Jan Kierfeld

Theorie Weicher Materie - Soft Condensed Matter Theory

Contact

Prof. Jan Kierfeld Technische Universität Dortmund Fakultät Physik Lehrstuhl für Theoretische Physik I D - 44221 Dortmund Germany	short CV
E-mail: Jan.Kierfeldtu-dortmund.de
Phone:  +49-231-755-3545 Fax:   +49-231-755-5059
Raum: P1-O2-312
delivery address: Technische Universität Dortmund Fakultät Physik Otto-Hahn-Str. 4 D - 44227 Dortmund Germany
secretary: Ms. Annelie Heinig Phone:  +49-231-755-3563 Fax:   +49-231-755-5059 email:   heinig@fkt.physik.uni-dortmund.de

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Research

Soft matter, Biological physics,
Statistical physics of fluctuating systems at the interface of condensed/soft matter physics, materials science, chemical physics, and biology:

• Semiflexible polymers and biological filaments
• Filament bundles
• Active filament systems, motility assays, force generation in the cytoskeleton
• Wetting morphologies
• Crack propagation
• Surface Growth and Biomineralization
• Vortex matter in type-II/high-T_c superconductors
• Topological defects, Plasticity

Directions