analysis of…

From Superfluids to Mott Insulators with Dipolar Excitons By François Dubin, INSP Paris Semiconductor excitons are composite bosons made by the Coulomb attraction between electrons and holes. Enforcing a spatial separation between…

Controlling interactions in real space across the lengthscales: love, hate and criticality Paddy Royall   Polymers, liquid crystals, surfactants, and colloidal dispersions form the four historic pillars of soft matter.…

Responsive microgels: from individual systems to their collective properties Jérôme Crassous, Institute of Physical Chemistry, RWTH Aachen University,52074 Aachen, Germany Abstract: Although poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) microgels have been widely used as…