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Our approach<\/p>

We combine theory, simulation and statistical physics to connect microscopic interactions<\/em> with the behaviour of soft, condensed and biological matter.<\/p>

Theory<\/h3>

[Analytical models of interactions and collective behaviour.]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Simulation<\/h3>

[Molecular dynamics, Monte Carlo and coarse-grained models.]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Statistical physics<\/h3>

[From microscopic interactions to macroscopic behaviour.]<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>

Research themes<\/p>

What we work on<\/h2>
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[Figure \/ simulation snapshot]<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\tTheme 1<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t

Self-assembly & phase behaviour<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t
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[2\u20133 sentences: how building blocks such as colloids or macromolecules organise into ordered structures, and which phases emerge.]<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRelated publications \u2192<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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[Figure \/ simulation snapshot]<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\tTheme 2<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t

Multivalent interactions in biological systems<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t
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[2\u20133 sentences: how many weak bonds combine into selective binding, and what that means for biological recognition.]<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRelated publications \u2192<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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[Figure \/ simulation snapshot]<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\tTheme 3<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t

Colloidal interactions & many-body effects<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t
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[2\u20133 sentences: effective interactions between colloidal particles, polarisation and many-body contributions beyond pairwise models.]<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRelated publications \u2192<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t\t\t

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[Figure \/ simulation snapshot]<\/div>\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t
\n\t\t\t\tTheme 4<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t

Active & biological matter<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t
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[2\u20133 sentences: e.g. bacterial motility and collective motion of self-propelled particles.]<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tRelated publications \u2192<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/article>\n\t\t<\/div>\n

We work together with<\/h3>

From self-assembly and phase behaviour to multivalent interactions in living systems.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-20","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/softbiomatter.fmf.uni-lj.si\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/softbiomatter.fmf.uni-lj.si\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/softbiomatter.fmf.uni-lj.si\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/softbiomatter.fmf.uni-lj.si\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/softbiomatter.fmf.uni-lj.si\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/softbiomatter.fmf.uni-lj.si\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/softbiomatter.fmf.uni-lj.si\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}