Coarse-graining frequency-dependent phenomena and memory in colloidal systems (A03)

• Subject Area: Statistical Physics, Nonlinear Dynamics, Complex Systems, Soft and Fluid Matter, Biological Physics
• Term: since 2014
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 233630050

The purpose of this project is to develop mathematically well-founded numerical strategies for dynamic coarse-graining in situations where the separation of time scales is incomplete and memory effects are important. This entails the reconstruction of coarse-grained general Langevin equations (GLE) that include memory, their efficient simulation, and the application to colloidal dispersions at equilibrium and non-equilibrium. In the third funding period, we plan to focus on the role of external conservative potentials and on spatially inhomogeneous systems.

• DFG Programme: CRC/Transregios
• Subproject of: TRR 146: Multiscale Simulation Methods in Soft Matter Systems
• Applicant Institution: Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
• Project Heads: Professor Dr. Martin Hanke-Bourgeois, since 7/2018; Professorin Dr. Friederike Schmid