ISM Celebrates 10 Year Anniversary
September 26th, 2022
Researchers from ISM and soft matter community gathered to discuss current research and new opportunities.…
ISMSM Image(s) of the Month!
Happy Halloween! Although it may look like a jack-o’-lantern, this image actually shows the intensity pattern of the stress correlations in soft particulate gels. (Image credit: Dr. Vinutha H.A.)
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Recent Research from ISM Collaboration
September 20th, 2022
Prof. Kertesz and collaborators published research on the formation of diradicaloids in polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons. …
2022 – 2023 Soft Matter Graduate Fellowship Recipients
August 29th, 2022
Meet the two fellowship recipients, Davina Adderley and Victor Francis. …
ISM Collaboration on Relaxation in Soft Materials
August 12th, 2022
Prof. Del Gado and collaborators have recently published research on the microscopic dynamics underlying stress relaxation. …
ISM Researchers Study Flow in Cornstarch Suspensions
August 10th, 2022
Recent research from the groups of Profs Blair and Urbach reveals insight on how oobleck works.…
Recent Research from Toretsky Group
June 22nd, 2022
Prof. Toretsky recently published a paper concerning mRNA splicing in Ewing sarcoma. …
Georgetown Physicist Studies Glass Transition in Polymers
June 7th, 2022
A paper co-authored by Georgetown College of Arts and Sciences professor Peter Olmsted has been published in the American Physical Society journal Physical Review X. …
New Publication from Prof. Olmsted
May 2nd, 2022
ISMSM faculty member Prof. Peter Olmsted recently published the paper “Probing the nonequilibrium dynamics of stress, orientation, and entanglements in polymer melts with orthogonal interrupted shear simulations”. …